FYI your email is completely unreadable to those not using html. I can't tell what you wrote and what Damien wrote. On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 08:33:10AM +0000, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote: > On 1/27/21 11:21 PM, Damien Le Moal wrote: > > On 2021/01/28 16:12, Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote: > > > Introduce bio_new() helper and use it in blk-lib.c to allocate and > initialize various non-optional or semi-optional members of the bio > along with bio allocation done with bio_alloc(). Here we also calmp the > max_bvecs for bio with BIO_MAX_PAGES before we pass to bio_alloc(). > > Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanya.kulkarni@xxxxxxx><mailto:chaitanya.kulkarni@xxxxxxx> > --- > block/blk-lib.c | 6 +----- > include/linux/bio.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c > index fb486a0bdb58..ec29415f00dd 100644 > --- a/block/blk-lib.c > +++ b/block/blk-lib.c > @@ -14,17 +14,13 @@ struct bio *blk_next_bio(struct bio *bio, struct block_device *bdev, > sector_t sect, unsigned op, unsigned opf, > unsigned int nr_pages, gfp_t gfp) > { > - struct bio *new = bio_alloc(gfp, nr_pages); > + struct bio *new = bio_new(bdev, sect, op, opf, gfp, nr_pages); > > if (bio) { > bio_chain(bio, new); > submit_bio(bio); > } > > - new->bi_iter.bi_sector = sect; > - bio_set_dev(new, bdev); > - bio_set_op_attrs(new, op, opf); > - > return new; > } > > diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h > index c74857cf1252..2a09ba100546 100644 > --- a/include/linux/bio.h > +++ b/include/linux/bio.h > @@ -826,5 +826,30 @@ static inline void bio_set_polled(struct bio *bio, struct kiocb *kiocb) > if (!is_sync_kiocb(kiocb)) > bio->bi_opf |= REQ_NOWAIT; > } > +/** > + * bio_new - allcate and initialize new bio > + * @bdev: blockdev to issue discard for > + * @sector: start sector > + * @op: REQ_OP_XXX from enum req_opf > + * @op_flags: REQ_XXX from enum req_flag_bits > + * @max_bvecs: maximum bvec to be allocated for this bio > + * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags (for bio_alloc) > + * > + * Description: > + * Allocates, initializes common members, and returns a new bio. > + */ > +static inline struct bio *bio_new(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, > + unsigned int op, unsigned int op_flags, > + unsigned int max_bvecs, gfp_t gfp_mask) > +{ > + unsigned nr_bvec = clamp_t(unsigned int, max_bvecs, 0, BIO_MAX_PAGES); > + struct bio *bio = bio_alloc(gfp_mask, nr_bvec); > > > I think that depending on the gfp_mask passed, bio can be NULL. So this should > be checked. > > > true, I'll add that check. > > > > > + > + bio_set_dev(bio, bdev); > + bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector; > + bio_set_op_attrs(bio, op, op_flags); > > > This function is obsolete. Open code this. > > > true, will do. > > > > > + > + return bio; > +} > > #endif /* __LINUX_BIO_H */ > > > > Thanks for the comments Damien. > _______________________________________________ > Ocfs2-devel mailing list > Ocfs2-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://oss.oracle.com/mailman/listinfo/ocfs2-devel