linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] Revert "block: don't add or resize partition on the disk with GENHD_FL_NO

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Message-ID: <20251117174315.367072-2-gulam.mohamed@oracle.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 17:43:15 +0000
From: Gulam Mohamed <gulam.mohamed@...cle.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@....de
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "block: don't add or resize partition on the disk with GENHD_FL_NO_PART"

This reverts commit 1a721de8489fa559ff4471f73c58bb74ac5580d3.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Gulam Mohamed <gulam.mohamed@...cle.com>
---
 block/ioctl.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index d25b84441237..a260e39e56a4 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ static int blkpg_do_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev,
 	struct blkpg_partition p;
 	sector_t start, length;
 
-	if (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_NO_PART)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EACCES;
 	if (copy_from_user(&p, upart, sizeof(struct blkpg_partition)))
-- 
2.47.3