dm cache metadata: do not allow the data block size to change
authorMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:59:39 +0000 (16:59 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Mon, 28 Jul 2014 15:00:07 +0000 (08:00 -0700)
commit 048e5a07f282c57815b3901d4a68a77fa131ce0a upstream.

The block size for the dm-cache's data device must remained fixed for
the life of the cache.  Disallow any attempt to change the cache's data
block size.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/md/dm-cache-metadata.c

index a33e07f4222e716402d626322abc636866d889fd..de737ba1d3519126da16f464dba34dd6fa4b9ce6 100644 (file)
@@ -384,6 +384,15 @@ static int __open_metadata(struct dm_cache_metadata *cmd)
 
        disk_super = dm_block_data(sblock);
 
+       /* Verify the data block size hasn't changed */
+       if (le32_to_cpu(disk_super->data_block_size) != cmd->data_block_size) {
+               DMERR("changing the data block size (from %u to %llu) is not supported",
+                     le32_to_cpu(disk_super->data_block_size),
+                     (unsigned long long)cmd->data_block_size);
+               r = -EINVAL;
+               goto bad;
+       }
+
        r = __check_incompat_features(disk_super, cmd);
        if (r < 0)
                goto bad;