On Mon 20-06-22 11:28:42, Ritesh Harjani wrote: > submit_bh/submit_bh_wbc are non-blocking functions which just submits > the bio and returns. The caller of submit_bh/submit_bh_wbc needs to wait > on buffer till I/O completion and then check buffer head's b_state field > to know if there was any I/O error. > > Hence there is no need for these functions to have any return type. > Even now they always returns 0. Hence drop the return value and make > their return type as void to avoid any confusion. > > Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani <ritesh.list@xxxxxxxxx> Looks good. Feel free to add: Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Honza > --- > fs/buffer.c | 9 ++++----- > include/linux/buffer_head.h | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c > index 313283af15b6..6671abc98e21 100644 > --- a/fs/buffer.c > +++ b/fs/buffer.c > @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ > #include "internal.h" > > static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list); > -static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh, > +static void submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh, > struct writeback_control *wbc); > > #define BH_ENTRY(list) list_entry((list), struct buffer_head, b_assoc_buffers) > @@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@ static void end_bio_bh_io_sync(struct bio *bio) > bio_put(bio); > } > > -static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh, > +static void submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh, > struct writeback_control *wbc) > { > struct bio *bio; > @@ -3037,12 +3037,11 @@ static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh, > } > > submit_bio(bio); > - return 0; > } > > -int submit_bh(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh) > +void submit_bh(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh) > { > - return submit_bh_wbc(op, op_flags, bh, NULL); > + submit_bh_wbc(op, op_flags, bh, NULL); > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh); > > diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h > index c9d1463bb20f..392d7d5aec05 100644 > --- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h > +++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h > @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ void ll_rw_block(int, int, int, struct buffer_head * bh[]); > int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh); > int __sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags); > void write_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags); > -int submit_bh(int, int, struct buffer_head *); > +void submit_bh(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh); > void write_boundary_block(struct block_device *bdev, > sector_t bblock, unsigned blocksize); > int bh_uptodate_or_lock(struct buffer_head *bh); > -- > 2.35.3 > -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR