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    loopdev: update block device size in loop_set_status() · 541c742a
    Guo Chao authored
    Loop device driver sometimes fails to impose the size limit on the
    device. Keep issuing following two commands:
    
    losetup --offset 7517244416 --sizelimit 3224971264 /dev/loop0 backed_file
    blockdev --getsize64 /dev/loop0
    
    blockdev reports file size instead of sizelimit several out of 100 times.
    
    The problems are:
    
    	- losetup set up the device in two ioctl:
    		  LOOP_SET_FD and LOOP_SET_STATUS64.
    
    	- LOOP_SET_STATUS64 only update size of gendisk.
    
    Block device size will be updated lazily when device comes to use. If udev
    rushes in between the two ioctl, it will bring in a block device whose
    size is backing file size. If the device is not released after
    LOOP_SET_STATUS64 ioctl, blockdev will not see the updated size.
    
    Update block size in LOOP_SET_STATUS64 ioctl.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarGuo Chao <yan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Reported-by: default avatarM. Hindess <hindessm@uk.ibm.com>
    Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
    Cc: Guo Chao <yan@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Cc: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>
    Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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