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Commit 403ebc8778 ("ublk_drv: add module parameter of ublks_max for
limiting max allowed ublk dev"), claimed ublks_max was added to prevent
a DoS situation with an untrusted user creating too many ublk devices.
If that's the case, ublks_max should only restrict the number of
unprivileged ublk devices in the system. Enforce the limit only for
unprivileged ublk devices, and rename variables accordingly. Leave the
external-facing parameter name unchanged, since changing it may break
systems which use it (but still update its documentation to reflect its
new meaning).
As a result of this change, in a system where there are only normal
(non-unprivileged) devices, the maximum number of such devices is
increased to 1 << MINORBITS, or 1048576. That ought to be enough for
anyone, right?
Signed-off-by: Uday Shankar <ushankar@purestorage.com>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250228-ublks_max-v1-1-04b7379190c0@purestorage.com
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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