linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 04/51] mm: page_io.c: comment on direct access to bvec table

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Date:   Mon, 26 Jun 2017 20:09:47 +0800
From:   Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 04/51] mm: page_io.c: comment on direct access to bvec table

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
---
 mm/page_io.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
index b6c4ac388209..11c6f4a9a25b 100644
--- a/mm/page_io.c
+++ b/mm/page_io.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static struct bio *get_swap_bio(gfp_t gfp_flags,
 
 void end_swap_bio_write(struct bio *bio)
 {
+	/* single page bio, safe for multipage bvec */
 	struct page *page = bio->bi_io_vec[0].bv_page;
 
 	if (bio->bi_status) {
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ static void swap_slot_free_notify(struct page *page)
 
 static void end_swap_bio_read(struct bio *bio)
 {
+	/* single page bio, safe for multipage bvec */
 	struct page *page = bio->bi_io_vec[0].bv_page;
 	struct task_struct *waiter = bio->bi_private;
 
-- 
2.9.4