linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/7] nbd: Timeouts are not user requested disconnects

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:01:23 +0100
From:	Markus Pargmann <mpa@...gutronix.de>
To:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nbd-general@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, Markus Pargmann <mpa@...gutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/7] nbd: Timeouts are not user requested disconnects

It may be useful to know in the client that a connection timed out. The
current code returns success for a timeout.

This patch reports the error code -ETIMEDOUT for a timeout.

Signed-off-by: Markus Pargmann <mpa@...gutronix.de>
---
 drivers/block/nbd.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 438f4dc549db..2e14e51b5ea3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct nbd_device {
 	int blksize;
 	loff_t bytesize;
 	int xmit_timeout;
+	bool timedout;
 	bool disconnect; /* a disconnect has been requested by user */
 
 	struct timer_list timeout_timer;
@@ -154,10 +155,9 @@ static void nbd_xmit_timeout(unsigned long arg)
 	if (list_empty(&nbd->queue_head))
 		return;
 
-	nbd->disconnect = true;
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&nbd->sock_lock, flags);
 
+	nbd->timedout = true;
 
 	if (nbd->sock)
 		kernel_sock_shutdown(nbd->sock, SHUT_RDWR);
@@ -754,7 +754,10 @@ static int __nbd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct nbd_device *nbd,
 		if (max_part > 0)
 			blkdev_reread_part(bdev);
 		if (nbd->disconnect) /* user requested, ignore socket errors */
-			return 0;
+			error = 0;
+		if (nbd->timedout)
+			error = -ETIMEDOUT;
+
 		return error;
 	}
 
-- 
2.7.0