Re: [Patch] scsi_ioctl: support persistent reserve commands for non-root user.

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On Tue, 2015-08-04 at 09:11 +0800, jiang.biao2@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> scsi_ioctl: support persistent reserve commands through ioctl for
> non-root user.
> 
> Scsi persistent reserve commands need to be used for non-root user in
> many scenarios.
> EPERM error will be returned by sg_io() when PERSISTENT_RESERVE_OUT
> or PERSISTENT_RESERVE_IN command is sent through ioctl() for
> non-root user.
> Add PERSISTENT_RESERVE_OUT and PERSISTENT_RESERVE_IN into
> blk_default_cmd_filter in blk_set_cmd_filter_defaults() to support 
> persistent reserve commands for non-root user.

I'm very dubious about this: a PR third party reservation can deny
access to the local device ... effectively allowing any local user to
cause I/O errors on all devices by issuing a bogus third party
reservation.  What's the reason for allowing non-root use in the first
place?

James




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