On 07/14/2017 04:35 PM, Ming Lei wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Liu Bo <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 08:22:31AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>>> On 07/14/2017 07:47 AM, Ming Lei wrote:
>>>>> @@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ static inline void *bio_data(struct bio *bio)
>>>>>  /*
>>>>>   * drivers should _never_ use the all version - the bio may have been 
>>>>> split
>>>>>   * before it got to the driver and the driver won't own all of it
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + * Note that cloned bios must not use this as their bi_vcnt may be 
>>>>> invalid and
>>>>> + * this could lead to silent corruptions.
>>>>>   */
>>>>>  #define bio_for_each_segment_all(bvl, bio, i)                          \
>>>>>         for (i = 0, bvl = (bio)->bi_io_vec; i < (bio)->bi_vcnt; i++, 
>>>>> bvl++)
>>>>> --
>>>>> 2.13.0
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Maybe we can add a warning here if it is a cloned bio.
>>>
>>> I think that's a good idea, it's easy for people to get this wrong, and
>>> the consequences can be dire. How about something like this?
>>>
>>> diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
>>> index 7b1cf4ba0902..13b6ac6eae29 100644
>>> --- a/include/linux/bio.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/bio.h
>>> @@ -155,9 +155,12 @@ static inline void *bio_data(struct bio *bio)
>>>
>>>  /*
>>>   * drivers should _never_ use the all version - the bio may have been split
>>> - * before it got to the driver and the driver won't own all of it
>>> + * before it got to the driver and the driver won't own all of it.
>>> + *
>>> + * Don't use this on cloned bio's.
>>>   */
>>>  #define bio_for_each_segment_all(bvl, bio, i)                              
>>>   \
>>> +     WARN_ON_ONCE(bio_flagged(bio, BIO_CLONED));                     \
>>>       for (i = 0, bvl = (bio)->bi_io_vec; i < (bio)->bi_vcnt; i++, bvl++)
>>>
>>>  static inline void bio_advance_iter(struct bio *bio, struct bvec_iter 
>>> *iter,
>>>
>>
>> This patch gave me a crash, I'm double checking it..
> 
> Hi Liu Bo,
> 
> Looks one extra warning shouldn't have trigger a crash, please double
> check and update
> with us.
> 
> I just start a VM and run a quick test on ext4, btrfs, looks
> everything is fine, and not see
> any warning.

I booted it here too, and it works fine for me. So I agree, the crash seems
to be unrelated.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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