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block: eliminate potential for infinite loop in blkdev_issue_discard
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Due to the recently identified overflow in read_capacity_16() it was
possible for max_discard_sectors to be zero but still have discards
enabled on the associated device's queue.

Eliminate the possibility for blkdev_issue_discard to infinitely loop.

Interestingly this issue wasn't identified until a device, whose
discard_granularity was 0 due to read_capacity_16 overflow, was consumed
by blk_stack_limits() to construct limits for a higher-level DM
multipath device.  The multipath device's resulting limits never had the
discard limits stacked because blk_stack_limits() will only do so if
the bottom device's discard_granularity != 0.  This resulted in the
multipath device's limits.max_discard_sectors being 0.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
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snitm authored and Jens Axboe committed Jul 6, 2011
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion block/blk-lib.c
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Expand Up @@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
* granularity
*/
max_discard_sectors = min(q->limits.max_discard_sectors, UINT_MAX >> 9);
if (q->limits.discard_granularity) {
if (!unlikely(!max_discard_sectors)) {
/* Avoid infinite loop below. Being cautious never hurts. */
return -EOPNOTSUPP;
} else if (q->limits.discard_granularity) {
unsigned int disc_sects = q->limits.discard_granularity >> 9;

max_discard_sectors &= ~(disc_sects - 1);
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