Re: [PATCH v5 00/20] bio: check return values of bio_add_page

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On 5/2/23 4:19?AM, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> We have two functions for adding a page to a bio, __bio_add_page() which is
> used to add a single page to a freshly created bio and bio_add_page() which is
> used to add a page to an existing bio.
> 
> While __bio_add_page() is expected to succeed, bio_add_page() can fail.
> 
> This series converts the callers of bio_add_page() which can easily use
> __bio_add_page() to using it and checks the return of bio_add_page() for
> callers that don't work on a freshly created bio.
> 
> Lastly it marks bio_add_page() as __must_check so we don't have to go again
> and audit all callers.

Looks fine to me, though it would be nice if the fs and dm people could
give this a quick look. Should not take long, any empty bio addition
should, by definition, be able to use a non-checked page addition for
the first page.

-- 
Jens Axboe





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