This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
block: move GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE to disk->event_flags
to the 5.15-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
block-move-genhd_fl_block_events_on_excl_write-to-di.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.15 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit f406e6d560195db6c772cda55a383c045c3338c9
Author: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon Nov 22 14:06:13 2021 +0100
block: move GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE to disk->event_flags
[ Upstream commit 1545e0b419ba1d9b9bee4061d4826340afe6b0aa ]
GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE is all about the event reporting
mechanism, so move it to the event_flags field.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211122130625.1136848-3-hch@xxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Stable-dep-of: 1a721de8489f ("block: don't add or resize partition on the disk with GENHD_FL_NO_PART")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index 18abafb135e0b..b8599a4088843 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ struct block_device *blkdev_get_by_dev(dev_t dev, fmode_t mode, void *holder)
* used in blkdev_get/put().
*/
if ((mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !bdev->bd_write_holder &&
- (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE)) {
+ (disk->event_flags & DISK_EVENT_FLAG_BLOCK_ON_EXCL_WRITE)) {
bdev->bd_write_holder = true;
unblock_events = false;
}
diff --git a/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c b/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
index 93ed636262328..6ac716e614e30 100644
--- a/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/paride/pcd.c
@@ -929,8 +929,8 @@ static int pcd_init_unit(struct pcd_unit *cd, bool autoprobe, int port,
disk->minors = 1;
strcpy(disk->disk_name, cd->name); /* umm... */
disk->fops = &pcd_bdops;
- disk->flags = GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE;
disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE;
+ disk->event_flags = DISK_EVENT_FLAG_BLOCK_ON_EXCL_WRITE;
if (!pi_init(cd->pi, autoprobe, port, mode, unit, protocol, delay,
pcd_buffer, PI_PCD, verbose, cd->name))
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sr.c b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
index 652cd81d77753..af210910dadf2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sr.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sr.c
@@ -684,9 +684,10 @@ static int sr_probe(struct device *dev)
disk->minors = 1;
sprintf(disk->disk_name, "sr%d", minor);
disk->fops = &sr_bdops;
- disk->flags = GENHD_FL_CD | GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE;
+ disk->flags = GENHD_FL_CD;
disk->events = DISK_EVENT_MEDIA_CHANGE | DISK_EVENT_EJECT_REQUEST;
- disk->event_flags = DISK_EVENT_FLAG_POLL | DISK_EVENT_FLAG_UEVENT;
+ disk->event_flags = DISK_EVENT_FLAG_POLL | DISK_EVENT_FLAG_UEVENT |
+ DISK_EVENT_FLAG_BLOCK_ON_EXCL_WRITE;
blk_queue_rq_timeout(sdev->request_queue, SR_TIMEOUT);
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 3234b43fefb5c..300f796b8773d 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -60,9 +60,6 @@ struct partition_meta_info {
* (``BLOCK_EXT_MAJOR``).
* This affects the maximum number of partitions.
*
- * ``GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE`` (0x0100): event polling is
- * blocked whenever a writer holds an exclusive lock.
- *
* ``GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN`` (0x0200): partition scanning is disabled.
* Used for loop devices in their default settings and some MMC
* devices.
@@ -80,7 +77,6 @@ struct partition_meta_info {
#define GENHD_FL_CD 0x0008
#define GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO 0x0020
#define GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT 0x0040
-#define GENHD_FL_BLOCK_EVENTS_ON_EXCL_WRITE 0x0100
#define GENHD_FL_NO_PART_SCAN 0x0200
#define GENHD_FL_HIDDEN 0x0400
@@ -94,6 +90,8 @@ enum {
DISK_EVENT_FLAG_POLL = 1 << 0,
/* Forward events to udev */
DISK_EVENT_FLAG_UEVENT = 1 << 1,
+ /* Block event polling when open for exclusive write */
+ DISK_EVENT_FLAG_BLOCK_ON_EXCL_WRITE = 1 << 2,
};
struct disk_events;
