Re: [PATCH 09/11] bcache: use kmalloc to allocate bio in bch_data_verify()

[Kent Overstreet]

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 03:38:50PM +1000, NeilBrown wrote:
> This function allocates a bio, then a collection
> of pages.  It copes with failure.
> 
> It currently uses a mempool() to allocate the bio,
> but alloc_page() to allocate the pages.  These fail
> in different ways, so the usage is inconsistent.
> 
> Change the bio_clone() to bio_clone_kmalloc()
> so that no pool is used either for the bio or the pages.
> 
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx>`

> ---
>  drivers/md/bcache/debug.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/debug.c b/drivers/md/bcache/debug.c
> index 06f55056aaae..35a5a7210e51 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/bcache/debug.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/debug.c
> @@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ void bch_data_verify(struct cached_dev *dc, struct bio *bio)
>  	struct bio_vec bv, cbv;
>  	struct bvec_iter iter, citer = { 0 };
>  
> -	check = bio_clone(bio, GFP_NOIO);
> +	check = bio_clone_kmalloc(bio, GFP_NOIO);
>  	if (!check)
>  		return;
>  	check->bi_opf = REQ_OP_READ;
> 
>