linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 90/91] block: fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition devices

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Date:	Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:03:03 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	James Bottomley <JBottomley@...allels.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 90/91] block: fail SCSI passthrough ioctls on partition
 devices

On 02/05/2012 11:53 PM, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> Thanks for this report, I missed this patch. I thought the reason for the lack
> of scsi_cmd_blk_ioctl() it was one of the differences between 2.6.27 and 2.6.32,
> so I have adapted the callers I identified to perform the same test as what's
> in scsi_cmd_blk_ioctl().

There were other callers in patch 1/3, most notably virtio-blk, that are 
not in your patch.

  I*think*  I did it correctly, but it would be safer
> to apply the original patch, of course. Now I see the patch (618 in my queue).
> I'll merge it and it will simplify the backport.

Sounds like a plan, thanks!

Paolo
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