Re: [block:for-3.14/core]: bio_endio: Warn and free bio if bi_end_iois not set.

[Jens Axboe]

On 01/07/2014 06:57 PM, Muthu Kumar wrote:
> Jens,
> In bio_endio if bio doesn't have bi_end_io (should be an error case),
> we set bio to NULL and continue silently without freeing the bio. It
> would be good to have a WARN and free the bio to avoid memory leak.
> 
> If you agree, here is the patch.

I don't remember off the top of my head if there are valid uses cases of
it. But leaking it would definitely be problematic. So I think it's a
good idea to queue it up, then we'll see if it triggers anything.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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