On 5/25/22 16:49, Pankaj Raghav wrote:

On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 09:38:32AM -0600, Keith Busch wrote:

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On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 04:17:54PM +0200, Pankaj Raghav wrote:

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On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 02:01:14PM -0700, Keith Busch wrote:

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-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!max_append_sectors))
-		return 0;

I don't see this check in the append path. Should it be added in
bio_iov_add_zone_append_page() function?

I'm not sure this check makes a lot of sense. If it just returns 0 here, then
won't that get bio_iov_iter_get_pages() stuck in an infinite loop? The bio
isn't filling, the iov isn't advancing, and 0 indicates keep-going.

Yeah but if max_append_sectors is zero, then bio_add_hw_page() also
returns 0 as follows:
....
	if (((bio->bi_iter.bi_size + len) >> 9) > max_sectors)
		return 0;
....
With WARN_ON_ONCE, we at least get a warning message if it gets stuck in an
infinite loop because of max_append_sectors being zero right?

Warning about an infinite loop that can be recovered from only by
rebooting the machine is not very useful...
If max_append_sectors is zero and bio_iov_add_zone_append_page() is
called, this is an error (stupid user) and everything should be failed
with -ENOSUPP or -EIO.

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research