Re: [PATCH] loop: Increase bsize variable from unsigned short to unsigned int

[Li Wang]

On Tue, Aug 27, 2024 at 3:20 PM John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 27/08/2024 04:22, Li Wang wrote:
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> +linux-block, Jens
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> > This change allows the loopback driver to handle larger block sizes
>
> larger than what? PAGE_SIZE?

Yes, system should return EINVAL when the tested bsize is larger than PAGE_SIZE.
But due to the loop_reconfigure_limits() cast it to 'unsined short' that
never gets an expected error when testing invalid logical block size.

That's why LTP/ioctl_loop06 failed on a system with 64k (ppc64le) pagesize
(since kernel-v6.11-rc1 with patches):

  9423c653fe6110 ("loop: Don't bother validating blocksize")
  fe3d508ba95bc6 ("block: Validate logical block size in blk_validate_limits()")



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Regards,
Li Wang