linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] dm-verity: switch to bio_advance_iter

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Message-ID: <CABCJKueV-qW59hOJTs_uQrTbqtN1O7O9-AfFCJ7Y=P9Updwqhg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:21:44 -0800
From: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
To: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
Cc: dm-devel@...ts.linux.dev, Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>, 
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...nel.org>, Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>, 
	Benjamin Marzinski <bmarzins@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dm-verity: switch to bio_advance_iter_single()

On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> dm-verity doesn't support data blocks that span pages, and it sets
> dma_alignment accordingly.  As such, instead of using
> bio_advance_iter(), it can use the more lightweight function
> bio_advance_iter_single() to get the same result.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>

Sami