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Re: [PATCH for-5.1 2/3] file-posix: Fix check_hdev_writable() with auto-
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Max Reitz |
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Re: [PATCH for-5.1 2/3] file-posix: Fix check_hdev_writable() with auto-read-only |
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Fri, 17 Jul 2020 13:50:44 +0200 |
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On 17.07.20 12:54, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> For Linux block devices, being able to open the device read-write
> doesn't necessarily mean that the device is actually writable (one
> example is a read-only LV, as you get with lvchange -pr <device>). We
> have check_hdev_writable() to check this condition and fail opening the
> image read-write if it's not actually writable.
>
> However, this check doesn't take auto-read-only into account, but
> results in a hard failure instead of downgrading to read-only where
> possible.
>
> Fix this and do the writable check not based on BDRV_O_RDWR, but only
> when this actually results in opening the file read-write. A second
> check is inserted in raw_reconfigure_getfd() to have the same check when
> dynamic auto-read-only upgrades an image file from read-only to
> read-write.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
> ---
> block/file-posix.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Max Reitz <mreitz@redhat.com>
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