[PATCH v7 2/2] block: prohibit calls to bio_chain_endio

zhangshida <[email protected]> Tue, 9 Dec 2025 17:01:57 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-bcache,org.kernel.vger.linux-block,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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..d236ca35271 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();
 }
 
 /**
-- 
2.34.1