linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtip32xx: Correctly handle bio->bi

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Date:	Wed, 15 May 2013 10:09:39 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@...ron.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, asamymuthupa@...ron.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtip32xx: Correctly handle bio->bi_idx != 0 conditions

On Tue, May 14 2013, Sam Bradshaw wrote:
> 
> Stacking drivers may append bvecs to existing bio's, resulting
> in non-zero bi_idx conditions.  This patch counts the loops of
> bio_for_each_segment() rather than inheriting the bi_idx value
> to pass as a segment count to the hardware submission routine.

Yup, that's a plain bug. Iteration always starts at current index and
forward, so nents wont necessarily start at 0. Applied.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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