linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] scsi: sr: wait for the medium to become ready

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Date:   Thu, 24 Oct 2019 10:51:36 +0200
From:   Michal Suchánek <msuchanek@...e.de>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>,
        "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...hat.com>,
        Benjamin Coddington <bcodding@...hat.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>,
        Omar Sandoval <osandov@...com>, Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>,
        Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@....com>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] scsi: sr: wait for the medium to become ready

On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 07:24:06PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 02:52:47PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> > +static int sr_block_open_finish(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
> > +				int ret)
> > +{
> > +	struct scsi_cd *cd = scsi_cd(bdev->bd_disk);
> > +
> > +	/* wait for drive to get ready */
> > +	if ((ret == -ENOMEDIUM) && !(mode & FMODE_NDELAY)) {
> > +		struct scsi_device *sdev = cd->device;
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Cannot use sr_block_ioctl because it locks sr_mutex blocking
> > +		 * out any processes trying to access the drive
> > +		 */
> > +		scsi_autopm_get_device(sdev);
> > +		cdrom_ioctl(&cd->cdi, bdev, mode, CDROM_AUTOCLOSE, 0);
> > +		ret = __sr_block_open(bdev, mode);
> > +		scsi_autopm_put_device(sdev);
> 
> Ioctls should never be used from kernel space.  We have a few leftovers,
> but we need to get rid of that and not add more.

What is the alternative?

Thanks

Michal