From: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
To: linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
dm-devel@redhat.com, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>,
Alasdair Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v10 8/8] block: Add bio_clone_bioset(), bio_clone_kmalloc()
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:42:27 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120917204227.GA14492@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120914215059.GQ15728@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com>
On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 10:50:59PM +0100, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 03:35:02PM -0700, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > Previously, there was bio_clone() but it only allocated from the fs bio
> > set; as a result various users were open coding it and using
> > __bio_clone().
>
> Explain in the header the reasoning behind the change to dm-crypt so that
> it no longer resets bi_idx to 0 too?
>
> > - clone->bi_idx = 0;
Previously, it was open coding __bio_clone(), that's what the setting
bi_idx to 0 was from. With the change to bio_clone_bioset() that's no
longer necessary (and dangerous, since bi_idx needs to be consistent
with bi_sector/bi_size).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-09-17 20:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-09-06 22:34 [PATCH v10 0/8] Block cleanups Kent Overstreet
2012-09-06 22:34 ` [PATCH v10 1/8] block: Generalized bio pool freeing Kent Overstreet
2012-09-14 18:28 ` [dm-devel] " Alasdair G Kergon
2012-09-17 20:51 ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-18 16:31 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2012-09-14 18:36 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2012-09-06 22:34 ` [PATCH v10 2/8] block: Ues bi_pool for bio_integrity_alloc() Kent Overstreet
2012-09-06 22:34 ` [PATCH v10 3/8] dm: Use bioset's front_pad for dm_rq_clone_bio_info Kent Overstreet
2012-09-06 22:34 ` [PATCH v10 4/8] block: Add bio_reset() Kent Overstreet
2012-09-07 1:34 ` Jens Axboe
2012-09-07 20:58 ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-07 21:55 ` Jens Axboe
2012-09-07 22:06 ` Jens Axboe
2012-09-07 22:25 ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-07 22:44 ` Jens Axboe
2012-09-07 23:14 ` [dm-devel] " Alasdair G Kergon
2012-09-07 23:25 ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-06 22:34 ` [PATCH v10 5/8] pktcdvd: Switch to bio_kmalloc() Kent Overstreet
2012-09-06 22:35 ` [PATCH v10 6/8] block: Kill bi_destructor Kent Overstreet
2012-09-06 23:42 ` Tejun Heo
2012-09-06 22:35 ` [PATCH v10 7/8] block: Consolidate bio_alloc_bioset(), bio_kmalloc() Kent Overstreet
2012-09-06 23:45 ` Tejun Heo
2012-09-06 22:35 ` [PATCH v10 8/8] block: Add bio_clone_bioset(), bio_clone_kmalloc() Kent Overstreet
2012-09-06 23:46 ` Tejun Heo
2012-09-14 21:50 ` [dm-devel] " Alasdair G Kergon
2012-09-17 20:42 ` Kent Overstreet [this message]
2012-09-18 16:15 ` Alasdair G Kergon
2012-09-06 23:48 ` [PATCH v10 0/8] Block cleanups Tejun Heo
2012-09-07 1:37 ` Jens Axboe
2012-09-07 20:44 ` Kent Overstreet
2012-09-11 4:43 ` NeilBrown
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