Re: [PATCH] scsi: sd: Keep disk read-only when re-reading partition

From: Johannes Thumshirn
Date: Fri Mar 02 2018 - 07:00:47 EST


On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 02:08:10PM +0000, Jeremy Cline wrote:
> If the read-only flag is true on a SCSI disk, re-reading the partition
> table sets the flag back to false.
>
> To observe this bug, you can run:
>
> 1. blockdev --setro /dev/sda
> 2. blockdev --rereadpt /dev/sda
> 3. blockdev --getro /dev/sda

hi Jeremy,

Do you mind wiring up a testcase in blktest [1] for this? Given that
you already have a rather trivial reproducer.

[1] https://github.com/osandov/

Thanks,
Johannes

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