UBI: Block: Explain usage of blk_rq_map_sg()

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c
index 00caf46..995e61c 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/block.c
@@ -301,6 +301,12 @@ static void ubiblock_do_work(struct work_struct *work)
        struct request *req = blk_mq_rq_from_pdu(pdu);
 
        blk_mq_start_request(req);
+
+       /*
+        * It is safe to ignore the return value of blk_rq_map_sg() because
+        * the number of sg entries is limited to UBI_MAX_SG_COUNT
+        * and ubi_read_sg() will check that limit.
+        */
        blk_rq_map_sg(req->q, req, pdu->usgl.sg);
 
        ret = ubiblock_read(pdu);