David Dillow <dillowda@xxxxxxxx> writes: > When using devices that support max_segments > BIO_MAX_PAGES (256), > direct IO tries to allocate a bio with more pages than allowed, which > leads to an oops in dio_bio_alloc(). Clamp the request to the supported > maximum, and change dio_bio_alloc() to reflect that bio_alloc() will > always return a bio when called with __GFP_WAIT and a valid number of > vectors. I like this version better than the first, just clean up the comment to conform to CodingStyle and you can add my Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx> Be sure to CC akpm on the next posting, as DIO changes usually go in through his tree. Cheers, Jeff > Signed-off-by: David Dillow <dillowda@xxxxxxxx> > -- > Second alternate, my preferred that reflects that bio_alloc() cannot > fail when properly called. I can take or leave the comment. > > > diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c > index 85882f6..96a01d8 100644 > --- a/fs/direct-io.c > +++ b/fs/direct-io.c > @@ -325,13 +325,17 @@ void dio_end_io(struct bio *bio, int error) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dio_end_io); > > -static int > +static void > dio_bio_alloc(struct dio *dio, struct block_device *bdev, > sector_t first_sector, int nr_vecs) > { > struct bio *bio; > > + /* bio_alloc() is guaranteed to return a bio when called with > + * __GFP_WAIT and we request a valid number of vectors. > + */ > bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_vecs); > + BUG_ON(!bio); > > bio->bi_bdev = bdev; > bio->bi_sector = first_sector; > @@ -342,7 +346,6 @@ dio_bio_alloc(struct dio *dio, struct block_device *bdev, > > dio->bio = bio; > dio->logical_offset_in_bio = dio->cur_page_fs_offset; > - return 0; > } > > /* > @@ -583,8 +586,9 @@ static int dio_new_bio(struct dio *dio, sector_t start_sector) > goto out; > sector = start_sector << (dio->blkbits - 9); > nr_pages = min(dio->pages_in_io, bio_get_nr_vecs(dio->map_bh.b_bdev)); > + nr_pages = min(nr_pages, BIO_MAX_PAGES); > BUG_ON(nr_pages <= 0); > - ret = dio_bio_alloc(dio, dio->map_bh.b_bdev, sector, nr_pages); > + dio_bio_alloc(dio, dio->map_bh.b_bdev, sector, nr_pages); > dio->boundary = 0; > out: > return ret; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html