I/O Error Test 7 ================ commit: "bcache: fix ioctl in flash device" This test needs QEMU+GDB since there's no way to set the variable from the kernel, because it references incorrect memory/pointer. In the original kernel, the ioctl() to a flash-only volume goes from ioctl_dev() down to flash_dev_ioctl() (which always return -ENOTTY always) only if its backing device has io_disable == 0, but gets -EIO if io_disable == 1 (which are both wrong as flash device has no backing device). In the modified kernel, it always go down to flash_dev_ioctl(), thus -ENOTTY in both cases. Original kernel: $ uname -rv 4.15.0-51-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 15 14:27:21 UTC 2019 io_disable = 0: # ./ioctl ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device io_disable = 1: # ./ioctl ioctl: Input/output error Modified kernel: # uname -rv 4.18.0-23-generic #24+test20190619b1 SMP Wed Jun 19 22:33:22 UTC 2019 io_disable = 0: # ./ioctl ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device io_disable = 1: # ./ioctl ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device Steps ----- $ sudo -i # ./setup.sh >/dev/null 2>&1 [ 57.607391] bcache: register_bdev() registered backing device dm-0 [ 57.611885] bcache: run_cache_set() invalidating existing data [ 57.625712] bcache: register_cache() registered cache device dm-1 [ 58.605153] bcache: bch_cached_dev_attach() Caching dm-0 as bcache0 on set 08f1756b-081f-4545-a947-927d429f7ef1 # lsblk -e 252 NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT loop0 7:0 0 1G 0 loop └─fake-loop0 253:0 0 1024M 0 dm └─bcache0 251:0 0 1024M 0 disk loop1 7:1 0 1G 0 loop └─fake-loop1 253:1 0 1024M 0 dm └─bcache0 251:0 0 1024M 0 disk # echo $((128*1024**2)) > /sys/block/dm-1/bcache/set/flash_vol_create # lsblk -e 252 NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT loop0 7:0 0 1G 0 loop └─fake-loop0 253:0 0 1024M 0 dm └─bcache0 251:0 0 1024M 0 disk loop1 7:1 0 1G 0 loop └─fake-loop1 253:1 0 1024M 0 dm ├─bcache0 251:0 0 1024M 0 disk └─bcache1 251:128 0 128M 0 disk # ls -1d /sys/block/bcache1/bcache/cache/volume* /sys/block/bcache1/bcache/cache/volume1 # cat /sys/module/bcache/sections/.text 0xffffffffc05f4000 # cat ioctl.c #include #include #include #include int main() { int fd, rc; fd = open("/dev/bcache1", O_RDWR); if (fd == -1) { perror("open"); return 0; } rc = ioctl(fd, 0xcc00ffee); // our cookie. if (rc == -1) perror("ioctl"); close(fd); return 0; } # gcc -o ioctl ioctl.c # ./ioctl (gdb) add-symbol-file ~/ddeb-4.18.0-23-generic/usr/lib/debug/lib/modules/4.18.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.ko 0xffffffffc05f4000 (gdb) b *ioctl_dev +0x13 (gdb) c Thread 4 hit Breakpoint 1, ioctl_dev (b=, mode=134610975, cmd=3422617582, arg=2) at /build/linux-JHFGaE/linux-4.18.0/drivers/md/bcache/super.c:641 ... (gdb) p/x 3422617582 $53 = 0xcc00ffee // our cookie. (gdb) print d.name $54 = "volume1\000\000\000\000" // matches the volume above. See it's an incorrect pointer. No way to set it via any io_disable in sysfs. (gdb) print ((struct cached_dev *)((void *)d - 0x10)).backing_dev_name $75 = "\017\000\000\000\260\373\212s\277\230\377\377\260\373\212s\277\230\377\377 nԇ\377\377\377\377\060qh\211" (gdb) print ((struct cached_dev *)((void *)d - 0x10)).io_disable $76 = 0 With the default value (io_disable = 0): # ./ioctl ioctl: Inappropriate ioctl for device (gdb) c ... repeat. With the forced value (io_disable = 1): (gdb) set ((struct cached_dev *)((void *)d - 0x10)).io_disable = 1 (gdb) c # ./ioctl ioctl: Input/output error