Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] block: Remove special-casing of compound pages" failed to apply to 5.15-stable tree

[Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 11:31:18AM -0800, gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> The patch below does not apply to the 5.15-stable tree.
> If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>.

Here it is for 5.15:

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index ba9120d4fe49..a0080dc55c95 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ void bio_release_pages(struct bio *bio, bool mark_dirty)
 		return;
 
 	bio_for_each_segment_all(bvec, bio, iter_all) {
-		if (mark_dirty && !PageCompound(bvec->bv_page))
+		if (mark_dirty)
 			set_page_dirty_lock(bvec->bv_page);
 		put_page(bvec->bv_page);
 	}
@@ -1345,8 +1345,7 @@ void bio_set_pages_dirty(struct bio *bio)
 	struct bvec_iter_all iter_all;
 
 	bio_for_each_segment_all(bvec, bio, iter_all) {
-		if (!PageCompound(bvec->bv_page))
-			set_page_dirty_lock(bvec->bv_page);
+		set_page_dirty_lock(bvec->bv_page);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1394,7 +1393,7 @@ void bio_check_pages_dirty(struct bio *bio)
 	struct bvec_iter_all iter_all;
 
 	bio_for_each_segment_all(bvec, bio, iter_all) {
-		if (!PageDirty(bvec->bv_page) && !PageCompound(bvec->bv_page))
+		if (!PageDirty(bvec->bv_page))
 			goto defer;
 	}