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
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:
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@@ -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++) --2.13.0Maybe 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,
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Jens Axboe