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<title>xtensa: ISS: don't panic in rs_init</title>
<updated>2021-09-22T09:41:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jiri Slaby</name>
<email>jslaby@suse.cz</email>
</author>
<published>2021-07-23T07:43:10+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 23411c720052ad860b3e579ee4873511e367130a ]

While alloc_tty_driver failure in rs_init would mean we have much bigger
problem, there is no reason to panic when tty_register_driver fails
there. It can fail for various reasons.

So handle the failure gracefully. Actually handle them both while at it.
This will make at least the console functional as it was enabled earlier
by console_initcall in iss_console_init. Instead of shooting down the
whole system.

We move tty_port_init() after alloc_tty_driver(), so that we don't need
to destroy the port in case the latter function fails.

Cc: Chris Zankel &lt;chris@zankel.net&gt;
Cc: Max Filippov &lt;jcmvbkbc@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org
Acked-by: Max Filippov &lt;jcmvbkbc@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby &lt;jslaby@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210723074317.32690-2-jslaby@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 23411c720052ad860b3e579ee4873511e367130a ]

While alloc_tty_driver failure in rs_init would mean we have much bigger
problem, there is no reason to panic when tty_register_driver fails
there. It can fail for various reasons.

So handle the failure gracefully. Actually handle them both while at it.
This will make at least the console functional as it was enabled earlier
by console_initcall in iss_console_init. Instead of shooting down the
whole system.

We move tty_port_init() after alloc_tty_driver(), so that we don't need
to destroy the port in case the latter function fails.

Cc: Chris Zankel &lt;chris@zankel.net&gt;
Cc: Max Filippov &lt;jcmvbkbc@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org
Acked-by: Max Filippov &lt;jcmvbkbc@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby &lt;jslaby@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210723074317.32690-2-jslaby@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>block: Move SECTOR_SIZE and SECTOR_SHIFT definitions into &lt;linux/blkdev.h&gt;</title>
<updated>2021-03-03T15:44:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bart Van Assche</name>
<email>bart.vanassche@wdc.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-03-14T22:48:06+00:00</published>
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commit 233bde21aa43516baa013ef7ac33f3427056db3e upstream.

It happens often while I'm preparing a patch for a block driver that
I'm wondering: is a definition of SECTOR_SIZE and/or SECTOR_SHIFT
available for this driver? Do I have to introduce definitions of these
constants before I can use these constants? To avoid this confusion,
move the existing definitions of SECTOR_SIZE and SECTOR_SHIFT into the
&lt;linux/blkdev.h&gt; header file such that these become available for all
block drivers. Make the SECTOR_SIZE definition in the uapi msdos_fs.h
header file conditional to avoid that including that header file after
&lt;linux/blkdev.h&gt; causes the compiler to complain about a SECTOR_SIZE
redefinition.

Note: the SECTOR_SIZE / SECTOR_SHIFT / SECTOR_BITS definitions have
not been removed from uapi header files nor from NAND drivers in
which these constants are used for another purpose than converting
block layer offsets and sizes into a number of sectors.

Cc: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: Mike Snitzer &lt;snitzer@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Dan Williams &lt;dan.j.williams@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Minchan Kim &lt;minchan@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Nitin Gupta &lt;ngupta@vflare.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky &lt;sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn &lt;jthumshirn@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bart.vanassche@wdc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 233bde21aa43516baa013ef7ac33f3427056db3e upstream.

It happens often while I'm preparing a patch for a block driver that
I'm wondering: is a definition of SECTOR_SIZE and/or SECTOR_SHIFT
available for this driver? Do I have to introduce definitions of these
constants before I can use these constants? To avoid this confusion,
move the existing definitions of SECTOR_SIZE and SECTOR_SHIFT into the
&lt;linux/blkdev.h&gt; header file such that these become available for all
block drivers. Make the SECTOR_SIZE definition in the uapi msdos_fs.h
header file conditional to avoid that including that header file after
&lt;linux/blkdev.h&gt; causes the compiler to complain about a SECTOR_SIZE
redefinition.

Note: the SECTOR_SIZE / SECTOR_SHIFT / SECTOR_BITS definitions have
not been removed from uapi header files nor from NAND drivers in
which these constants are used for another purpose than converting
block layer offsets and sizes into a number of sectors.

Cc: David S. Miller &lt;davem@davemloft.net&gt;
Cc: Mike Snitzer &lt;snitzer@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Dan Williams &lt;dan.j.williams@intel.com&gt;
Cc: Minchan Kim &lt;minchan@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: Nitin Gupta &lt;ngupta@vflare.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky &lt;sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn &lt;jthumshirn@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bart.vanassche@wdc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>xtensa: don't use linux IRQ #0</title>
<updated>2017-06-17T04:39:38+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Max Filippov</name>
<email>jcmvbkbc@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2017-06-05T09:43:51+00:00</published>
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commit e5c86679d5e864947a52fb31e45a425dea3e7fa9 upstream.

Linux IRQ #0 is reserved for error reporting and may not be used.
Increase NR_IRQS for one additional slot and increase
irq_domain_add_legacy parameter first_irq value to 1, so that linux
IRQ #0 is not associated with hardware IRQ #0 in legacy IRQ domains.
Introduce macro XTENSA_PIC_LINUX_IRQ for static translation of xtensa
PIC hardware IRQ # to linux IRQ #. Use this macro in XTFPGA platform
data definitions.

This fixes inability to use hardware IRQ #0 in configurations that don't
use device tree and allows for non-identity mapping between linux IRQ #
and hardware IRQ #.

Signed-off-by: Max Filippov &lt;jcmvbkbc@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit e5c86679d5e864947a52fb31e45a425dea3e7fa9 upstream.

Linux IRQ #0 is reserved for error reporting and may not be used.
Increase NR_IRQS for one additional slot and increase
irq_domain_add_legacy parameter first_irq value to 1, so that linux
IRQ #0 is not associated with hardware IRQ #0 in legacy IRQ domains.
Introduce macro XTENSA_PIC_LINUX_IRQ for static translation of xtensa
PIC hardware IRQ # to linux IRQ #. Use this macro in XTFPGA platform
data definitions.

This fixes inability to use hardware IRQ #0 in configurations that don't
use device tree and allows for non-identity mapping between linux IRQ #
and hardware IRQ #.

Signed-off-by: Max Filippov &lt;jcmvbkbc@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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</entry>
<entry>
<title>xtensa: ISS: don't hang if stdin EOF is reached</title>
<updated>2016-04-12T16:08:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Max Filippov</name>
<email>jcmvbkbc@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-02-08T22:02:38+00:00</published>
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commit 362014c8d9d51d504c167c44ac280169457732be upstream.

Simulator stdin may be connected to a file, when its end is reached
kernel hangs in infinite loop inside rs_poll, because simc_poll always
signals that descriptor 0 is readable and simc_read always returns 0.
Check simc_read return value and exit loop if it's not positive. Also
don't rewind polling timer if it's zero.

Signed-off-by: Max Filippov &lt;jcmvbkbc@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 362014c8d9d51d504c167c44ac280169457732be upstream.

Simulator stdin may be connected to a file, when its end is reached
kernel hangs in infinite loop inside rs_poll, because simc_poll always
signals that descriptor 0 is readable and simc_read always returns 0.
Check simc_read return value and exit loop if it's not positive. Also
don't rewind polling timer if it's zero.

Signed-off-by: Max Filippov &lt;jcmvbkbc@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-4.4/io-poll' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block</title>
<updated>2015-11-11T01:23:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-11T01:23:49+00:00</published>
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Pull block IO poll support from Jens Axboe:
 "Various groups have been doing experimentation around IO polling for
  (really) fast devices.  The code has been reviewed and has been
  sitting on the side for a few releases, but this is now good enough
  for coordinated benchmarking and further experimentation.

  Currently O_DIRECT sync read/write are supported.  A framework is in
  the works that allows scalable stats tracking so we can auto-tune
  this.  And we'll add libaio support as well soon.  Fow now, it's an
  opt-in feature for test purposes"

* 'for-4.4/io-poll' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
  direct-io: be sure to assign dio-&gt;bio_bdev for both paths
  directio: add block polling support
  NVMe: add blk polling support
  block: add block polling support
  blk-mq: return tag/queue combo in the make_request_fn handlers
  block: change -&gt;make_request_fn() and users to return a queue cookie
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Pull block IO poll support from Jens Axboe:
 "Various groups have been doing experimentation around IO polling for
  (really) fast devices.  The code has been reviewed and has been
  sitting on the side for a few releases, but this is now good enough
  for coordinated benchmarking and further experimentation.

  Currently O_DIRECT sync read/write are supported.  A framework is in
  the works that allows scalable stats tracking so we can auto-tune
  this.  And we'll add libaio support as well soon.  Fow now, it's an
  opt-in feature for test purposes"

* 'for-4.4/io-poll' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block:
  direct-io: be sure to assign dio-&gt;bio_bdev for both paths
  directio: add block polling support
  NVMe: add blk polling support
  block: add block polling support
  blk-mq: return tag/queue combo in the make_request_fn handlers
  block: change -&gt;make_request_fn() and users to return a queue cookie
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<entry>
<title>block: change -&gt;make_request_fn() and users to return a queue cookie</title>
<updated>2015-11-07T17:40:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jens Axboe</name>
<email>axboe@fb.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-11-05T17:41:16+00:00</published>
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No functional changes in this patch, but it prepares us for returning
a more useful cookie related to the IO that was queued up.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Keith Busch &lt;keith.busch@intel.com&gt;
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No functional changes in this patch, but it prepares us for returning
a more useful cookie related to the IO that was queued up.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Keith Busch &lt;keith.busch@intel.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>xtensa: xtfpga: fix integer overflow in TASK_SIZE</title>
<updated>2015-11-02T15:02:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Max Filippov</name>
<email>jcmvbkbc@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-24T20:34:02+00:00</published>
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This fixes the following warning when default memory region crosses
0x80000000:

  arch/xtensa/include/asm/processor.h:40:47: warning:
    integer overflow in expression [-Woverflow]
    #define TASK_SIZE (PLATFORM_DEFAULT_MEM_START + PLATFORM_DEFAULT_MEM_SIZE)
                                               ^
Signed-off-by: Max Filippov &lt;jcmvbkbc@gmail.com&gt;
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This fixes the following warning when default memory region crosses
0x80000000:

  arch/xtensa/include/asm/processor.h:40:47: warning:
    integer overflow in expression [-Woverflow]
    #define TASK_SIZE (PLATFORM_DEFAULT_MEM_START + PLATFORM_DEFAULT_MEM_SIZE)
                                               ^
Signed-off-by: Max Filippov &lt;jcmvbkbc@gmail.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>xtensa: fixes for configs without loop option</title>
<updated>2015-11-02T15:02:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Max Filippov</name>
<email>jcmvbkbc@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-24T20:11:53+00:00</published>
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Build-time fixes:
- make lbeg/lend/lcount save/restore conditional on kernel entry;
- don't clear lcount in platform_restart functions unconditionally.

Run-time fixes:
- use correct end of range register in __endla paired with __loopt, not
  the unused temporary register. This fixes .bss zero-initialization.
  Update comments in asmmacro.h;
- don't clobber a10 in the usercopy that leads to access to unmapped
  memory.

Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Max Filippov &lt;jcmvbkbc@gmail.com&gt;
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Build-time fixes:
- make lbeg/lend/lcount save/restore conditional on kernel entry;
- don't clear lcount in platform_restart functions unconditionally.

Run-time fixes:
- use correct end of range register in __endla paired with __loopt, not
  the unused temporary register. This fixes .bss zero-initialization.
  Update comments in asmmacro.h;
- don't clobber a10 in the usercopy that leads to access to unmapped
  memory.

Cc: &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Max Filippov &lt;jcmvbkbc@gmail.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-4.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block</title>
<updated>2015-09-02T20:10:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-09-02T20:10:25+00:00</published>
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Pull core block updates from Jens Axboe:
 "This first core part of the block IO changes contains:

   - Cleanup of the bio IO error signaling from Christoph.  We used to
     rely on the uptodate bit and passing around of an error, now we
     store the error in the bio itself.

   - Improvement of the above from myself, by shrinking the bio size
     down again to fit in two cachelines on x86-64.

   - Revert of the max_hw_sectors cap removal from a revision again,
     from Jeff Moyer.  This caused performance regressions in various
     tests.  Reinstate the limit, bump it to a more reasonable size
     instead.

   - Make /sys/block/&lt;dev&gt;/queue/discard_max_bytes writeable, by me.
     Most devices have huge trim limits, which can cause nasty latencies
     when deleting files.  Enable the admin to configure the size down.
     We will look into having a more sane default instead of UINT_MAX
     sectors.

   - Improvement of the SGP gaps logic from Keith Busch.

   - Enable the block core to handle arbitrarily sized bios, which
     enables a nice simplification of bio_add_page() (which is an IO hot
     path).  From Kent.

   - Improvements to the partition io stats accounting, making it
     faster.  From Ming Lei.

   - Also from Ming Lei, a basic fixup for overflow of the sysfs pending
     file in blk-mq, as well as a fix for a blk-mq timeout race
     condition.

   - Ming Lin has been carrying Kents above mentioned patches forward
     for a while, and testing them.  Ming also did a few fixes around
     that.

   - Sasha Levin found and fixed a use-after-free problem introduced by
     the bio-&gt;bi_error changes from Christoph.

   - Small blk cgroup cleanup from Viresh Kumar"

* 'for-4.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (26 commits)
  blk: Fix bio_io_vec index when checking bvec gaps
  block: Replace SG_GAPS with new queue limits mask
  block: bump BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS to 2560
  Revert "block: remove artifical max_hw_sectors cap"
  blk-mq: fix race between timeout and freeing request
  blk-mq: fix buffer overflow when reading sysfs file of 'pending'
  Documentation: update notes in biovecs about arbitrarily sized bios
  block: remove bio_get_nr_vecs()
  fs: use helper bio_add_page() instead of open coding on bi_io_vec
  block: kill merge_bvec_fn() completely
  md/raid5: get rid of bio_fits_rdev()
  md/raid5: split bio for chunk_aligned_read
  block: remove split code in blkdev_issue_{discard,write_same}
  btrfs: remove bio splitting and merge_bvec_fn() calls
  bcache: remove driver private bio splitting code
  block: simplify bio_add_page()
  block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios
  blk-cgroup: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)
  block: don't access bio-&gt;bi_error after bio_put()
  block: shrink struct bio down to 2 cache lines again
  ...
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Pull core block updates from Jens Axboe:
 "This first core part of the block IO changes contains:

   - Cleanup of the bio IO error signaling from Christoph.  We used to
     rely on the uptodate bit and passing around of an error, now we
     store the error in the bio itself.

   - Improvement of the above from myself, by shrinking the bio size
     down again to fit in two cachelines on x86-64.

   - Revert of the max_hw_sectors cap removal from a revision again,
     from Jeff Moyer.  This caused performance regressions in various
     tests.  Reinstate the limit, bump it to a more reasonable size
     instead.

   - Make /sys/block/&lt;dev&gt;/queue/discard_max_bytes writeable, by me.
     Most devices have huge trim limits, which can cause nasty latencies
     when deleting files.  Enable the admin to configure the size down.
     We will look into having a more sane default instead of UINT_MAX
     sectors.

   - Improvement of the SGP gaps logic from Keith Busch.

   - Enable the block core to handle arbitrarily sized bios, which
     enables a nice simplification of bio_add_page() (which is an IO hot
     path).  From Kent.

   - Improvements to the partition io stats accounting, making it
     faster.  From Ming Lei.

   - Also from Ming Lei, a basic fixup for overflow of the sysfs pending
     file in blk-mq, as well as a fix for a blk-mq timeout race
     condition.

   - Ming Lin has been carrying Kents above mentioned patches forward
     for a while, and testing them.  Ming also did a few fixes around
     that.

   - Sasha Levin found and fixed a use-after-free problem introduced by
     the bio-&gt;bi_error changes from Christoph.

   - Small blk cgroup cleanup from Viresh Kumar"

* 'for-4.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (26 commits)
  blk: Fix bio_io_vec index when checking bvec gaps
  block: Replace SG_GAPS with new queue limits mask
  block: bump BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS to 2560
  Revert "block: remove artifical max_hw_sectors cap"
  blk-mq: fix race between timeout and freeing request
  blk-mq: fix buffer overflow when reading sysfs file of 'pending'
  Documentation: update notes in biovecs about arbitrarily sized bios
  block: remove bio_get_nr_vecs()
  fs: use helper bio_add_page() instead of open coding on bi_io_vec
  block: kill merge_bvec_fn() completely
  md/raid5: get rid of bio_fits_rdev()
  md/raid5: split bio for chunk_aligned_read
  block: remove split code in blkdev_issue_{discard,write_same}
  btrfs: remove bio splitting and merge_bvec_fn() calls
  bcache: remove driver private bio splitting code
  block: simplify bio_add_page()
  block: make generic_make_request handle arbitrarily sized bios
  blk-cgroup: Drop unlikely before IS_ERR(_OR_NULL)
  block: don't access bio-&gt;bi_error after bio_put()
  block: shrink struct bio down to 2 cache lines again
  ...
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<title>block: add a bi_error field to struct bio</title>
<updated>2015-07-29T14:55:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Christoph Hellwig</name>
<email>hch@lst.de</email>
</author>
<published>2015-07-20T13:29:37+00:00</published>
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Currently we have two different ways to signal an I/O error on a BIO:

 (1) by clearing the BIO_UPTODATE flag
 (2) by returning a Linux errno value to the bi_end_io callback

The first one has the drawback of only communicating a single possible
error (-EIO), and the second one has the drawback of not beeing persistent
when bios are queued up, and are not passed along from child to parent
bio in the ever more popular chaining scenario.  Having both mechanisms
available has the additional drawback of utterly confusing driver authors
and introducing bugs where various I/O submitters only deal with one of
them, and the others have to add boilerplate code to deal with both kinds
of error returns.

So add a new bi_error field to store an errno value directly in struct
bio and remove the existing mechanisms to clean all this up.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke &lt;hare@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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Currently we have two different ways to signal an I/O error on a BIO:

 (1) by clearing the BIO_UPTODATE flag
 (2) by returning a Linux errno value to the bi_end_io callback

The first one has the drawback of only communicating a single possible
error (-EIO), and the second one has the drawback of not beeing persistent
when bios are queued up, and are not passed along from child to parent
bio in the ever more popular chaining scenario.  Having both mechanisms
available has the additional drawback of utterly confusing driver authors
and introducing bugs where various I/O submitters only deal with one of
them, and the others have to add boilerplate code to deal with both kinds
of error returns.

So add a new bi_error field to store an errno value directly in struct
bio and remove the existing mechanisms to clean all this up.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke &lt;hare@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@fb.com&gt;
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