tree 7e759568615dcc0e4a17d6ee079795dff2199d53
parent 15da90b516e9da92cc1d90001e640fd6707d0e27
author Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> 1240092041 +0900
committer Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> 1240092041 +0900

block: clear req->errors on bio completion only for fs requests

Impact: subtle behavior change

For fs requests, rq is only carrier of bios and rq error status as a
whole doesn't mean much.  This is the reason why rq->errors is being
cleared on each partial completion of a request as on each partial
completion the error status is transferred to the respective bios.

For pc requests, rq->errors is used to carry error status to the
issuer and thus __end_that_request_first() doesn't clear it on such
cases.

The condition was fine till now as only fs and pc requests have used
bio and thus the bio completion path.  However, future changes will
unify data accesses to bio and all non fs users care about rq error
status.  Clear rq->errors on bio completion only for fs requests.

In general, the implicit clearing is a bit too subtle especially as
the meaning of rq->errors is completely dependent on low level
drivers.  Unifying / cleaning up rq->errors usage and letting llds
manage it would be better.  TODO comment added.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>