[klibc] [PATCH 1/2 v2] loop: fix loop_info struct

Dimitri John Ledkov xnox at ubuntu.com
Fri Nov 1 07:44:30 PDT 2019


The structure definition in the header, does not match the kernel's
definition (on most architectures) which leads to undefined behaviour.

References: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/klibc/+bug/1850184
Signed-off-by: Michael Hudson-Doyle <michael.hudson at ubuntu.com>
Signed-off-by: Adam Conrad <adconrad at ubuntu.com>
Signed-off-by: Dimitri John Ledkov <xnox at ubuntu.com>
---

 Updated patch description, based on feedback on the mailing list.
 
 usr/utils/loop.h | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr/utils/loop.h b/usr/utils/loop.h
index 9abc2874..667f7dc0 100644
--- a/usr/utils/loop.h
+++ b/usr/utils/loop.h
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 
 struct loop_info {
 	int		lo_number;
-	dev_t		lo_device;
+	__kernel_old_dev_t		lo_device;
 	unsigned long	lo_inode;
-	dev_t		lo_rdevice;
+	__kernel_old_dev_t		lo_rdevice;
 	int		lo_offset;
 	int		lo_encrypt_type;
 	int		lo_encrypt_key_size;
-- 
2.20.1



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