block: revert block_dev read-only check
This reverts commit 75f1dc0d ("block: check bdev_read_only() from blkdev_get()"). That commit added stricter checking to make sure devices that were being used read-only were actually opened in that mode. It turns out that the change breaks a bunch of kernel code that opens block devices. Affected systems include dm, md, and the loop device. Because strict checking for read-only opens of block devices was not done before this, the code that opens the devices was opening them read-write even if they were being used read-only. Auditing all that code will take time, and new userspace packages for dm, mdadm, etc. will also be required. Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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