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Date:   Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:14:05 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtepa <sergei.shtepa@veeam.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
CC:     Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] block: fix potential infinite loop in the negative
 branch in __submit_bio_noacct_mq()
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The 03/24/2021 11:18, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 02:48:36PM +0300, Sergei Shtepa wrote:
> > When the blk_crypto_bio_prep() function returns false, the processing
> > of the bio request must end. Repeated access to blk_crypto_bio_prep()
> > for this same bio may lead to access to already released data, since in
> > this case the bio_endio() function was already called for bio.
> > 
> > The changes allow to leave the processing of the failed bio and
> > go to the next one from the bio_list.
> > 
> > The error can only occur when using inline encryption on
> > request-based blk-mq devices and something went wrong in the
> > __blk_crypto_bio_prep().
> 
> A continue in a do { } while statement evaluates the while condition,
> so your patch is a no-op.

Thank you Christoph!
Shame on my bald head.
I apologize and will be more attentive in the future.
-- 
Sergei Shtepa
Veeam Software developer.