Re: [PATCH] loop: Add LOOP_SET_FD_WITH_OFFSET ioctl.

Bart Van Assche
2020-03-29T20:20:06Z

On 2020-03-29 07:04, Martijn Coenen wrote:
> -static int loop_set_fd(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
> - struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int arg)
> +static int loop_set_fd_with_offset(struct loop_device *lo, fmode_t mode,
> + struct block_device *bdev, unsigned int arg, loff_t offset)

Since this function has to be modified, please add an additional patch
to rename 'arg' into 'fd'. Additionally, how about renaming
"loop_set_fd_with_offset" into "loop_set_fd_and_offset"? I think the
latter name reflects more clearly the purpose of this function.

> @@ -1624,6 +1625,17 @@ static int lo_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
> break;
> case LOOP_GET_STATUS64:
> return loop_get_status64(lo, (struct loop_info64 __user *) arg);
> + case LOOP_SET_FD_WITH_OFFSET: {
> + struct loop_fd_with_offset fdwo;
> +
> + if (copy_from_user(&fdwo,
> + (struct loop_fd_with_offset __user *) arg,
> + sizeof(struct loop_fd_with_offset)))
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The kernel code that I'm familiar with uses sizeof(<variable name>)
instead of sizeof(<struct name>). That makes it less likely that
changing the type of the variable will introduce a mismatch between the
sizeof() expression and the size of the variable.

Thanks,

Bart.