We need to enforce that the opened file is a block device, as
opening a file with the O_EXCL flag on and the O_CREATE flag off has
undefined behavior unless the file is a block device.

Signed-off-by: Ari Sundholm <[email protected]>
---
 util-linux/blkdiscard.c | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util-linux/blkdiscard.c b/util-linux/blkdiscard.c
index ace88a1..1b234fa 100644
--- a/util-linux/blkdiscard.c
+++ b/util-linux/blkdiscard.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int blkdiscard_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
        uint64_t offset; /* Leaving these two variables out does not  */
        uint64_t length; /* shrink code size and hampers readability. */
        uint64_t range[2];
-//     struct stat st;
+       struct stat st;
        int fd;
 
        enum {
@@ -51,11 +51,15 @@ int blkdiscard_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
        opts = getopt32(argv, "o:l:s", &offset_str, &length_str);
        argv += optind;
 
+       /* We need to enforce that the opened file is a block device, as
+        * opening a file with the O_EXCL flag on and the O_CREATE flag off has
+        * undefined behavior unless the file is a block device.
+        */
+       xstat(argv[0], &st);
+       if (!S_ISBLK(st.st_mode))
+               bb_error_msg_and_die("%s: not a block device", argv[0]);
+
        fd = xopen(argv[0], O_RDWR|O_EXCL);
-//Why bother, BLK[SEC]DISCARD will fail on non-blockdevs anyway?
-//     xfstat(fd, &st);
-//     if (!S_ISBLK(st.st_mode))
-//             bb_error_msg_and_die("%s: not a block device", argv[0]);
 
        offset = xatoull_sfx(offset_str, kMG_suffixes);
 
-- 
1.9.1



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