I agree that there should be a generic fake getgeo routine; but fixing that is a topic for a different patchset and it doesn't need to get folded into this driver submission process. -----Original Message----- From: Elliott, Robert (Server Storage) [mailto:Elliott@xxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 8:28 PM To: Ross Zwisler; Jens Axboe; Wilcox, Matthew R; Boaz Harrosh; Nick Piggin; Kani, Toshimitsu; Knippers, Linda; linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-nvdimm@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/4] pmem: Add support for getgeo() > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-kernel- > owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ross Zwisler > Sent: Wednesday, 27 August, 2014 4:12 PM > To: Jens Axboe; Matthew Wilcox; Boaz Harrosh; Nick Piggin; linux- > fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > nvdimm@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Ross Zwisler > Subject: [PATCH 2/4] pmem: Add support for getgeo() > > Some programs require HDIO_GETGEO work, which requires we implement > getgeo. Based off of the work done to the NVMe driver in this > commit: > > commit 4cc09e2dc4cb ("NVMe: Add getgeo to block ops") > > Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/block/pmem.c | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/block/pmem.c b/drivers/block/pmem.c > index d366b9b..60bbe0d 100644 > --- a/drivers/block/pmem.c > +++ b/drivers/block/pmem.c > @@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ struct pmem_device { > size_t size; > }; > > +static int pmem_getgeo(struct block_device *bd, struct hd_geometry > *geo) > +{ > + /* some standard values */ > + geo->heads = 1 << 6; > + geo->sectors = 1 << 5; > + geo->cylinders = get_capacity(bd->bd_disk) >> 11; Just stuffing the result of get_capacity into the 16-bit cylinders field will overflow/wrap on large capacities. 0xFFFF << 11 = 0x7FF_F800 = 64 GiB (68.7 GB) How many programs still need these meaningless fields? Could the bogus information be created elsewhere so each block driver doesn't need to do this? > + return 0; > +} > + > /* > * direct translation from (pmem,sector) => void* > * We do not require that sector be page aligned. > @@ -176,6 +185,7 @@ out: > > static const struct block_device_operations pmem_fops = { > .owner = THIS_MODULE, > + .getgeo = pmem_getgeo, > }; > > /* Kernel module stuff */ > -- --- Rob Elliott HP Server Storage -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
