Re: [PATCH 2.5.74-mm2] nbd: make nbd and block layer agree about

Jeff Garzik (jgarzik@pobox.com)
Sun, 06 Jul 2003 17:38:44 -0400


Paul Clements wrote:
> case NBD_SET_BLKSIZE:
> - if ((arg & (arg-1)) || (arg < 512) || (arg > PAGE_SIZE))
> - return -EINVAL;
> lo->blksize = arg;
> - lo->bytesize &= ~(lo->blksize-1);
> + lo->bytesize &= ~(lo->blksize-1);
> + inode->i_bdev->bd_inode->i_size = lo->bytesize;
> + set_blocksize(inode->i_bdev, lo->blksize);
> set_capacity(lo->disk, lo->bytesize >> 9);
> return 0;
> case NBD_SET_SIZE:
> - lo->bytesize = arg & ~(lo->blksize-1);
> + lo->bytesize = arg & ~(lo->blksize-1);
> + inode->i_bdev->bd_inode->i_size = lo->bytesize;
> + set_blocksize(inode->i_bdev, lo->blksize);
> set_capacity(lo->disk, lo->bytesize >> 9);
> return 0;
> case NBD_SET_SIZE_BLOCKS:
> lo->bytesize = ((u64) arg) * lo->blksize;
> + inode->i_bdev->bd_inode->i_size = lo->bytesize;
> + set_blocksize(inode->i_bdev, lo->blksize);
> set_capacity(lo->disk, lo->bytesize >> 9);
> return 0;
> case NBD_DO_IT:

Thanks. You forgot to check set_blocksize's return value for errors,
though.

Also, I wonder if you found a bug/oversight in set_blocksize -- it sets
bd_inode->i_blkbits but not bd_inode->i_size. I think it should set
i_size also. Maybe Andrew or Al can confirm/refute this assertion.

Jeff

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