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* [PATCH v3 0/6] bio_split() error handling rework
@ 2024-10-31  9:59 John Garry
  2024-10-31  9:59 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] block: Rework bio_split() return value John Garry
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  0 siblings, 8 replies; 20+ messages in thread
From: John Garry @ 2024-10-31  9:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: axboe, song, yukuai3, hch
  Cc: martin.petersen, linux-block, linux-kernel, linux-raid, hare,
	Johannes.Thumshirn, John Garry

bio_split() error handling could be improved as follows:
- Instead of returning NULL for an error - which is vague - return a
  PTR_ERR, which may hint what went wrong.
- Remove BUG_ON() calls - which are generally not preferred - and instead
  WARN and pass an error code back to the caller. Many callers of
  bio_split() don't check the return code. As such, for an error we would
  be getting a crash still from an invalid pointer dereference.

Most bio_split() callers don't check the return value. However, it could
be argued the bio_split() calls should not fail. So far I have just
fixed up the md RAID code to handle these errors, as that is my interest
now.

The motivator for this series was initial md RAID atomic write support in
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20241030094912.3960234-1-john.g.garry@oracle.com/T/#m5859ee900de8e6554d5bb027c0558f0147c32df8

There I wanted to ensure that we don't split an atomic write bio, and it
made more sense to handle this in bio_split() (instead of the bio_split()
caller).

Based on 133008e84b99 (block/for-6.13/block) blk-integrity: remove
seed for user mapped buffers

Changes since v2:
- Drop "block: Use BLK_STS_OK in bio_init()" change (Christoph)
- Use proper rdev indexing in raid10_write_request() (Kuai)
- Decrement rdev nr_pending in raid1 read error path (Kuai)
- Add RB tags from Christoph, Johannes, and Kuai (thanks!)

Changes since RFC:
- proper handling to end the raid bio in all cases, and also pass back
  proper error code (Kuai)
- Add WARN_ON_ERROR in bio_split() (Johannes, Christoph)
- Add small patch to use BLK_STS_OK in bio_init()
- Change bio_submit_split() error path (Christoph)

John Garry (6):
  block: Rework bio_split() return value
  block: Error an attempt to split an atomic write in bio_split()
  block: Handle bio_split() errors in bio_submit_split()
  md/raid0: Handle bio_split() errors
  md/raid1: Handle bio_split() errors
  md/raid10: Handle bio_split() errors

 block/bio.c                 | 14 +++++++----
 block/blk-crypto-fallback.c |  2 +-
 block/blk-merge.c           | 15 ++++++++----
 drivers/md/raid0.c          | 12 ++++++++++
 drivers/md/raid1.c          | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 drivers/md/raid10.c         | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 6 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

-- 
2.31.1


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2024-11-05  7:21   ` Hannes Reinecke
2024-11-05 17:16     ` John Garry
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2024-11-05  7:22   ` Hannes Reinecke
2024-10-31  9:59 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] block: Handle bio_split() errors in bio_submit_split() John Garry
2024-11-05  7:23   ` Hannes Reinecke
2024-10-31  9:59 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] md/raid0: Handle bio_split() errors John Garry
2024-11-05  7:24   ` Hannes Reinecke
2024-10-31  9:59 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] md/raid1: " John Garry
2024-10-31 11:07   ` Yu Kuai
2024-11-05  7:26   ` Hannes Reinecke
2024-10-31  9:59 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] md/raid10: " John Garry
2024-10-31 11:11   ` Yu Kuai
2024-11-05  7:27   ` Hannes Reinecke
2024-11-07  6:49 ` [PATCH v3 0/6] bio_split() error handling rework John Garry
2024-11-07  6:49 ` John Garry
2024-11-07 18:27   ` Jens Axboe
2024-11-07 19:54     ` John Garry

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