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Message-ID: <4F1EAA6A.6020207@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:56:10 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH stable 3/4] block: fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition
 devices

On 01/18/2012 05:04 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> >  There is harm.  You'll be blacklisting also the standard block device
> >  ioctls, and those won't work on 32-on-64 anymore.  A system with 32-bit
> >  userland will likely not boot anymore.
>
> It does (yes, I tested that myself now).  The standard block device
> ioctls are handled without calling the driver's compat_ioctl.

What about the non-compat path when done by non-root?

* Does BLKROSET still return EACCES when run by non-root and without 
CAP_SYS_ADMIN?  I suspect your patch is changing it to EINVAL.

* Does BLKFLSBUF work when run by non-root but with CAP_SYS_ADMIN?

Paolo

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