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Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 18:13:05 +0800 From: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be> To: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com> Cc: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com>, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rdunlap@...radead.org, joern@...ybastard.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] mtd: block2mtd: check device size On Thu, 6 Mar 2014 00:54:22 -0800 Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 08:51:05PM +0800, Fabian Frederick wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 07:04:25 -0300 Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@...e-electrons.com> wrote: > > > I saw you sent a v2 for one of the patches on this series, > > > but maybe this is worth considering too. > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 08:53:31PM +0100, Fabian Frederick wrote: > > > [..] > > > > -/* FIXME: ensure that mtd->size % erase_size == 0 */ > > > > static struct block2mtd_dev *add_device(char *devname, int erase_size) > > > > { > > > > const fmode_t mode = FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE | FMODE_EXCL; > > > > @@ -250,6 +249,11 @@ static struct block2mtd_dev *add_device(char *devname, int erase_size) > > > > goto devinit_err1; > > > > } > > > > > > > > + if ((long)dev->blkdev->bd_inode->i_size % erase_size) { > > > > + pr_err("erasesize muse be a divisor of device size\n"); > > > > + goto devinit_err1; > > > > + } > > > > + > > > > > > Brian: What do you think? > > > > > > Fabian: Have you tested this patch? Can you elaborate a bit more about > > > the effect it would have, compared to the current behavior? > > > > Hi Ezequiel, > > > > This patch was tested with the following commands : > > > > rmmod block2mtd;modprobe block2mtd block2mtd=/dev/loop0,<erasesize>;dmesg > > > > with both correct and incorrect values.It tries to address the fixme > > comment above the function. > > (/* FIXME: ensure that mtd->size % erase_size == 0 */) > > > > From what I understand, global size must be a multiple of > > erase_size when it comes to any MTD I/O operations. If Brian finds this one > > interesting I can repost it with current error names against l2-mtd.git/next > > I'm not sure block2mtd would have many users, but the hunk above looks > reasonable. Feel free to send a patch. Hi Brian, I just send a patch v2 based on linux-next to avoid conflicts with my previous commit about mutex management in the same function and still staging there. Fabian > > > AFAICS, current behavior let any value work... > > I bet this doesn't work out too well in the end. Maybe I'll give this a > whirl just to see. > > > PS : This would need further testing (eg boot command). > > Brian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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