Re: [PATCH 2/7] pktcdvd: sort set_blocksize() calls out

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On Sat, Apr 27, 2024 at 10:10:32PM +0100, Al Viro wrote:
> 1) it doesn't make any sense to have ->open() call set_blocksize() on the
> device being opened - the caller will override that anyway.
> 
> 2) setting block size on underlying device, OTOH, ought to be done when
> we are opening it exclusive - i.e. as part of pkt_open_dev().  Having
> it done at setup time doesn't guarantee us anything about the state
> at the time we start talking to it.  Worse, if you happen to have
> the underlying device containing e.g. ext2 with 4Kb blocks that
> is currently mounted r/o, that set_blocksize() will confuse the hell
> out of filesystem.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Looks good to me,
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>




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