linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] floppy: hide invalid floppy disk types

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Date:   Mon, 9 Dec 2019 22:07:03 -0700
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Moritz Müller <moritzm.mueller@...teo.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...cs.fau.de
Cc:     "Philip K ." <philip@...pmail.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] floppy: hide invalid floppy disk types

On 12/8/19 9:59 AM, Moritz Müller wrote:
> In some cases floppy disks are recognised even though no such device
> exists. In our case this has been caused by the CMOS-RAM having a few
> wrong bits. This caused a non-existent floppy disk with the type 13
> (for example) to be registered as an available device, even though it
> could not be mounted by any user.
> 
> We believe this to be an instance of this bug:
> 
>  https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13486
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/384579
> 
> This patch adds the option FLOPPY_ALLOW_UNKNOWN_TYPES to prevent the
> additional check that fixed the issue on our reference system, and
> increases the startup time of affected systems by over a minute.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Philip K. <philip@...pmail.net>
> Signed-off-by: Philip K. <philip@...pmail.net>
> Signed-off-by: Moritz Müller <moritzm.mueller@...teo.de>
> ---
>  drivers/block/Kconfig  | 10 ++++++++++
>  drivers/block/floppy.c |  6 ++++++
>  2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
> index 1bb8ec575352..9e6b32c50b67 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
> @@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ config AMIGA_Z2RAM
>  	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
>  	  module will be called z2ram.
>  
> +config FLOPPY_ALLOW_UNKNOWN_TYPES
> +	bool "Allow floppy disks of unknown type to be registered."
> +	default n
> +	help
> +	  Select this option if you want the Kernel to register floppy
> +	  disks of an unknown type.
> +
> +	  This should usually not be enabled, because of cases where the
> +	  system falsely recongizes a non-existent floppy disk as mountable.
> +
>  config CDROM
>  	tristate
>  	select BLK_SCSI_REQUEST
> diff --git a/drivers/block/floppy.c b/drivers/block/floppy.c
> index 485865fd0412..9439444d46d0 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/floppy.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/floppy.c
> @@ -3949,7 +3949,9 @@ static void __init config_types(void)
>  			} else
>  				allowed_drive_mask &= ~(1 << drive);
>  		} else {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_FLOPPY_ALLOW_UNKNOWN_TYPES
>  			params = &default_drive_params[0].params;
> +#ifdef

Please don't send patches that haven't even been compiled.

-- 
Jens Axboe