[PATCH v2] loop: Add LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO to compat ioctl

From: Alessio Balsini
Date: Tue Aug 06 2019 - 20:50:50 EST


Enabling Direct I/O with loop devices helps reducing memory usage by
avoiding double caching. 32 bit applications running on 64 bits systems
are currently not able to request direct I/O because is missing from the
lo_compat_ioctl.

This patch fixes the compatibility issue mentioned above by exporting
LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO as additional lo_compat_ioctl() entry.
The input argument for this ioctl is a single long converted to a 1-bit
boolean, so compatibility is preserved.

Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alessio Balsini <balsini@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/loop.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 44c9985f352ab..2e2193f754ab0 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1753,6 +1753,7 @@ static int lo_compat_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
case LOOP_SET_FD:
case LOOP_CHANGE_FD:
case LOOP_SET_BLOCK_SIZE:
+ case LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO:
err = lo_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg);
break;
default:
--
2.23.0.rc1.153.gdeed80330f-goog