[PATCH v3 08/49] block: comment on bio_alloc_pages()

From: Ming Lei
Date: Tue Aug 08 2017 - 04:47:43 EST


This patch adds comment on usage of bio_alloc_pages().

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/bio.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index e241bbc49f14..826b5d173416 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -981,7 +981,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_advance);
* @bio: bio to allocate pages for
* @gfp_mask: flags for allocation
*
- * Allocates pages up to @bio->bi_vcnt.
+ * Allocates pages up to @bio->bi_vcnt, and this function should only
+ * be called on a new initialized bio, which means all pages aren't added
+ * to the bio via bio_add_page() yet.
*
* Returns 0 on success, -ENOMEM on failure. On failure, any allocated pages are
* freed.
--
2.9.4