linux-kernel - Re: Oops when using growisofs

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Message-ID: <20080626184124.GJ20851@kernel.dk>
Date:	Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:41:25 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Michael Buesch <mb@...sch.de>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Oops when using growisofs

On Thu, Jun 26 2008, Michael Buesch wrote:
> On Thursday 26 June 2008 20:36:11 Jens Axboe wrote:
> > Something like this, totally untested...
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
> > index 68e7f19..5c1e663 100644
> > --- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
> > +++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
> > @@ -1308,13 +1308,29 @@ static int cdrom_read_capacity(ide_drive_t *drive, unsigned long *capacity,
> >  	req.cmd_flags |= REQ_QUIET;
> >  
> >  	stat = ide_cd_queue_pc(drive, &req);
> > -	if (stat == 0) {
> > -		*capacity = 1 + be32_to_cpu(capbuf.lba);
> > -		*sectors_per_frame =
> > -			be32_to_cpu(capbuf.blocklen) >> SECTOR_BITS;
> > +	if (stat)
> > +		return stat;
> > +
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Sanity check the given block size
> > +	 */
> > +	switch (capbuf.blocklen) {
> > +	case 512:
> > +	case 1024:
> > +	case 2048:
> > +	case 4096:
> > +		break;
> > +	default:
> > +		printk(KERN_ERR "ide-cd: weird block size %u\n",
> > +							capbuf.blocklen);
> > +		printk(KERN_ERR "ide-cd: default to 2kb block size\n");
> 
> KERN_WARNING

It's pretty serious, so...

> > +		capbuf.blocklen = 2048;
> > +		break;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	return stat;
> > +	*capacity = 1 + be32_to_cpu(capbuf.lba);
> > +	*sectors_per_frame = be32_to_cpu(capbuf.blocklen) >> SECTOR_BITS;
> > +	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> >  static int cdrom_read_tocentry(ide_drive_t *drive, int trackno, int msf_flag,
> > 
> 
> I'll test this. Thanks a lot. :)
> However I cannot reproduce the bug. So I cannot tell whether it fixes it.

The patch wont hurt, probably we should just add it just in case.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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