Userspace tools assume if a value is read from configfs, it is valid
and will not cause an error if the same value is written back. The only
valid value for pi_prot_type for backends not supporting DIF is 0, so allow
this particular value to be set without returning an error.
Reported-by: Krzysztof Chojnowski <frirajder@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Grover <agrover@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/target/target_core_device.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
index 65001e1..382b66b 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_device.c
@@ -936,6 +936,10 @@ int se_dev_set_pi_prot_type(struct se_device *dev, int flag)
return 0;
}
if (!dev->transport->init_prot || !dev->transport->free_prot) {
+ /* 0 is only allowed value for non-supporting backends */
+ if (flag == 0)
+ return 0;
+
pr_err("DIF protection not supported by backend: %s\n",
dev->transport->name);
return -ENOSYS;
--
1.9.0
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