Re: [PATCH v2] blk: avoid divide-by-zero with zero granularity

From: Li Feng
Date: Tue Jan 12 2021 - 21:44:02 EST


Yes, Reject the device is the right fix. I will try to send another fix.
By the way, I think this fix is good protection, maybe some other devices
violate this block size constraint.

Divide zero is unacceptable.

Thanks,
Feng Li

Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> 于2021年1月13日周三 上午1:48写道:
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> Johannes,
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> >> I use the nvme-tcp as the host, the target is spdk nvme-tcp target,
> >> and set a wrong block size(i.g. bs=8), then the host prints this oops:
> >
> > I think the better fix here is to reject devices which report a block size
> > small than a sector.
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> Yep, Linux doesn't support logical block sizes < 512 bytes.
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> Also, the NVMe spec states:
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> "A value smaller than 9 (i.e., 512 bytes) is not supported."
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> --
> Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering