From: Milan Broz We pass the wrong file pointer to the underlying device. No file pointer is available so use a temporary fake one. Signed-off-by: Milan Broz Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon Index: linux-2.6.18-rc7/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.18-rc7.orig/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c 2006-10-13 17:10:05.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.18-rc7/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c 2006-10-13 17:10:06.000000000 +0100 @@ -1273,15 +1273,22 @@ static int multipath_ioctl(struct dm_tar struct multipath *m = (struct multipath *) ti->private; struct block_device *bdev = NULL; unsigned long flags; + struct file fake_file = {}; + struct dentry fake_dentry = {}; int r = 0; + fake_file.f_dentry = &fake_dentry; + spin_lock_irqsave(&m->lock, flags); if (!m->current_pgpath) __choose_pgpath(m); - if (m->current_pgpath) + if (m->current_pgpath) { bdev = m->current_pgpath->path.dev->bdev; + fake_dentry.d_inode = bdev->bd_inode; + fake_file.f_mode = m->current_pgpath->path.dev->mode; + } if (m->queue_io) r = -EAGAIN; @@ -1290,8 +1297,8 @@ static int multipath_ioctl(struct dm_tar spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m->lock, flags); - return r ? : blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, filp, bdev->bd_disk, - cmd, arg); + return r ? : blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, &fake_file, + bdev->bd_disk, cmd, arg); } /*----------------------------------------------------------------- Index: linux-2.6.18-rc7/drivers/md/dm-linear.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.18-rc7.orig/drivers/md/dm-linear.c 2006-10-13 17:10:05.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.18-rc7/drivers/md/dm-linear.c 2006-10-13 17:10:06.000000000 +0100 @@ -104,8 +104,14 @@ static int linear_ioctl(struct dm_target { struct linear_c *lc = (struct linear_c *) ti->private; struct block_device *bdev = lc->dev->bdev; + struct file fake_file = {}; + struct dentry fake_dentry = {}; - return blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, filp, bdev->bd_disk, cmd, arg); + fake_file.f_mode = lc->dev->mode; + fake_file.f_dentry = &fake_dentry; + fake_dentry.d_inode = bdev->bd_inode; + + return blkdev_driver_ioctl(bdev->bd_inode, &fake_file, bdev->bd_disk, cmd, arg); } static struct target_type linear_target = {