Re: [PATCH 1/4] scsi: sg: fix BLKSECTGET ioctl

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On 2020-09-04 13:05, Tom Yan wrote:
> It should give out the maximum number of sectors per request
> instead of maximum number of bytes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Yan <tom.ty89@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/sg.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> index 20472aaaf630..e57831910228 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> @@ -922,6 +922,7 @@ sg_ioctl_common(struct file *filp, Sg_device *sdp, Sg_fd *sfp,
>  	int result, val, read_only;
>  	Sg_request *srp;
>  	unsigned long iflags;
> +	unsigned int max_sectors;
>  
>  	SCSI_LOG_TIMEOUT(3, sg_printk(KERN_INFO, sdp,
>  				   "sg_ioctl: cmd=0x%x\n", (int) cmd_in));
> @@ -1114,8 +1115,9 @@ sg_ioctl_common(struct file *filp, Sg_device *sdp, Sg_fd *sfp,
>  		sdp->sgdebug = (char) val;
>  		return 0;
>  	case BLKSECTGET:
> -		return put_user(max_sectors_bytes(sdp->device->request_queue),
> -				ip);
> +		max_sectors = min_t(unsigned int, USHRT_MAX,
> +				    queue_max_sectors(sdp->device->request_queue));
> +		return put_user(max_sectors, ip);
>  	case BLKTRACESETUP:
>  		return blk_trace_setup(sdp->device->request_queue,
>  				       sdp->disk->disk_name,

Is this perhaps a backwards-incompatible change to the kernel ABI, the
kind of change Linus totally disagrees with?

Additionally, please Cc linux-api for patches that modify the kernel ABI.
>From https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-api-ml.html: "The kernel
source file Documentation/SubmitChecklist notes that all Linux kernel
patches that change userspace interfaces should be CCed to
linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, so that the various parties who are interested
in API changes are informed. For further information, see
https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/linux-api-ml.html";

Thanks,

Bart.





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