Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] cdrom: gdrom: update gendisk capacity on open

From: Artur Rojek

Date: Fri Apr 24 2026 - 15:46:00 EST


On 2026-04-23 21:41, Florian Fuchs wrote:
Update the gendisk capacity of the media. Without the capacity, the block
reads fail before reaching the request queue, which prevented ISO9660
mounts. Refresh the capacity from the TOC leadout in gdrom_bdops_open()
so it checks the inserted media.

Signed-off-by: Florian Fuchs <fuchsfl@xxxxxxxxx>

Hey Florian,
thanks for v3. Verified on real hardware.

---
v2->v3: Also add quirk to handle proprietary GDROMs, using the same
mechanic like in gdrom_get_last_session() try session 1 first
for GDROM, then session 0 for CDROMs. Dropped Acked-By due to
code change.
v1->v2: no change for gdrom_update_capacity(), but for
gdrom_bdops_open(): handle the failure case when
gdrom_update_capacity() fails but previous cdrom_open() succeeded,
to cleanup the successful cdrom_open() with cdrom_release()

v2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sh/20260419162823.2829286-3-fuchsfl@xxxxxxxxx/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sh/20260405082330.4104672-3-fuchsfl@xxxxxxxxx/

drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
index 094d55b2d004..1e73617b39ac 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
@@ -474,6 +474,27 @@ static const struct cdrom_device_ops gdrom_ops = {
CDC_RESET | CDC_DRIVE_STATUS | CDC_CD_R,
};

+static int gdrom_update_capacity(void)
+{
+ sector_t cap;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (gdrom_drivestatus(gd.cd_info, CDSL_CURRENT) != CDS_DISC_OK) {
+ set_capacity(gd.disk, 0);
+ return -ENOMEDIUM;
+ }
+ ret = gdrom_readtoc_cmd(gd.toc, 1);
+ if (ret)
+ ret = gdrom_readtoc_cmd(gd.toc, 0);
+ if (ret) {
+ set_capacity(gd.disk, 0);
+ return ret;
+ }

Since you already clobber the return value of
gdrom_readtoc_cmd(gd.toc, 1), then how about make it even simpler:

if (gdrom_readtoc_cmd(gd.toc, 1) && gdrom_readtoc_cmd(gd.toc, 0)) {
set_capacity(gd.disk, 0);
return -EINVAL;
}

With or without the above change:

Acked-by: Artur Rojek <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,
Artur

+ cap = (sector_t)get_entry_lba(gd.toc->leadout) * GD_TO_BLK;
+ set_capacity(gd.disk, cap);
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int gdrom_bdops_open(struct gendisk *disk, blk_mode_t mode)
{
int ret;
@@ -482,6 +503,12 @@ static int gdrom_bdops_open(struct gendisk *disk, blk_mode_t mode)

mutex_lock(&gdrom_mutex);
ret = cdrom_open(gd.cd_info, mode);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+ ret = gdrom_update_capacity();
+ if (ret)
+ cdrom_release(gd.cd_info);
+out:
mutex_unlock(&gdrom_mutex);
return ret;
}