bio_list_merge() should do nothing if the second list is empty - not oops. From: jblunck@suse.de Signed-Off-By: Alasdair G Kergon [Submitted upstream 2005/11/18] Index: linux-2.6.14/drivers/md/dm-bio-list.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.14.orig/drivers/md/dm-bio-list.h 2005-10-28 01:02:08.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.14/drivers/md/dm-bio-list.h 2005-11-15 15:59:20.000000000 +0000 @@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ static inline void bio_list_add(struct b static inline void bio_list_merge(struct bio_list *bl, struct bio_list *bl2) { + if (!bl2->head) + return; + if (bl->tail) bl->tail->bi_next = bl2->head; else