Not only is this helpful for debugging, it also saves the caller an
ioctl in the case where a device should be used if it exists or created
otherwise.  To ensure existing userspace is not broken, this feature is
only enabled in strict mode.

Signed-off-by: Demi Marie Obenour <d...@invisiblethingslab.com>
---
 drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c         | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 include/uapi/linux/dm-ioctl.h |  4 ++--
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
index 
7eab9a8c77ff3286346a1c44581d3b6370a731eb..4eb3eda2fe169f64259458dd678833f444d76ce0
 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c
@@ -259,11 +259,14 @@ static void free_cell(struct hash_cell *hc)
        }
 }
 
+static void __dev_status(struct mapped_device *md, struct dm_ioctl *param);
+
 /*
  * The kdev_t and uuid of a device can never change once it is
  * initially inserted.
  */
-static int dm_hash_insert(const char *name, const char *uuid, struct 
mapped_device *md)
+static int dm_hash_insert(const char *name, const char *uuid, struct 
mapped_device *md,
+                         struct dm_ioctl *param)
 {
        struct hash_cell *cell, *hc;
 
@@ -280,6 +283,8 @@ static int dm_hash_insert(const char *name, const char 
*uuid, struct mapped_devi
        down_write(&_hash_lock);
        hc = __get_name_cell(name);
        if (hc) {
+               if (param)
+                       __dev_status(hc->md, param);
                dm_put(hc->md);
                goto bad;
        }
@@ -290,6 +295,8 @@ static int dm_hash_insert(const char *name, const char 
*uuid, struct mapped_devi
                hc = __get_uuid_cell(uuid);
                if (hc) {
                        __unlink_name(cell);
+                       if (param)
+                               __dev_status(hc->md, param);
                        dm_put(hc->md);
                        goto bad;
                }
@@ -901,10 +908,12 @@ static int dev_create(struct file *filp, struct dm_ioctl 
*param, size_t param_si
                m = MINOR(huge_decode_dev(param->dev));
 
        r = dm_create(m, &md, param->flags & DM_DISABLE_UEVENTS_FLAG);
-       if (r)
+       if (r) {
+               DMERR("Could not create device-mapper device");
                return r;
+       }
 
-       r = dm_hash_insert(param->name, *param->uuid ? param->uuid : NULL, md);
+       r = dm_hash_insert(param->name, *param->uuid ? param->uuid : NULL, md, 
param);
        if (r) {
                dm_put(md);
                dm_destroy(md);
@@ -2234,6 +2243,7 @@ static int ctl_ioctl(struct file *file, uint command, 
struct dm_ioctl __user *us
        int ioctl_flags;
        int param_flags;
        unsigned int cmd;
+       bool do_copy;
        struct dm_ioctl *param;
        ioctl_fn fn = NULL;
        size_t input_param_size;
@@ -2307,9 +2317,18 @@ static int ctl_ioctl(struct file *file, uint command, 
struct dm_ioctl __user *us
        param->flags |= old_flags;
 
        /*
-        * Copy the results back to userland.
+        * Copy the results back to userland if either:
+        *
+        * - The ioctl succeeded.
+        * - The ioctl is DM_DEV_CREATE, the return value is -EBUSY,
+        *   and strict parameter checking is enabled.
         */
-       if (!r && copy_to_user(user, param, param->data_size))
+       do_copy = r == 0;
+       if (r == -EBUSY && !sloppy_checks(param) && cmd == DM_DEV_CREATE_CMD) {
+               param->flags |= DM_EXISTS_FLAG;
+               do_copy = true;
+       }
+       if (do_copy && copy_to_user(user, param, param->data_size))
                r = -EFAULT;
 
 out:
@@ -2488,7 +2507,7 @@ int __init dm_early_create(struct dm_ioctl *dmi,
                return r;
 
        /* hash insert */
-       r = dm_hash_insert(dmi->name, *dmi->uuid ? dmi->uuid : NULL, md);
+       r = dm_hash_insert(dmi->name, *dmi->uuid ? dmi->uuid : NULL, md, NULL);
        if (r)
                goto err_destroy_dm;
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/dm-ioctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/dm-ioctl.h
index 
b338a4f9a299acda9430995d63fbb490e70c8cd8..195d60be4aba4f20b7220b900c87d6d3a86014a2
 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/dm-ioctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/dm-ioctl.h
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ enum {
 /* Status bits */
 #define DM_READONLY_FLAG       (1 << 0) /* In/Out */
 #define DM_SUSPEND_FLAG                (1 << 1) /* In/Out */
-#define DM_EXISTS_FLAG         (1 << 2) /* Not used by kernel, reserved for
-                                         * libdevmapper in userland
+#define DM_EXISTS_FLAG         (1 << 2) /* Set when trying to create a
+                                         * device that already exists
                                          */
 #define DM_PERSISTENT_DEV_FLAG (1 << 3) /* In */
 
-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
Invisible Things Lab

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