lib/losetup: added backward compatibility for file format support

While using the new loop kernel module with file format support and an old
losetup without file format support, problems occur. If losetup wants to have
the loop_info structure filled by the loop kernel module, the kernel module
writes across the boundaries of the old structure.

A new flag called LO_FLAGS_FILE_FMT is introduced to specify the support of the
loop_info extension for the file format support. If the flag is set before an

  - LOOP_GET_STATUS
  - LOOP_GET_STATUS64
  - LOOP_SET_STATUS
  - LOOP_SET_STATUS64

ioctl call, the caller informs the kernel module about the usage of the extended
loop_info structure. The module cna access the extension. Older versions of
losetup do not set the flag by default and the loop module preserves the
backward compatibility and do not write across the boundaries of the structure.

Signed-off-by: Manuel Bentele <development@manuel-bentele.de>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/loopdev.h b/include/loopdev.h
index bc68e526b..f8559afd6 100644
--- a/include/loopdev.h
+++ b/include/loopdev.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ enum {
 	LO_FLAGS_AUTOCLEAR  = 4,	/* kernel >= 2.6.25 */
 	LO_FLAGS_PARTSCAN   = 8,	/* kernel >= 3.2 */
 	LO_FLAGS_DIRECT_IO  = 16,	/* kernel >= 4.2 */
+	LO_FLAGS_FILE_FMT   = 32
 };
 
 #define LO_NAME_SIZE	64
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ struct loop_info64 {
 	uint8_t		lo_encrypt_key[LO_KEY_SIZE];
 	uint64_t	lo_init[2];
 	uint32_t	lo_file_fmt_type;
-};
+} __attribute__((packed));
 
 #define LOOPDEV_MAJOR		7	/* loop major number */
 #define LOOPDEV_DEFAULT_NNODES	8	/* default number of loop devices */