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* [PATCH] ext4: change EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE ioctl to _IOR
@ 2021-08-30 10:05 Denis Efremov
  2021-08-30 12:05 ` Theodore Ts'o
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Denis Efremov @ 2021-08-30 10:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tytso, adilger.kernel; +Cc: linux-ext4, linux-kernel, Denis Efremov

EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE is only used to read the state flags from the kernel.

Fixes: 1ad3ea6e0a69 ("ext4: add a new ioctl EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE")
Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com>
---
 fs/ext4/ext4.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 3c51e243450d..244b4dd193d3 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ enum {
 #define EXT4_IOC_PRECACHE_EXTENTS	_IO('f', 18)
 /* ioctl codes 19--39 are reserved for fscrypt */
 #define EXT4_IOC_CLEAR_ES_CACHE		_IO('f', 40)
-#define EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE		_IOW('f', 41, __u32)
+#define EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE		_IOR('f', 41, __u32)
 #define EXT4_IOC_GET_ES_CACHE		_IOWR('f', 42, struct fiemap)
 #define EXT4_IOC_CHECKPOINT		_IOW('f', 43, __u32)
 
-- 
2.31.1


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* Re: [PATCH] ext4: change EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE ioctl to _IOR
  2021-08-30 10:05 [PATCH] ext4: change EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE ioctl to _IOR Denis Efremov
@ 2021-08-30 12:05 ` Theodore Ts'o
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Theodore Ts'o @ 2021-08-30 12:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Denis Efremov; +Cc: adilger.kernel, linux-ext4, linux-kernel

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 01:05:08PM +0300, Denis Efremov wrote:
> EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE is only used to read the state flags from the kernel.
> 
> Fixes: 1ad3ea6e0a69 ("ext4: add a new ioctl EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE")
> Signed-off-by: Denis Efremov <efremov@linux.com>

NACK.  This will break ABI compatibility, which is way important than
getting the ioctl encoding incorrect.

If you really care, I suppose we could add an EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE_OLD
for the old value, and then support EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE and
EXT4_IOC_GETSTATE_OLD for a decade or two until all of the binaries in
the world get recompiled.

Is it worth it?  Eh....

						- Ted
						

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