> * systems and other upper level users of the block layer should use > * submit_bio() instead. > */ > -void submit_bio_noacct(struct bio *bio) > +void __submit_bio_noacct(struct bio *bio, bool check) > { > - if (unlikely(!submit_bio_checks(bio))) > + if (unlikely(check && !submit_bio_checks(bio))) > return; This doesn't make sense as an API - you can just move the checks into the caller that pass check=true. Also the lowlevel nocheck API really has no business being exported.