RE: [PATCH] block: return the correct first bvec when checking for gaps

[Long Li]

Hi,

Please discard this patch as it's from a wrong work branch. The patch is not complete. I'll resubmit.

Long

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> Cc: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>;
> Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@xxxxxxx>; Pavel Begunkov
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> Subject: [PATCH] block: return the correct first bvec when checking for gaps
> 
> From: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> After commit 07173c3ec276 ("block: enable multipage bvecs"), a bvec can
> have multiple pages. But bio_will_gap() still assumes one page bvec while
> checking for merging. This causes data corruption on drivers relying on the
> correct merging on virt_boundary_mask.
> 
> Fix this by returning the bvec for multi-page bvec.
> 
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jeffle Xu <jefflexu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 07173c3ec276 ("block: enable multipage bvecs")
> Signed-off-by: Long Li <longli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/bio.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h index
> a0b4cfdf62a4..e89242a53bbc 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bio.h
> @@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static inline void bio_clear_flag(struct bio *bio,
> unsigned int bit)
> 
>  static inline void bio_get_first_bvec(struct bio *bio, struct bio_vec *bv)  {
> -	*bv = bio_iovec(bio);
> +	*bv = mp_bvec_iter_bvec(bio->bi_io_vec, bio->bi_iter);
>  }
> 
>  static inline void bio_get_last_bvec(struct bio *bio, struct bio_vec *bv)
> --
> 2.17.1