From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, hch@lst.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Correct comment on bio_alloc_clone()
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:10:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260220151019.GA14027@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260220143233.3500551-1-john.g.garry@oracle.com>
On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 02:32:33PM +0000, John Garry wrote:
> Correct the comment that the source bio must not be freed before the clone.
Note that while this version is better, it's not actually true either.
The bi_io_vec used by the clone must be freed after the clone, but it
might might not be owned by the passed in bio_src.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-20 15:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-20 14:32 [PATCH] block: Correct comment on bio_alloc_clone() John Garry
2026-02-20 15:10 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2026-02-20 15:36 ` John Garry
2026-02-20 15:43 ` Christoph Hellwig
2026-02-20 15:55 ` John Garry
2026-02-20 15:57 ` Christoph Hellwig
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