linux-kernel - Re: data corruption: revalidating a (removable) hdd/flash on re-insert

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Date:	Tue, 4 Nov 2008 21:20:11 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
Cc:	Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: data corruption: revalidating a (removable) hdd/flash on
	re-insert


> >> Every access to removable media is guarded by this revalidation check.
> >> If you don't see these events, you should not trust this reader, and
> >> at least never change the media while it is connected.
> >
> > This is rather nasty data-corrupter.
> 
> Sure, it is.
> 
> > Could we at least blacklist
> > broken device, and force revalidation on each close or something like
> > that?
> 
> What's your idea of revalidation if the hardware does not tell you?
> Get an md5 of the disk content? :)

Well... you should not eject media while fs is mounted or blockdev is
open, correct?

So can we simply claim 'media changed' on last close/unmount? Sure,
sometimes media was not changed, but that only hurts performance, not
correctness... ?
									Pavel
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