linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 3/6] block: Handle bio_split() errors in bio_submit

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Message-ID: <20240920140951.GB2517@lst.de>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 16:09:51 +0200
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
Cc: axboe@...nel.dk, hch@....de, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	martin.petersen@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 3/6] block: Handle bio_split() errors in
 bio_submit_split()

On Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 09:22:59AM +0000, John Garry wrote:
> +		if (IS_ERR(split)) {
> +			bio->bi_status = errno_to_blk_status(PTR_ERR(split));
> +			bio_endio(bio);
> +			return NULL;
> +		}

This could use a goto to have a single path that ends the bio and
return NULL instead of duplicating the logic.