From: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> This patch has been added to the 3.12 stable tree. If you have any objections, please let us know. =============== commit 048e5a07f282c57815b3901d4a68a77fa131ce0a upstream. The block size for the dm-cache's data device must remained fixed for the life of the cache. Disallow any attempt to change the cache's data block size. Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c index 1d38019bb022..b564c0610259 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c @@ -407,6 +407,15 @@ static int __open_metadata(struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd) disk_super = dm_block_data(sblock); + /* Verify the data block size hasn't changed */ + if (le32_to_cpu(disk_super->data_block_size) != cmd->data_block_size) { + DMERR("changing the data block size (from %u to %llu) is not supported", + le32_to_cpu(disk_super->data_block_size), + (unsigned long long)cmd->data_block_size); + r = -EINVAL; + goto bad; + } + r = __check_incompat_features(disk_super, cmd); if (r < 0) goto bad; -- 2.0.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html