Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 13:10:14 -0700
From: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
To: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-bcache@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        dm-devel@redhat.com, tj@kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH v3 04/26] block: Refactor blk_update_request()
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On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 02:43:59PM -0400, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 03:34:44PM -0700, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> > Converts it to use bio_advance(), simplifying it quite a bit in the
> > process.
> > 
> > Note that req_bio_endio() now always calls bio_advance() - which means
> > it always loops over the biovec, not just on partial completions. Don't
> > expect it to affect performance, but worth noting.
> > 
> > Tested it by forcing partial updates, and dumping before and after on
> > various bio/bvec fields when doing a partial update.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@google.com>
> > CC: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> > ---
> >  block/blk-core.c | 80 +++++++++-----------------------------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
> > index a17869f..a8a1a9e 100644
> > --- a/block/blk-core.c
> > +++ b/block/blk-core.c
> > @@ -158,20 +158,10 @@ static void req_bio_endio(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
> >  	else if (!test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags))
> >  		error = -EIO;
> >  
> > -	if (unlikely(nbytes > bio->bi_size)) {
> > -		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: want %u bytes done, %u left\n",
> > -		       __func__, nbytes, bio->bi_size);
> > -		nbytes = bio->bi_size;
> > -	}
> > -
> 
> You are dropping this warning because nobody is calling req_bio_endio()
> with bytes greater than bio size in current code?

Not dropping it, just moved it to bio_advance()
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