From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756586Ab3AYK4f (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:56:35 -0500 Received: from e28smtp03.in.ibm.com ([122.248.162.3]:36485 "EHLO e28smtp03.in.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751275Ab3AYK4d (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:56:33 -0500 From: Guo Chao To: axboe@kernel.dk Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 0/7] Loop device bug fix Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:56:15 +0800 Message-Id: <1359111382-12654-1-git-send-email-yan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.9.5 X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 13012510-3864-0000-0000-000006915DD0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This patchset fix several loop device bugs. Patch #1 fix non-atomic updating block device size. It also prepares for a later dead lock patch. Patch #2 is a trivial clean up about block device. The rest of the patchset are loop device fix: #3 - fix a dead loop #4 - fix a race-like problem #5 - a little clean up based on #3 and #4 #6 - fix a user triggable oops #7 - avoid loop device size being messed up by parameters from users Guo Chao (7): block: use i_size_write() in bd_set_size() block: remove redundant check to bd_openers loopdev: fix a dead lock loopdev: update block device size in loop_set_status() loopdev: move common code into loop_figure_size() loopdev: remove an user triggable oops loopdev: ignore negative offset when calculate loop device size drivers/block/loop.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- fs/block_dev.c | 6 +++-- 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) -- 1.7.9.5