linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: move sanity checking ahead of bi_front/back_seg

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:51:10 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Jianchao Wang <jianchao.w.wang@...cle.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: move sanity checking ahead of
 bi_front/back_seg_size updating

On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 07:10:30AM +0800, Jianchao Wang wrote:
> If the bio_integrity_merge_rq() return false or nr_phys_segments exceeds
> the max_segments, the merging fails, but the bi_front/back_seg_size may
> have been modified. To avoid it, move the sanity checking ahead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jianchao Wang <jianchao.w.wang@...cle.com>

This looks fine to me:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

But can you elaborate a little more on how this found and if there
is a way to easily reproduce it, say for a blktests test case?