Thread (13 messages) 13 messages, 8 authors, 2017-07-24

Re: [PATCH] block: note about cloned bios and bio_for_each_segment_all

From: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Date: 2017-07-14 14:22:31
Subsystem: block layer, the rest · Maintainers: Jens Axboe, Linus Torvalds

On 07/14/2017 07:47 AM, Ming Lei wrote:
quoted
@@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ static inline void *bio_data(struct bio *bio)
 /*
  * drivers should _never_ use the all version - the bio may have been split
  * before it got to the driver and the driver won't own all of it
+ *
+ * Note that cloned bios must not use this as their bi_vcnt may be invalid and
+ * this could lead to silent corruptions.
  */
 #define bio_for_each_segment_all(bvl, bio, i)                          \
        for (i = 0, bvl = (bio)->bi_io_vec; i < (bio)->bi_vcnt; i++, bvl++)
--
2.13.0
Maybe we can add a warning here if it is a cloned bio.
I think that's a good idea, it's easy for people to get this wrong, and
the consequences can be dire. How about something like this?
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 7b1cf4ba0902..13b6ac6eae29 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -155,9 +155,12 @@ static inline void *bio_data(struct bio *bio)
 
 /*
  * drivers should _never_ use the all version - the bio may have been split
- * before it got to the driver and the driver won't own all of it
+ * before it got to the driver and the driver won't own all of it.
+ *
+ * Don't use this on cloned bio's.
  */
 #define bio_for_each_segment_all(bvl, bio, i)				\
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(bio_flagged(bio, BIO_CLONED));			\
 	for (i = 0, bvl = (bio)->bi_io_vec; i < (bio)->bi_vcnt; i++, bvl++)
 
 static inline void bio_advance_iter(struct bio *bio, struct bvec_iter *iter,
-- 
Jens Axboe
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