Re: [RFC v2 1/5] zram: remove zram_page_end_io function

From: Pankaj Raghav
Date: Thu Mar 23 2023 - 11:51:08 EST


On 2023-03-23 11:35, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 02:50:09PM +0100, Pankaj Raghav wrote:
>> - if (!parent)
>> - bio->bi_end_io = zram_page_end_io;
>> - else
>> + if (parent)
>
> I don't think a non-chained bio without and end_io handler can work.

Hmm. Is it because in the case of non-chained bio, zram driver owns the bio,
and it is the responsibility of the driver to call bio_put in the end_io handler?

> This !parent case seems to come from writeback_store, and as far as
> I can tell is broken already in the current code as it just fires
> off an async read without ever waiting for it, using an on-stack bio
> just to make things complicated.
>
> The bvec reading code in zram is a mess, but I have an idea how
> to clean it up with a little series that should also help with
> this issue.
Sounds good.

As a part of this series, should I just have an end_io which has a
call to bio_put then?

diff --git a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
index b7bb52f8dfbd..faa78fce327e 100644
--- a/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c
@@ -608,10 +608,6 @@ static void free_block_bdev(struct zram *zram, unsigned long blk_idx)

static void zram_page_end_io(struct bio *bio)
{
- struct page *page = bio_first_page_all(bio);
-
- page_endio(page, op_is_write(bio_op(bio)),
- blk_status_to_errno(bio->bi_status));
bio_put(bio);
}