On 03/05/2012 06:27 PM, NeilBrown wrote: > > So it is still called fsync_bdev and invalidate_bdev as long as the > ioctl function for the underlying disk returns -EINVAL or -ENOTTY. > > The function that shows that warning is scsi_verify_blk_ioctl in > block/scsi_ioctl.c The worst it can do is return -ENOTTY, and that > is safe. > > So the warning is bogus, the code still works. > We should whitelist ioctls if they are legitimately used and harmless. Do we have a specific list? -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
