Re: [PATCH v2] loop: Check for overflow while configuring loop

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Tue Aug 23 2022 - 14:08:05 EST


On Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:38:10 +0530, Siddh Raman Pant via Linux-kernel-mentees wrote:
> The userspace can configure a loop using an ioctl call, wherein
> a configuration of type loop_config is passed (see lo_ioctl()'s
> case on line 1550 of drivers/block/loop.c). This proceeds to call
> loop_configure() which in turn calls loop_set_status_from_info()
> (see line 1050 of loop.c), passing &config->info which is of type
> loop_info64*. This function then sets the appropriate values, like
> the offset.
>
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] loop: Check for overflow while configuring loop
commit: f11ebc7347340d291ba032a3872e40d3283fc351

Best regards,
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Jens Axboe