linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] usb: gadget: mass_storage: require backing file for non-removable LUNs

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Date:	Mon, 18 Jun 2012 17:32:21 +0200
From:	"Michal Nazarewicz" <mpn@...gle.com>
To:	"Alan Stern" <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
Cc:	"Felipe Balbi" <balbi@...com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] usb: gadget: mass_storage: require backing file for
 non-removable LUNs

On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:18:41 +0200, Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Jun 2012, Michal Nazarewicz wrote:
>
>> From: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@...a86.com>
>>
>> The fsg_file_store() function does not check whether a LUN is removable or not
>> allowing one to specify an empty file name for a non-removable LUN.  This
>> commit adds explicit check of whether a file name is provided for
>> non-removable LUNs.
>
> Looks okay.  Note that in file_storage.c, the "file" attribute isn't
> writable if the LUN isn't removable, and the "ro" attribute isn't
> writable if the LUN is a cdrom.  Maybe you would prefer to do things
> that way instead.

Makes sense, I'll rewrite this patch to do that.

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