Re: [PATCH 5.15] block: Add a helper to validate the block size

[Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com>]

On 2021/11/19 8:57, Tadeusz Struk wrote:
> From: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@bytedance.com>
> 
> From: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@bytedance.com>
> 
> There are some duplicated codes to validate the block
> size in block drivers. This limitation actually comes
> from block layer, so this patch tries to add a new block
> layer helper for that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xie Yongji <xieyongji@bytedance.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211026144015.188-2-xieyongji@bytedance.com
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> Signed-off-by: Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@linaro.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/blkdev.h | 8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> index 683aee365420..5b03795ae33b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
> +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> @@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ struct blk_keyslot_manager;
>   */
>  #define BLKCG_MAX_POLS		6
>  
> +static inline int blk_validate_block_size(unsigned int bsize)
> +{
> +	if (bsize < 512 || bsize > PAGE_SIZE || !is_power_of_2(bsize))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  typedef void (rq_end_io_fn)(struct request *, blk_status_t);
>  
>  /*
> 

But where is this used in 5.15 ? I do not see any callers for this.
So why backport it ?

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research