linux-kernel - [PATCH RFC 2/6] block: Error an attempt to split an atomic write in bio

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Message-Id: <20240919092302.3094725-3-john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 09:22:58 +0000
From: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To: axboe@...nel.dk, hch@....de
Cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 2/6] block: Error an attempt to split an atomic write in bio_split()

This is disallowed.

Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
---
 block/bio.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 784ad8d35bd0..08caee855ca4 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -1737,6 +1737,10 @@ struct bio *bio_split(struct bio *bio, int sectors,
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(bio_op(bio) == REQ_OP_ZONE_APPEND))
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
+	/* atomic writes cannot be split */
+	if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_ATOMIC)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
 	split = bio_alloc_clone(bio->bi_bdev, bio, gfp, bs);
 	if (!split)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-- 
2.31.1