From 3d289d68823cbfe86d326400c5386feda777f092 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 10:25:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] block: Add comment to submit_bio_wait()
Git-commit: 3d289d68823cbfe86d326400c5386feda777f092
Patch-mainline: v4.14-rc1
References: bsc#1093023
submit_bio_wait() does not consume bio reference. Add comment about
that.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>
---
block/bio.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 9a63597aaacc..e241bbc49f14 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -936,6 +936,10 @@ static void submit_bio_wait_endio(struct bio *bio)
*
* Simple wrapper around submit_bio(). Returns 0 on success, or the error from
* bio_endio() on failure.
+ *
+ * WARNING: Unlike to how submit_bio() is usually used, this function does not
+ * result in bio reference to be consumed. The caller must drop the reference
+ * on his own.
*/
int submit_bio_wait(struct bio *bio)
{
--
2.16.3