[PATCH] block: Return the soft block size for compat BLKBSZGET
From: Hungyu Lin
Date: Fri Oct 23 2026 - 11:41:51 EST
BLKBSZGET returns the block device's soft block size, while BLKSSZGET
returns its logical sector size. The compat BLKBSZGET_32 handler uses
bdev_logical_block_size(), so it returns the wrong value when these
sizes differ.
For example, on an x86_64 kernel a native query of a RAM or loop device
with 512-byte logical sectors returns the initial soft block size of
4096 bytes, but an i386 process gets 512 bytes. This makes 32-bit
blockdev --getbsz and the BSZ column of --report disagree with native
queries, even without a preceding BLKBSZSET.
Use block_size() as the native handler and the pre-regression compat
handler do, and correct the case comment to describe the soft size.
Fixes: 9b81648cb5e3 ("compat_ioctl: simplify up block/ioctl.c")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Hungyu Lin <dennylin0707@xxxxxxxxx>
---
block/ioctl.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index 64b4e6c0f696..fb2f4b4d2505 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -835,8 +835,8 @@ long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
return compat_put_ulong(argp, bdev_nr_sectors(bdev));
/* The data is compatible, but the command number is different */
- case BLKBSZGET_32: /* get the logical block size (cf. BLKSSZGET) */
- return put_int(argp, bdev_logical_block_size(bdev));
+ case BLKBSZGET_32: /* get the soft block size (cf. BLKSSZGET) */
+ return put_int(argp, block_size(bdev));
case BLKBSZSET_32:
return blkdev_bszset(file, mode, argp);
case BLKGETSIZE64_32:
base-commit: 734bef548a96e8774d6eef5dfa2026c6edc4e80b
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2.43.0