block: make bio_inc_remaining() interface accessible again

Commit 326e1dbb57 ("block: remove management of bi_remaining when
restoring original bi_end_io") made bio_inc_remaining() private to bio.c
because the only use-case that made sense was confined to the
bio_chain() interface.

Since that time DM thinp went on to use bio_chain() in its relatively
complex implementation of async discard support.  That implementation,
even when converted over to use the new async __blkdev_issue_discard()
interface, depends on deferred completion of the original discard bio --
which is most appropriately implemented using bio_inc_remaining().

DM thinp foolishly duplicated bio_inc_remaining(), local to dm-thin.c as
__bio_inc_remaining(), so re-exporting bio_inc_remaining() allows us to
put an end to that foolishness.

All said, bio_inc_remaining() should really only be used in conjunction
with bio_chain().  It isn't intended for generic bio reference counting.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/block/bio.c b/block/bio.c
index 807d25e..0e4aa42 100644
--- a/block/bio.c
+++ b/block/bio.c
@@ -311,17 +311,6 @@ static void bio_chain_endio(struct bio *bio)
 	bio_endio(__bio_chain_endio(bio));
 }
 
-/*
- * Increment chain count for the bio. Make sure the CHAIN flag update
- * is visible before the raised count.
- */
-static inline void bio_inc_remaining(struct bio *bio)
-{
-	bio_set_flag(bio, BIO_CHAIN);
-	smp_mb__before_atomic();
-	atomic_inc(&bio->__bi_remaining);
-}
-
 /**
  * bio_chain - chain bio completions
  * @bio: the target bio