[PATCH v2 0/2] block: make some queue limits checks more robust

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This series contains a couple of changes to make request queue limits
checks more robust.

About the change to enforce a power-of-2 physical block size, I audited
the drivers which set this. All look ok to comply with this rule, as
follows:

drivers/block/brd.c - uses PAGE_SIZE, so ok

drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c - uses bdev_physical_block_size(), so ok

drivers/block/loop.c - uses same size as LBS (which must be a 
power-of-2), so ok

drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c - uses 4096, so ok

drivers/block/n64cart.c - uses 4096, so ok

drivers/block/nbd.c - uses same size as LBS (which must be a 
power-of-2), so ok

drivers/block/null_blk/main.c - uses same size as LBS (which must be a
power-of-2), so ok

drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-clt.c - drivers/block/rnbd/rnbd-srv.c - uses
bdev_physical_block_size() to fill in
rnbd_msg_open_rsp.physical_block_size, and rnbd-clt.c fills in
queue_limits.physical_block_size from
rnbd_msg_open_rsp.physical_block_size, so looks ok

drivers/block/sunvdc.c not sure on this one. For v1.2 spec we have 
vio_disk_attr_info.phys_block_size, but I cannot
find a spec detailing it.
https://oss.oracle.com/sparcdocs/hypervisor-api-3.0draft7.pdf has
earlier specs. FWIW, no rules on power-of-2 not mentioned for
vdisk_block_size in that spec, so unlikely to have rules for physical
block size. Default pbs is VDC_DEFAULT_BLK_SIZE = 512, and other sizes
in driver are all power-of-2, so likely phys_block_size
will be a power-of-2 always

drivers/block/ublk_drv.c - uses 1 << p->physical_bs_shift, so ok

drivers/block/virtio_blk.c - according to [0], should be ok

drivers/block/zloop.c - uses same size as LBS (which must be a
power-of-2), so ok

drivers/block/zram/zram_drv.c - uses PAGE_SIZE, so ok

drivers/md/bcache/super.c - uses same size as LBS (which must be a
power-of-2), so ok

drivers/md/dm-crypt.c - uses same size as LBS (which must be a
power-of-2), so ok

drivers/md/dm-ebs-target.c - ebs_ctr() -> __ebs_check_bs() ensures a
power-of-2, so ok

drivers/md/dm-integrity.c - uses same size as LBS (which must be a
power-of-2), so ok

drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c - uses bdev_physical_block_size(), so ok

drivers/md/dm-vdo/dm-vdo-target.c - VDO_BLOCK_SIZE = 4096, so ok

drivers/md/dm-verity-target.c - uses 1 << v->data_dev_block_bits, so ok

drivers/md/dm-writecache.c - writecache_ctr() line 2376 ensure
blocksize is a power-of-2, so ok

drivers/md/dm-zoned-target.c - uses same size as LBS (which must be a
power-of-2), so ok

drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c - uses PAGE_SIZE, so ok

drivers/nvme/host/core.c - may not be ok, so pbs comes from npwg and
spec does not mandate this is a power-of-2. According to [1], nothing
like this has been seen.

drivers/scsi/sd.c - uses (1 << (buffer[13] & 0xf)) * sector_size in
sdkp->physical_block_size, so ok

drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c - uses sdkp->physical_block_size, so ok

drivers/target/target_core_iblock.c - uses bdev_physical_block_size(), so ok

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/aa4b8526-5346-4004-a3b7-abcffd201b1a@xxxxxxxxxx/
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/yq1qzy8x5m8.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Changes since RFC:
- Add RB tags (thanks!)

John Garry (2):
  block: avoid possible overflow for chunk_sectors check in
    blk_stack_limits()
  block: Enforce power-of-2 physical block size

 block/blk-settings.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.43.5





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