On Apr 17, 2024 / 16:47, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Commit 4601b4b130de ("block: reopen the device in blkdev_reread_part")
> lost the propagation of I/O errors from the low-level read of the
> partition table to the user space caller of the BLKRRPART.
>
> Apparently some user space relies on, so restore the propagation. This
> isn't exactly pretty as other block device open calls explicitly do not
> are about these errors, so add a new BLK_OPEN_STRICT_SCAN to opt into
> the error propagation.
>
> Fixes: 4601b4b130de ("block: reopen the device in blkdev_reread_part")
> Reported-by: Saranya Muruganandam <saranyamohan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Changes since v1:
> - fix the rebase error that causes the flag to reuse a bit number
> - fixed a comment typo
Thanks. The v2 patch looks good to me. I also confirmed that the corresponding
blktests test case block/036 passes with this patch.
Reviewed-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Shin'ichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@xxxxxxx>
