linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] block: Add a new helper to attempt to merge a bio

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Date:   Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:44:15 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     axboe@...nel.dk, ming.lei@...hat.com, hch@....de,
        baolin.wang7@...il.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] block: Add a new helper to attempt to merge a
 bio

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 01:45:29PM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
> Meanwhile move the blk_mq_bio_list_merge() into blk-merge.c and
> rename it as a generic name.

That should probably a separate patch.

> +		if (blk_attempt_bio_merge(q, rq, bio, nr_segs, false) == BIO_MERGE_OK)
> +			return true;

This adds an overly long line.

> -		if (merged)
> +		switch (blk_attempt_bio_merge(q, rq, bio, nr_segs, true)) {
> +		default:
> +		case BIO_MERGE_NONE:
> +			continue;
> +		case BIO_MERGE_OK:
>  			return true;
> +		case BIO_MERGE_FAILED:
> +			return false;
> +		}

I don't think we need a default statement here as we handle all
possible values of the enum.