linux-toradex.git/drivers/md/dm-table.c, branch v3.4.2

dm: reject trailing characters in sccanf input

2012-03-28T17:41:26+00:00

Device mapper uses sscanf to convert arguments to numbers. The problem is that
the way we use it ignores additional unmatched characters in the scanned string.

For example, this `if (sscanf(string, "%d", &number) == 1)' will match a number,
but also it will match number with some garbage appended, like "123abc".

As a result, device mapper accepts garbage after some numbers. For example
the command `dmsetup create vg1-new --table "0 16384 linear 254:1bla 34816bla"'
will pass without an error.

This patch fixes all sscanf uses in device mapper. It appends "%c" with
a pointer to a dummy character variable to every sscanf statement.

The construct `if (sscanf(string, "%d%c", &number, &dummy) == 1)' succeeds
only if string is a null-terminated number (optionally preceded by some
whitespace characters). If there is some character appended after the number,
sscanf matches "%c", writes the character to the dummy variable and returns 2.
We check the return value for 1 and consequently reject numbers with some
garbage appended.

Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka 
Acked-by: Mike Snitzer 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm table: simplify call to free_devices

2012-03-28T17:41:24+00:00

free_devices in dm_table.c already uses list_for_each(), so we don't
need to check if the list is empty.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

block: Introduce blk_set_stacking_limits function

2012-01-11T15:27:11+00:00

Stacking driver queue limits are typically bounded exclusively by the
capabilities of the low level devices, not by the stacking driver
itself.

This patch introduces blk_set_stacking_limits() which has more liberal
metrics than the default queue limits function. This allows us to
inherit topology parameters from bottom devices without manually
tweaking the default limits in each driver prior to calling the stacking
function.

Since there is now a clear distinction between stacking and low-level
devices, blk_set_default_limits() has been modified to carry the more
conservative values that we used to manually set in
blk_queue_make_request().

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen 
Acked-by: Mike Snitzer 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

dm table: add immutable feature

2011-10-31T20:19:04+00:00

Introduce DM_TARGET_IMMUTABLE to indicate that the target type cannot be mixed
with any other target type, and once loaded into a device, it cannot be
replaced with a table containing a different type.

The thin provisioning pool device will use this.

Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm table: add always writeable feature

2011-10-31T20:19:02+00:00

Add a target feature flag DM_TARGET_ALWAYS_WRITEABLE to indicate that a target
does not support read-only mode.

The initial implementation of the thin provisioning target uses this.

Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm table: add singleton feature

2011-10-31T20:19:00+00:00

Introduce the concept of a singleton table which contains exactly one target.

If a target type sets the DM_TARGET_SINGLETON feature bit device-mapper
will ensure that any table that includes that target contains no others.

The thin provisioning pool target uses this.

Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm table: propagate non rotational flag

2011-10-31T20:18:50+00:00

Allow QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT to propagate up the device stack if all
underlying devices are non-rotational.  Tools like ureadahead will
schedule IOs differently based on the rotational flag.

With this patch, I see boot time go from 7.75 s to 7.46 s on my device.

Suggested-by: J. Richard Barnette 
Signed-off-by: Mandeep Singh Baines 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Cc: Neil Brown 
Cc: Jens Axboe 
Cc: Martin K. Petersen 
Cc: dm-devel@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm crypt: always disable discard_zeroes_data

2011-09-25T22:26:21+00:00

If optional discard support in dm-crypt is enabled, discards requests
bypass the crypt queue and blocks of the underlying device are discarded.
For the read path, discarded blocks are handled the same as normal
ciphertext blocks, thus decrypted.

So if the underlying device announces discarded regions return zeroes,
dm-crypt must disable this flag because after decryption there is just
random noise instead of zeroes.

Signed-off-by: Milan Broz 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm table: avoid crash if integrity profile changes

2011-09-25T22:26:17+00:00

Commit a63a5cf (dm: improve block integrity support) introduced a
two-phase initialization of a DM device's integrity profile.  This
patch avoids dereferencing a NULL 'template_disk' pointer in
blk_integrity_register() if there is an integrity profile mismatch in
dm_table_set_integrity().

This can occur if the integrity profiles for stacked devices in a DM
table are changed between the call to dm_table_prealloc_integrity() and
dm_table_set_integrity().

Reported-by: Zdenek Kabelac 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon 
Cc: stable@kernel.org # 2.6.39

dm table: set flush capability based on underlying devices

2011-08-02T11:32:08+00:00

DM has always advertised both REQ_FLUSH and REQ_FUA flush capabilities
regardless of whether or not a given DM device's underlying devices
also advertised a need for them.

Block's flush-merge changes from 2.6.39 have proven to be more costly
for DM devices.  Performance regressions have been reported even when
DM's underlying devices do not advertise that they have a write cache.

Fix the performance regressions by configuring a DM device's flushing
capabilities based on those of the underlying devices' capabilities.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon