refactor submit_bio_wait and bio await helpers v2

refactor submit_bio_wait and bio await helpers v2

[Christoph Hellwig]

Hi Jens,

this series factors common code between submit_bio_wait and
bio_await_chain into a common helper, and then uses that in XFS
as well instead of open coding such functionality.  It also
cleans up the submit or kill logic in the ioctl handlers to
share more code.

There is another places in btrfs that could be refactored to
use this, although it is non-trivial, and I plan to add more
users of this helper to XFS in the future.

Changes since v1:
 - preserve (and extend) setting REQ_SYNC

Diffstat:
 block/bio.c          |   81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 block/blk-lib.c      |   16 +---------
 block/blk.h          |    2 -
 block/ioctl.c        |   11 +-----
 fs/xfs/xfs_zone_gc.c |   19 +++--------
 include/linux/bio.h  |    2 +
 6 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)

[PATCH 1/4] block: unify the synchronous bi_end_io callbacks

[Christoph Hellwig]

Put the bio in bio_await_chain after waiting for the completion, and
share the now identical callbacks between submit_bio_wait and
bio_await_chain.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
---
 block/bio.c | 11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index c8234d347fc5..434e41182c05 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1462,7 +1462,7 @@ void bio_iov_iter_unbounce(struct bio *bio, bool is_error, bool mark_dirty)
 		bio_iov_iter_unbounce_read(bio, is_error, mark_dirty);
 }
 
-static void submit_bio_wait_endio(struct bio *bio)
+static void bio_wait_end_io(struct bio *bio)
 {
 	complete(bio->bi_private);
 }
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ int submit_bio_wait(struct bio *bio)
 			bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->lockdep_map);
 
 	bio->bi_private = &done;
-	bio->bi_end_io = submit_bio_wait_endio;
+	bio->bi_end_io = bio_wait_end_io;
 	bio->bi_opf |= REQ_SYNC;
 	submit_bio(bio);
 	blk_wait_io(&done);
@@ -1523,12 +1523,6 @@ int bdev_rw_virt(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, void *data,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdev_rw_virt);
 
-static void bio_wait_end_io(struct bio *bio)
-{
-	complete(bio->bi_private);
-	bio_put(bio);
-}
-
 /*
  * bio_await_chain - ends @bio and waits for every chained bio to complete
  */
@@ -1541,6 +1535,7 @@ void bio_await_chain(struct bio *bio)
 	bio->bi_end_io = bio_wait_end_io;
 	bio_endio(bio);
 	blk_wait_io(&done);
+	bio_put(bio);
 }
 
 void __bio_advance(struct bio *bio, unsigned bytes)
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH 1/4] block: unify the synchronous bi_end_io callbacks

[Damien Le Moal]

On 2026/04/06 7:57, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Put the bio in bio_await_chain after waiting for the completion, and
> share the now identical callbacks between submit_bio_wait and
> bio_await_chain.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>


-- 
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research

[PATCH 2/4] block: factor out a bio_await helper

[Christoph Hellwig]

Add a new helper to wait for a bio and anything chained off it to
complete synchronous after kicking it.  This factors common code out
of submit_bio_wait and bio_await_chain and will also be useful for
file system code and thus is exported.

Note that this will now set REQ_SYNC also for the bio_await case for
consistency.  Nothing should look at the flag in the end_io handler,
but if did, having the flag set makes more sense.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 block/bio.c         | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 include/linux/bio.h |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 434e41182c05..c7e75d532666 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1468,17 +1468,20 @@ static void bio_wait_end_io(struct bio *bio)
 }
 
 /**
- * submit_bio_wait - submit a bio, and wait until it completes
- * @bio: The &struct bio which describes the I/O
+ * bio_await - call a function on a bio, and wait until it completes
+ * @bio:	the bio which describes the I/O
+ * @kick:	function called to "kick off" the bio
+ * @priv:	private data passed to @kick.
  *
- * Simple wrapper around submit_bio(). Returns 0 on success, or the error from
- * bio_endio() on failure.
+ * Wait for the bio as well as any bio chained off it after executing the
+ * passed in callback @kick.  The wait for the bio is set up before calling
+ * @kick to ensure that the completion is captured.  If @kick is %NULL,
+ * submit_bio() is used instead to submit the bio.
  *
- * WARNING: Unlike to how submit_bio() is usually used, this function does not
- * result in bio reference to be consumed. The caller must drop the reference
- * on his own.
+ * Note: this overrides the bi_private and bi_end_io fields in the bio.
  */
-int submit_bio_wait(struct bio *bio)
+void bio_await(struct bio *bio, void *priv,
+	       void (*kick)(struct bio *bio, void *priv))
 {
 	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK_MAP(done,
 			bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->lockdep_map);
@@ -1486,13 +1489,37 @@ int submit_bio_wait(struct bio *bio)
 	bio->bi_private = &done;
 	bio->bi_end_io = bio_wait_end_io;
 	bio->bi_opf |= REQ_SYNC;
-	submit_bio(bio);
+	if (kick)
+		kick(bio, priv);
+	else
+		submit_bio(bio);
 	blk_wait_io(&done);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bio_await);
 
+/**
+ * submit_bio_wait - submit a bio, and wait until it completes
+ * @bio: The &struct bio which describes the I/O
+ *
+ * Simple wrapper around submit_bio(). Returns 0 on success, or the error from
+ * bio_endio() on failure.
+ *
+ * WARNING: Unlike to how submit_bio() is usually used, this function does not
+ * result in bio reference to be consumed. The caller must drop the reference
+ * on his own.
+ */
+int submit_bio_wait(struct bio *bio)
+{
+	bio_await(bio, NULL, NULL);
 	return blk_status_to_errno(bio->bi_status);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bio_wait);
 
+static void bio_endio_cb(struct bio *bio, void *priv)
+{
+	bio_endio(bio);
+}
+
 /**
  * bdev_rw_virt - synchronously read into / write from kernel mapping
  * @bdev:	block device to access
@@ -1528,13 +1555,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdev_rw_virt);
  */
 void bio_await_chain(struct bio *bio)
 {
-	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK_MAP(done,
-			bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->lockdep_map);
-
-	bio->bi_private = &done;
-	bio->bi_end_io = bio_wait_end_io;
-	bio_endio(bio);
-	blk_wait_io(&done);
+	bio_await(bio, NULL, bio_endio_cb);
 	bio_put(bio);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 984844d2870b..adcca9ad4eec 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -432,6 +432,8 @@ extern void bio_uninit(struct bio *);
 void bio_reset(struct bio *bio, struct block_device *bdev, blk_opf_t opf);
 void bio_reuse(struct bio *bio, blk_opf_t opf);
 void bio_chain(struct bio *, struct bio *);
+void bio_await(struct bio *bio, void *priv,
+	       void (*kick)(struct bio *bio, void *priv));
 
 int __must_check bio_add_page(struct bio *bio, struct page *page, unsigned len,
 			      unsigned off);
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH 2/4] block: factor out a bio_await helper

[Damien Le Moal]

On 2026/04/06 7:57, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Add a new helper to wait for a bio and anything chained off it to
> complete synchronous after kicking it.  This factors common code out

s/synchronous after kicking it/synchronously after submitting it

(kicking is a little confusing as it could mean "rejecting")

> of submit_bio_wait and bio_await_chain and will also be useful for
> file system code and thus is exported.
> 
> Note that this will now set REQ_SYNC also for the bio_await case for
> consistency.  Nothing should look at the flag in the end_io handler,
> but if did, having the flag set makes more sense.

s/if did/if something does ?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> ---
>  block/bio.c         | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  include/linux/bio.h |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
> index 434e41182c05..c7e75d532666 100644
> --- a/block/bio.c
> +++ b/block/bio.c
> @@ -1468,17 +1468,20 @@ static void bio_wait_end_io(struct bio *bio)
>  }
>  
>  /**
> - * submit_bio_wait - submit a bio, and wait until it completes
> - * @bio: The &struct bio which describes the I/O
> + * bio_await - call a function on a bio, and wait until it completes
> + * @bio:	the bio which describes the I/O
> + * @kick:	function called to "kick off" the bio

To be consistent with my comment above, I think a better (clearer) name her
would be simply "submit".

Other than these nits, looks all good to me. So feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>


-- 
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research

[PATCH 3/4] block: add a bio_submit_or_kill helper

[Christoph Hellwig]

Factor the common logic for the ioctl helpers to either submit a bio or
end if the process is being killed.  As this is now the only user of
bio_await_chain, open code that.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 block/bio.c     | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 block/blk-lib.c | 16 ++--------------
 block/blk.h     |  2 +-
 block/ioctl.c   | 11 ++---------
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index c7e75d532666..994db354439f 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1520,6 +1520,20 @@ static void bio_endio_cb(struct bio *bio, void *priv)
 	bio_endio(bio);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Submit @bio synchronously, or call bio_endio on it if the current process
+ * is being killed.
+ */
+int bio_submit_or_kill(struct bio *bio, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	if ((flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE) && fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
+		bio_await(bio, NULL, bio_endio_cb);
+		return -EINTR;
+	}
+
+	return submit_bio_wait(bio);
+}
+
 /**
  * bdev_rw_virt - synchronously read into / write from kernel mapping
  * @bdev:	block device to access
@@ -1550,15 +1564,6 @@ int bdev_rw_virt(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, void *data,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdev_rw_virt);
 
-/*
- * bio_await_chain - ends @bio and waits for every chained bio to complete
- */
-void bio_await_chain(struct bio *bio)
-{
-	bio_await(bio, NULL, bio_endio_cb);
-	bio_put(bio);
-}
-
 void __bio_advance(struct bio *bio, unsigned bytes)
 {
 	if (bio_integrity(bio))
diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 3213afc7f0d5..688bc67cbf73 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -155,13 +155,7 @@ static int blkdev_issue_write_zeroes(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 	__blkdev_issue_write_zeroes(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp, &bio,
 			flags, limit);
 	if (bio) {
-		if ((flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE) &&
-		    fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
-			bio_await_chain(bio);
-			blk_finish_plug(&plug);
-			return -EINTR;
-		}
-		ret = submit_bio_wait(bio);
+		ret = bio_submit_or_kill(bio, flags);
 		bio_put(bio);
 	}
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
@@ -236,13 +230,7 @@ static int blkdev_issue_zero_pages(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	__blkdev_issue_zero_pages(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp, &bio, flags);
 	if (bio) {
-		if ((flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE) &&
-		    fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
-			bio_await_chain(bio);
-			blk_finish_plug(&plug);
-			return -EINTR;
-		}
-		ret = submit_bio_wait(bio);
+		ret = bio_submit_or_kill(bio, flags);
 		bio_put(bio);
 	}
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 103cb1d0b9cb..ec4674cdf2ea 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ bool __blk_freeze_queue_start(struct request_queue *q,
 			      struct task_struct *owner);
 int __bio_queue_enter(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio);
 void submit_bio_noacct_nocheck(struct bio *bio, bool split);
-void bio_await_chain(struct bio *bio);
+int bio_submit_or_kill(struct bio *bio, unsigned int flags);
 
 static inline bool blk_try_enter_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool pm)
 {
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 0b04661ac809..fc3be0549aa7 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -153,13 +153,7 @@ static int blk_ioctl_discard(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode,
 	nr_sects = len >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
 
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
-	while (1) {
-		if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
-			if (prev)
-				bio_await_chain(prev);
-			err = -EINTR;
-			goto out_unplug;
-		}
+	while (!fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
 		bio = blk_alloc_discard_bio(bdev, &sector, &nr_sects,
 				GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!bio)
@@ -167,12 +161,11 @@ static int blk_ioctl_discard(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode,
 		prev = bio_chain_and_submit(prev, bio);
 	}
 	if (prev) {
-		err = submit_bio_wait(prev);
+		err = bio_submit_or_kill(prev, BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE);
 		if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 			err = 0;
 		bio_put(prev);
 	}
-out_unplug:
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 fail:
 	filemap_invalidate_unlock(bdev->bd_mapping);
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH 3/4] block: add a bio_submit_or_kill helper

[Damien Le Moal]

On 2026/04/06 7:57, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Factor the common logic for the ioctl helpers to either submit a bio or
> end if the process is being killed.  As this is now the only user of
> bio_await_chain, open code that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Looks good to me. Just one comment below.

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>

> ---
>  block/bio.c     | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
>  block/blk-lib.c | 16 ++--------------
>  block/blk.h     |  2 +-
>  block/ioctl.c   | 11 ++---------
>  4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
> index c7e75d532666..994db354439f 100644
> --- a/block/bio.c
> +++ b/block/bio.c
> @@ -1520,6 +1520,20 @@ static void bio_endio_cb(struct bio *bio, void *priv)
>  	bio_endio(bio);
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Submit @bio synchronously, or call bio_endio on it if the current process
> + * is being killed.
> + */
> +int bio_submit_or_kill(struct bio *bio, unsigned int flags)
> +{
> +	if ((flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE) && fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
> +		bio_await(bio, NULL, bio_endio_cb);
> +		return -EINTR;

This was like this in the previous code, so not big deal, but should we perhaps
return the bio error if there was one ? And return -EINTR if there was no error.


-- 
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research

Re: [PATCH 3/4] block: add a bio_submit_or_kill helper

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Apr 06, 2026 at 09:08:16AM +0200, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> > +{
> > +	if ((flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE) && fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
> > +		bio_await(bio, NULL, bio_endio_cb);
> > +		return -EINTR;
> 
> This was like this in the previous code, so not big deal, but should we perhaps
> return the bio error if there was one ? And return -EINTR if there was no error.

This only happens when the process was killed.  In which case -EINTR as
a syscall return makes sense, independent of any previous error.

[PATCH 4/4] xfs: use bio_await in xfs_zone_gc_reset_sync

[Christoph Hellwig]

Replace the open-coded bio wait logic with the new bio_await helper.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_zone_gc.c | 19 +++++--------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_zone_gc.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_zone_gc.c
index eebe6f4fee1f..b2626a482563 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_zone_gc.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_zone_gc.c
@@ -900,9 +900,10 @@ xfs_zone_gc_finish_reset(
 
 static void
 xfs_submit_zone_reset_bio(
-	struct xfs_rtgroup	*rtg,
-	struct bio		*bio)
+	struct bio		*bio,
+	void			*priv)
 {
+	struct xfs_rtgroup	*rtg = priv;
 	struct xfs_mount	*mp = rtg_mount(rtg);
 
 	trace_xfs_zone_reset(rtg);
@@ -934,26 +935,16 @@ xfs_submit_zone_reset_bio(
 	submit_bio(bio);
 }
 
-static void xfs_bio_wait_endio(struct bio *bio)
-{
-	complete(bio->bi_private);
-}
-
 int
 xfs_zone_gc_reset_sync(
 	struct xfs_rtgroup	*rtg)
 {
-	DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
 	struct bio		bio;
 	int			error;
 
 	bio_init(&bio, rtg_mount(rtg)->m_rtdev_targp->bt_bdev, NULL, 0,
 			REQ_OP_ZONE_RESET | REQ_SYNC);
-	bio.bi_private = &done;
-	bio.bi_end_io = xfs_bio_wait_endio;
-	xfs_submit_zone_reset_bio(rtg, &bio);
-	wait_for_completion_io(&done);
-
+	bio_await(&bio, rtg, xfs_submit_zone_reset_bio);
 	error = blk_status_to_errno(bio.bi_status);
 	bio_uninit(&bio);
 	return error;
@@ -990,7 +981,7 @@ xfs_zone_gc_reset_zones(
 		chunk->data = data;
 		WRITE_ONCE(chunk->state, XFS_GC_BIO_NEW);
 		list_add_tail(&chunk->entry, &data->resetting);
-		xfs_submit_zone_reset_bio(rtg, bio);
+		xfs_submit_zone_reset_bio(bio, rtg);
 	} while (next);
 }
 
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH 4/4] xfs: use bio_await in xfs_zone_gc_reset_sync

[Damien Le Moal]

On 2026/04/06 7:57, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Replace the open-coded bio wait logic with the new bio_await helper.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

Looks good.

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>

-- 
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research

refactor submit_bio_wait and bio await helpers

[Christoph Hellwig]

Hi Jens,

this series factors common code between submit_bio_wait and
bio_await_chain into a common helper, and then uses that in XFS
as well instead of open coding such functionality.  It also
cleans up the submit or kill logic in the ioctl handlers to
share more code.

There is another places in btrfs that could be refactored to
use this, although it is non-trivial, and I plan to add more
users of this helper to XFS in the future.

Diffstat:
 block/bio.c          |   80 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 block/blk-lib.c      |   16 +---------
 block/blk.h          |    2 -
 block/ioctl.c        |   11 +------
 fs/xfs/xfs_zone_gc.c |   19 +++---------
 include/linux/bio.h  |    2 +
 6 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)

[PATCH 3/4] block: add a bio_submit_or_kill helper

[Christoph Hellwig]

Factor the common logic for the ioctl helpers to either submit a bio or
end if the process is being killed.  As this is now the only user of
bio_await_chain, open code that.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 block/bio.c     | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 block/blk-lib.c | 16 ++--------------
 block/blk.h     |  2 +-
 block/ioctl.c   | 11 ++---------
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index c9410804c61a..9a4fda7867ed 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1505,6 +1505,20 @@ static void bio_endio_cb(struct bio *bio, void *priv)
 	bio_endio(bio);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Submit @bio synchronously, or call bio_endio on it if the current process
+ * is being killed.
+ */
+int bio_submit_or_kill(struct bio *bio, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	if ((flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE) && fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
+		bio_await(bio, NULL, bio_endio_cb);
+		return -EINTR;
+	}
+
+	return submit_bio_wait(bio);
+}
+
 /**
  * bdev_rw_virt - synchronously read into / write from kernel mapping
  * @bdev:	block device to access
@@ -1535,15 +1549,6 @@ int bdev_rw_virt(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, void *data,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdev_rw_virt);
 
-/*
- * bio_await_chain - ends @bio and waits for every chained bio to complete
- */
-void bio_await_chain(struct bio *bio)
-{
-	bio_await(bio, NULL, bio_endio_cb);
-	bio_put(bio);
-}
-
 void __bio_advance(struct bio *bio, unsigned bytes)
 {
 	if (bio_integrity(bio))
diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
index 3213afc7f0d5..688bc67cbf73 100644
--- a/block/blk-lib.c
+++ b/block/blk-lib.c
@@ -155,13 +155,7 @@ static int blkdev_issue_write_zeroes(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 	__blkdev_issue_write_zeroes(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp, &bio,
 			flags, limit);
 	if (bio) {
-		if ((flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE) &&
-		    fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
-			bio_await_chain(bio);
-			blk_finish_plug(&plug);
-			return -EINTR;
-		}
-		ret = submit_bio_wait(bio);
+		ret = bio_submit_or_kill(bio, flags);
 		bio_put(bio);
 	}
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
@@ -236,13 +230,7 @@ static int blkdev_issue_zero_pages(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 	__blkdev_issue_zero_pages(bdev, sector, nr_sects, gfp, &bio, flags);
 	if (bio) {
-		if ((flags & BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE) &&
-		    fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
-			bio_await_chain(bio);
-			blk_finish_plug(&plug);
-			return -EINTR;
-		}
-		ret = submit_bio_wait(bio);
+		ret = bio_submit_or_kill(bio, flags);
 		bio_put(bio);
 	}
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index 103cb1d0b9cb..ec4674cdf2ea 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ bool __blk_freeze_queue_start(struct request_queue *q,
 			      struct task_struct *owner);
 int __bio_queue_enter(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio);
 void submit_bio_noacct_nocheck(struct bio *bio, bool split);
-void bio_await_chain(struct bio *bio);
+int bio_submit_or_kill(struct bio *bio, unsigned int flags);
 
 static inline bool blk_try_enter_queue(struct request_queue *q, bool pm)
 {
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 0b04661ac809..fc3be0549aa7 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -153,13 +153,7 @@ static int blk_ioctl_discard(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode,
 	nr_sects = len >> SECTOR_SHIFT;
 
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
-	while (1) {
-		if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
-			if (prev)
-				bio_await_chain(prev);
-			err = -EINTR;
-			goto out_unplug;
-		}
+	while (!fatal_signal_pending(current)) {
 		bio = blk_alloc_discard_bio(bdev, &sector, &nr_sects,
 				GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!bio)
@@ -167,12 +161,11 @@ static int blk_ioctl_discard(struct block_device *bdev, blk_mode_t mode,
 		prev = bio_chain_and_submit(prev, bio);
 	}
 	if (prev) {
-		err = submit_bio_wait(prev);
+		err = bio_submit_or_kill(prev, BLKDEV_ZERO_KILLABLE);
 		if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
 			err = 0;
 		bio_put(prev);
 	}
-out_unplug:
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 fail:
 	filemap_invalidate_unlock(bdev->bd_mapping);
-- 
2.47.3

Re: [PATCH 3/4] block: add a bio_submit_or_kill helper

[Bart Van Assche]

On 4/1/26 7:03 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Factor the common logic for the ioctl helpers to either submit a bio or
> end if the process is being killed.  As this is now the only user of
> bio_await_chain, open code that.

There are two changes in this patch:
- Inlining of bio_await_chain().
- Introduction of bio_submit_or_kill().

Please consider splitting this patch into two patches such that it
becomes easier to review these changes.

Thanks,

Bart.

Re: [PATCH 3/4] block: add a bio_submit_or_kill helper

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 08:42:15AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 4/1/26 7:03 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>> Factor the common logic for the ioctl helpers to either submit a bio or
>> end if the process is being killed.  As this is now the only user of
>> bio_await_chain, open code that.
>
> There are two changes in this patch:
> - Inlining of bio_await_chain().
> - Introduction of bio_submit_or_kill().
>
> Please consider splitting this patch into two patches such that it
> becomes easier to review these changes.

No, not really.  We don't need a separate patch for killing a trivial
one-liner.