linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: fix ioctl return error with GENHD_FL_NO

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2023 19:21:03 +0800
From:   Li Lingfeng <lilingfeng3@...wei.com>
To:     "Wang, Li" <li.wang@...driver.com>, <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: fix ioctl return error with GENHD_FL_NO_PART

"-ENXIO" return by bdev_del_partition() may indicate that the disk being 
operated now do not has the specific partition, and it's different from 
blkpg_do_ioctl().

Thanks.

在 2023/10/17 17:26, Wang, Li 写道:
> refer to previous codes without GENHD_FL_NO_PART, bdev_del_partition() 
> return -ENXIO:
>
> Thanks.
>
> vim block/ioctl.c +35
>
> static int blkpg_do_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev,
>                           struct blkpg_partition __user *upart, int op)
> {
> ...
>         if (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_NO_PART)
>                 return -EINVAL;
> ...
>         if (op == BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION)
>                 return bdev_del_partition(disk, p.pno);
>
> block/partitions/core.c:479
>
> int bdev_del_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno)
> {
>         struct block_device *part = NULL;
>         int ret = -ENXIO;
>
>         mutex_lock(&disk->open_mutex);
>         part = xa_load(&disk->part_tbl, partno);
>         if (!part)
>                 goto out_unlock;
>
>         ret = -EBUSY;
>         if (part->bd_openers)
>                 goto out_unlock;
>
>         delete_partition(part);
>         ret = 0;
> out_unlock:
>         mutex_unlock(&disk->open_mutex);
>         return ret;
> }
>
> On 10/17/2023 16:58, Li Lingfeng wrote:
>> I don't think so.
>>
>> GENHD_FL_NO_PART means "partition support is disabled". If users try 
>> to add or resize partition on the disk with this flag, kernel should 
>> remind them that the parameter of device is wrong.
>> So I think it's appropriate to return -EINVAL.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> 在 2023/10/17 16:09, Li Wang 写道:
>>> GENHD_FL_NO_PART means no device(-ENXIO), not parameter error(-EINVAL).
>>>
>>> test case with parted command:
>>> @dd if=/dev/zero of=./blk-file bs=1M count=200
>>> @losetup /dev/loop0 ./blk-file
>>> @parted -s /dev/loop0 mklabel MSDOS
>>> Error: Partition(s) 1, ..., 64 on /dev/loop0 have been written,
>>> but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change,
>>> probably because it/they are in use. As a result,
>>> the old partition(s) will remain in use. You should reboot now
>>> before making further changes.
>>> @echo $?
>>> 1
>>>
>>> Fixes: 1a721de8489f ("block: don't add or resize partition on the 
>>> disk with GENHD_FL_NO_PART")
>>> Signed-off-by: Li Wang <li.wang@...driver.com>
>>> ---
>>>   block/ioctl.c | 2 +-
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
>>> index d5f5cd61efd7..701c64cd67e8 100644
>>> --- a/block/ioctl.c
>>> +++ b/block/ioctl.c
>>> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static int blkpg_do_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev,
>>>       long long start, length;
>>>         if (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_NO_PART)
>>> -        return -EINVAL;
>>> +        return -ENXIO;
>>>       if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
>>>           return -EACCES;
>>>       if (copy_from_user(&p, upart, sizeof(struct blkpg_partition)))