linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] block: add check that partition length needs to be aligned with block size

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Message-ID: <20230627045924.GA16913@lst.de>
Date:   Tue, 27 Jun 2023 06:59:24 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@...nel.org>
Cc:     Min Li <min15.li@...sung.com>, axboe@...nel.dk,
        willy@...radead.org, hch@....de, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] block: add check that partition length needs to be
 aligned with block size

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 01:39:26PM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> See Greg's comment: this likely need a "Fixes:" tag. And I think that the tag
> is: fa9156ae597c ("block: refactor blkpg_ioctl"). But please double check.

No, the lack of checks goes back all the way to when this code was
added long before git was a thing.  So I don't think a Fixes tag makes
all that much sense here.