From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A74CC5DF60 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2019 17:14:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1941920663 for ; Tue, 5 Nov 2019 17:14:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730959AbfKEROA (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Nov 2019 12:14:00 -0500 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:50210 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728399AbfKEROA (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Nov 2019 12:14:00 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D03E6ADFB; Tue, 5 Nov 2019 17:13:58 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 18:13:57 +0100 From: Michal =?iso-8859-1?Q?Such=E1nek?= To: Karel Zak Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] blkid: open device in nonblock mode. Message-ID: <20191105171357.GV1384@kitsune.suse.cz> References: <20191104202315.4879-1-msuchanek@suse.de> <20191105114122.o3cjzfnoy3hp2rbm@10.255.255.10> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20191105114122.o3cjzfnoy3hp2rbm@10.255.255.10> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: util-linux@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 05, 2019 at 12:41:22PM +0100, Karel Zak wrote: > On Mon, Nov 04, 2019 at 09:23:15PM +0100, Michal Suchanek wrote: > > When autoclose is set (kernel default but many distributions reverse the > > setting) opening a CD-rom device causes the tray to close. > > > > The function of blkid is to report the current state of the device and > > not to change it. Hence it should use O_NONBLOCK when opening the > > device to avoid closing a CD-rom tray. > > I can imagine this as optional solution (command line option), but I That defeats the purpose of this change. You cannot use the option with old blkid, so using the option is broken and not using it is also broken. > have doubts to use O_NONBLOCK by default for all block devices. I have > no example, but it sounds like a way how to introduce regressions in > libblkid behavior. (Any kernel guy around?) Is it really only cdrom > driver(s) where O_NONBLOCK has any impact? What about USB, some random > SCSI, ... I don't know. > > The another problem is that the library does not have to open the device, > you can use already open file descriptor (blkid_probe_set_device()). > So, in many cases the patch will have no effect. If some random program using libblkid closes the tray I don't care that much. However, many system scripts use blkid, probably to find a device with particular ID: /usr/bin/dracut: dev=$(blkid -l -t UUID=${dev#UUID=} -o device) /usr/bin/dracut: dev=$(blkid -l -t LABEL=${dev#LABEL=} -o device) /usr/bin/dracut: dev=$(blkid -l -t PARTUUID=${dev#PARTUUID=} -o device) /usr/bin/dracut: dev=$(blkid -l -t PARTLABEL=${dev#PARTLABEL=} -o device) /usr/bin/linux-boot-prober: partition=$(blkid | grep "$UUID" | cut -d ':' -f 1 | tr '\n' ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 1) /usr/bin/os-prober: blkid | grep btrfs | cut -d ':' -f 1 /usr/bin/os-prober: type=$(blkid -o value -s TYPE $mapped || true) /usr/bin/os-prober: uuid=$(blkid -o value -s UUID $mapped) > > > blkid is used liberally in scripts so it can potentially interfere with > > the user operating the CD-rom hardware. > > It's better to use lsblk in script, it reads info from udev -- call > blindly blkid(8) is usually overkill. First off you need to explain it to all authors of all random scripts out there. Secondly udev is not guaranteed to exist/run on every system. Thanks Michal