[dm-devel] [PATCH 5.10 1/2] block: split bio_kmalloc from bio_alloc_bioset

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 04:42:35PM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > > Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=a3416231e37024a75f2b95bd95db0d8ce8132a84
> > 
> > Both now queued up, thanks.
> 
> As was just reported, this breaks things all over the place:
> 	https://lore.kernel.org/r/219030d8-3408-cc9d-7aec-1fb14ab891ce@roeck-us.net
> 
> Note, I also had to add lots of fix-up patches on top of these two that
> you missed, so odds are there are other fix-ups that I also missed.
> 
> Please go and test this again, and submit ALL patches that are needed
> after they pass the proper testing and I will be glad to reconsider them
> again.

Why did this even get backported?  It was a cleanup that required a lot
of prep work, and should not by itself fix anything.