Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] block: prohibit calls to bio_chain_endio

Stephen Zhang <[email protected]> Thu, 4 Dec 2025 09:17:58 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-bcache,org.kernel.vger.linux-block,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <CANubcdVXUS_i79=1Zx5R7cGC7JwHrUXRCZoQ0kes7gdZUTW0Dg@mail.gmail.com>
Andreas Gruenbacher <[email protected]> 于2025年12月1日周一 17:34写道:
>
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM zhangshida <[email protected]> wrote:
> > From: Shida Zhang <[email protected]>
> >
> > Now that all potential callers of bio_chain_endio have been
> > eliminated, completely prohibit any future calls to this function.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Ming Lei <[email protected]>
> > Suggested-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <[email protected]>
> > Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Shida Zhang <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  block/bio.c | 6 +++++-
> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
> > index b3a79285c27..1b5e4577f4c 100644
> > --- a/block/bio.c
> > +++ b/block/bio.c
> > @@ -320,9 +320,13 @@ static struct bio *__bio_chain_endio(struct bio *bio)
> >         return parent;
> >  }
> >
> > +/**
> > + * This function should only be used as a flag and must never be called.
> > + * If execution reaches here, it indicates a serious programming error.
> > + */
> >  static void bio_chain_endio(struct bio *bio)
> >  {
> > -       bio_endio(__bio_chain_endio(bio));
> > +       BUG_ON(1);
>
> Just 'BUG()'.
>

Yeah, that’s much clearer now. I'll resend the updated version.

Thanks,
Shida

> >  }
> >
> >  /**
>
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >
>
> Andreas
>