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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/loop.c49
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index 936cac3c3126..b336433f8157 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ static int loop_change_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev,
goto out_putf;
fput(old_file);
- if (max_part > 0)
+ if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN)
ioctl_by_bdev(bdev, BLKRRPART, 0);
return 0;
@@ -808,16 +808,25 @@ static ssize_t loop_attr_autoclear_show(struct loop_device *lo, char *buf)
return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", autoclear ? "1" : "0");
}
+static ssize_t loop_attr_partscan_show(struct loop_device *lo, char *buf)
+{
+ int partscan = (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN);
+
+ return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", partscan ? "1" : "0");
+}
+
LOOP_ATTR_RO(backing_file);
LOOP_ATTR_RO(offset);
LOOP_ATTR_RO(sizelimit);
LOOP_ATTR_RO(autoclear);
+LOOP_ATTR_RO(partscan);
static struct attribute *loop_attrs[] = {
&loop_attr_backing_file.attr,
&loop_attr_offset.attr,
&loop_attr_sizelimit.attr,
&loop_attr_autoclear.attr,
+ &loop_attr_partscan.attr,
NULL,
};
@@ -979,7 +988,9 @@ static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
}
lo->lo_state = Lo_bound;
wake_up_process(lo->lo_thread);
- if (max_part > 0)
+ if (part_shift)
+ lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN;
+ if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN)
ioctl_by_bdev(bdev, BLKRRPART, 0);
return 0;
@@ -1070,7 +1081,6 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev)
lo->lo_offset = 0;
lo->lo_sizelimit = 0;
lo->lo_encrypt_key_size = 0;
- lo->lo_flags = 0;
lo->lo_thread = NULL;
memset(lo->lo_encrypt_key, 0, LO_KEY_SIZE);
memset(lo->lo_crypt_name, 0, LO_NAME_SIZE);
@@ -1088,8 +1098,11 @@ static int loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, struct block_device *bdev)
lo->lo_state = Lo_unbound;
/* This is safe: open() is still holding a reference. */
module_put(THIS_MODULE);
- if (max_part > 0 && bdev)
+ if (lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN && bdev)
ioctl_by_bdev(bdev, BLKRRPART, 0);
+ lo->lo_flags = 0;
+ if (!part_shift)
+ lo->lo_disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
mutex_unlock(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
/*
* Need not hold lo_ctl_mutex to fput backing file.
@@ -1159,6 +1172,13 @@ loop_set_status(struct loop_device *lo, const struct loop_info64 *info)
(info->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR))
lo->lo_flags ^= LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR;
+ if ((info->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN) &&
+ !(lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN)) {
+ lo->lo_flags |= LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN;
+ lo->lo_disk->flags &= ~GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
+ ioctl_by_bdev(lo->lo_device, BLKRRPART, 0);
+ }
+
lo->lo_encrypt_key_size = info->lo_encrypt_key_size;
lo->lo_init[0] = info->lo_init[0];
lo->lo_init[1] = info->lo_init[1];
@@ -1654,6 +1674,27 @@ static struct loop_device *loop_alloc(int i)
if (!disk)
goto out_free_queue;
+ /*
+ * Disable partition scanning by default. The in-kernel partition
+ * scanning can be requested individually per-device during its
+ * setup. Userspace can always add and remove partitions from all
+ * devices. The needed partition minors are allocated from the
+ * extended minor space, the main loop device numbers will continue
+ * to match the loop minors, regardless of the number of partitions
+ * used.
+ *
+ * If max_part is given, partition scanning is globally enabled for
+ * all loop devices. The minors for the main loop devices will be
+ * multiples of max_part.
+ *
+ * Note: Global-for-all-devices, set-only-at-init, read-only module
+ * parameteters like 'max_loop' and 'max_part' make things needlessly
+ * complicated, are too static, inflexible and may surprise
+ * userspace tools. Parameters like this in general should be avoided.
+ */
+ if (!part_shift)
+ disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN;
+ disk->flags |= GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT;
mutex_init(&lo->lo_ctl_mutex);
lo->lo_number = i;
lo->lo_thread = NULL;