[PATCH v7 03/12] nvdimm: pmem: guard data loop for dataless bios

From: Li Chen

Date: Tue Jun 30 2026 - 05:31:54 EST


pmem_submit_bio() handles flush-only bios before and after the data
loop. Keep dataless bios out of bio_for_each_segment() so the data path
only walks bios that actually carry bvec data.

Signed-off-by: Li Chen <me@linux.beauty>
---
Changes in v6:
- New patch.

drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index 05d3de33e2706..82ee1ddb3a445 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -217,23 +217,29 @@ static void pmem_submit_bio(struct bio *bio)
}
}

- do_acct = blk_queue_io_stat(bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->queue);
- if (do_acct)
- start = bio_start_io_acct(bio);
- bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, iter) {
- if (op_is_write(bio_op(bio)))
- rc = pmem_do_write(pmem, bvec.bv_page, bvec.bv_offset,
- iter.bi_sector, bvec.bv_len);
- else
- rc = pmem_do_read(pmem, bvec.bv_page, bvec.bv_offset,
- iter.bi_sector, bvec.bv_len);
- if (rc) {
- bio->bi_status = rc;
- break;
+ if (bio_has_data(bio)) {
+ do_acct = blk_queue_io_stat(bio->bi_bdev->bd_disk->queue);
+ if (do_acct)
+ start = bio_start_io_acct(bio);
+ bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, iter) {
+ if (op_is_write(bio_op(bio)))
+ rc = pmem_do_write(pmem, bvec.bv_page,
+ bvec.bv_offset,
+ iter.bi_sector,
+ bvec.bv_len);
+ else
+ rc = pmem_do_read(pmem, bvec.bv_page,
+ bvec.bv_offset,
+ iter.bi_sector,
+ bvec.bv_len);
+ if (rc) {
+ bio->bi_status = rc;
+ break;
+ }
}
+ if (do_acct)
+ bio_end_io_acct(bio, start);
}
- if (do_acct)
- bio_end_io_acct(bio, start);

if ((bio->bi_opf & REQ_FUA) && !bio->bi_status)
ret = nvdimm_flush(nd_region, bio);
--
2.52.0