[PATCH 1/4] block: consecutive blk_status_t error codes
John Garry
john.g.garry at oracle.com
Thu Mar 5 23:36:25 CET 2026
On 04/03/2026 19:04, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> Since commit 9da3d1e912f3 ("block: Add core atomic write support"),
> there is a gap in the blk_status_t codes and block status code 18 is
> unused. This causes blk_status_to_errno() and blk_status_to_str() to
> return incorrect values for that code.
Sure, we get the wrong value (for 18), but 18 does not match a valid
blk_status_t
> Make the blk_status_t codes
> consecutive again to avoid that.
>
> Fixes: 9da3d1e912f3 ("block: Add core atomic write support")
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba at redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry at oracle.com>
> ---
> include/linux/blk_types.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
> index 8808ee76e73c..89a722d76c28 100644
> --- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
> @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ typedef u16 blk_short_t;
> /*
> * Invalid size or alignment.
> */
> -#define BLK_STS_INVAL ((__force blk_status_t)19)
> +#define BLK_STS_INVAL ((__force blk_status_t)18)
>
> /**
> * blk_path_error - returns true if error may be path related
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