linux-ext4 - [PATCH] e2fsprogs: check for read-only devices before starting fsck

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Date:	Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:17:43 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: check for read-only devices before starting fsck

When we open a device on linux, test whether it is writable
right away, rather than trying to proceed and clean up when
writes start failing.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
---

Index: e2fsprogs/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c
===================================================================
--- e2fsprogs.orig/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c
+++ e2fsprogs/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #ifdef __linux__
 #include <sys/utsname.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 #endif
 #if HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -454,6 +455,21 @@ static errcode_t unix_open(const char *n
 	}
 
 #ifdef __linux__
+	if (flags & IO_FLAG_RW) {
+		int error;
+		int readonly = 0;
+
+		/* Is the block device actually writable? */
+		error = ioctl(data->dev, BLKROGET, &readonly);
+		if (!error && readonly) {
+			close(data->dev);
+			retval = EPERM;
+			goto cleanup;
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __linux__
 #undef RLIM_INFINITY
 #if (defined(__alpha__) || ((defined(__sparc__) || defined(__mips__)) && (SIZEOF_LONG == 4)))
 #define RLIM_INFINITY	((unsigned long)(~0UL>>1))

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