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2.5.32 floppy init and misc fixes

PATCH In review Mikolaj J. Habryn 3 participants 3 messages Aug 29, 2002

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PATCH 1/1 2.5.32 floppy init and misc fixes

The floppy driver doesn't clean up it's register_sys_device if it fails to init correctly. The below patch adds the appropriate unregister_sys_device in the various failure paths, and also includes Ewan MacMahon's one-liner for working VCs on devfs-only machines, and a couple of missing #includes. Minimum required to get 2.5.32 working on my Portege.

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drivers/char/console.c renamed from drivers/char/console.c.orig +1 -0
@@ -2526,6 +2526,7 @@
 
 	kbd_init();
 	console_map_init();
+	con_init_devfs();
 	vcs_init();
 	return 0;
 }
drivers/block/floppy.c renamed from drivers/block/floppy.c.orig +4 -0
@@ -4235,6 +4235,7 @@
 	devfs_handle = devfs_mk_dir (NULL, "floppy", NULL);
 	if (register_blkdev(MAJOR_NR,"fd",&floppy_fops)) {
 		printk("Unable to get major %d for floppy\n",MAJOR_NR);
+		unregister_sys_device(&device_floppy);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
@@ -4269,6 +4270,7 @@
 		unregister_blkdev(MAJOR_NR,"fd");
 		del_timer(&fd_timeout);
 		blk_cleanup_queue(BLK_DEFAULT_QUEUE(MAJOR_NR));
+		unregister_sys_device(&device_floppy);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 #if N_FDC > 1
@@ -4280,6 +4282,7 @@
 		del_timer(&fd_timeout);
 		blk_cleanup_queue(BLK_DEFAULT_QUEUE(MAJOR_NR));
 		unregister_blkdev(MAJOR_NR,"fd");
+		unregister_sys_device(&device_floppy);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
@@ -4343,6 +4346,7 @@
 			floppy_release_irq_and_dma();
 		blk_cleanup_queue(BLK_DEFAULT_QUEUE(MAJOR_NR));
 		unregister_blkdev(MAJOR_NR,"fd");
+		unregister_sys_device(&device_floppy);
 	}
 	
 	for (drive = 0; drive < N_DRIVE; drive++) {
drivers/net/wireless/hermes.c renamed from drivers/net/wireless/hermes.c.orig +1 -0
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <linux/threads.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
+#include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/ptrace.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
drivers/char/toshiba.c renamed from drivers/char/toshiba.c.orig +1 -0
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/interrupt.h>
 
 #include <linux/toshiba.h>
 
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Quoted 6 lines · Mikolaj J. Habryn

The floppy driver doesn't clean up it's register_sys_device if it fails to init correctly. The below patch adds the appropriate unregister_sys_device in the various failure paths, and also includes Ewan MacMahon's one-liner for working VCs on devfs-only machines, and a couple of missing #includes. Minimum required to get 2.5.32 working on my Portege.

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drivers/block/floppy.c line 4241

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drivers/block/floppy.c renamed from drivers/block/floppy.c.orig +1 -0
@@ -4235,6 +4235,7 @@
 	devfs_handle = devfs_mk_dir (NULL, "floppy", NULL);
 	if (register_blkdev(MAJOR_NR,"fd",&floppy_fops)) {
 		printk("Unable to get major %d for floppy\n",MAJOR_NR);
+		unregister_sys_device(&device_floppy);
 		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 

etc.

Floppy has many more problems.
Repeadedly loading and unloading the floppy.o module corrupts sys_device data structures.
Writing to floppy can give ENOSPC errors even though space exists. Writing to floppy can OOPS the kernel due to a NULL pointer error. VFS-over-floppy corrupts data since 2.5.13.
Putting lilo on ext2 on floppy can cause a kernel hang due to an infinite loop of "buffer layer error".

I have a patch which fixes the {,un}register_sys_device() bugs, NULL queue bug, zero i_size bug, and fixes read/write enough that raw media access (e.g. tar or dd to/from /dev/fd0) works. It's in the 2.5-dj tree, and separately in <http://www.csd.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.5/>.

I havent' pushed this to Linus since it's meaningless as long as the VFS data corruption exists. It was broken by blkdev/VFS changes, but those responsible haven't yet bothered to repair it.

/Mikael

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On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Mikael Pettersson wrote:

| Floppy has many more problems.
| Repeadedly loading and unloading the floppy.o module corrupts
| sys_device data structures.
| Writing to floppy can give ENOSPC errors even though space exists.
| Writing to floppy can OOPS the kernel due to a NULL pointer error.
| VFS-over-floppy corrupts data since 2.5.13.
| Putting lilo on ext2 on floppy can cause a kernel hang due to an
| infinite loop of "buffer layer error".
|
| I have a patch which fixes the {,un}register_sys_device() bugs, NULL
| queue bug, zero i_size bug, and fixes read/write enough that raw media
| access (e.g. tar or dd to/from /dev/fd0) works. It's in the 2.5-dj tree,
| and separately in <http://www.csd.uu.se/~mikpe/linux/patches/2.5/>.
|
| I havent' pushed this to Linus since it's meaningless as long as
| the VFS data corruption exists. It was broken by blkdev/VFS changes,
| but those responsible haven't yet bothered to repair it.

I would add one more: select delay timings are same as in 2.4:
#define SEL_DLY (2*HZ/100)
but HZ is not the same as in 2.4...

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