linux-kernel - Re: compat_ioctl: ignore RAID

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Message-ID: <20100131090324.GA3178@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:03:25 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <m.s.tsirkin@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	neilb@...e.de, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, dm-devel@...hat.com,
	maan@...temlinux.org
Subject: Re: compat_ioctl: ignore RAID_VERSION ioctl

On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:02:10PM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> md ioctls are now handled by the md driver itself, but mdadm
> may call RAID_VERSION on other devices as well. Mark the command
> as IGNORE_IOCTL so this fails silently rather than printing
> an annoying message.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> ---
> 
> On Saturday 30 January 2010, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > Under 2.6.33-rcX (at least rc5 and rc6, didn't check earlier versions),
> > I started seeing these messages in dmesg (I do not see these messages on 2.6.32):
> > 
> > [   16.528951] ioctl32(mdadm:2243): Unknown cmd fd(3) cmd(800c0910){t:09;sz:12} arg(ffb7f9c4) on /dev/sda9
> 
> Does this help?

Yes, this fixes it.

> --- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
> +++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
> @@ -1038,6 +1038,8 @@ COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(FIOQSIZE)
>  #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
>  /* loop */
>  IGNORE_IOCTL(LOOP_CLR_FD)
> +/* md calls this on random blockdevs */
> +IGNORE_IOCTL(RAID_VERSION)
>  /* SG stuff */
>  COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(SG_SET_TIMEOUT)
>  COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(SG_GET_TIMEOUT)
> 
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