1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index 4d8b165bfa48..9a56ff94308d 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ static struct gendisk *fake_gendisk[MAX_DEV];
 static struct openflags global_openflags = OPEN_FLAGS;
 
 struct cow {
+        /* This is the backing file, actually */
         char *file;
         int fd;
         unsigned long *bitmap;
@@ -927,10 +928,14 @@ static int ubd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
                 }
         }
         dev->count++;
-        if((filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !dev->openflags.w){
+        set_disk_ro(disk, !dev->openflags.w);
+
+        /* This should no more be needed. And it didn't work anyway to exclude
+         * read-write remounting of filesystems.*/
+        /*if((filp->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && !dev->openflags.w){
                 if(--dev->count == 0) ubd_close(dev);
                 err = -EROFS;
-        }
+        }*/
  out:
         return(err);
 }
@@ -1096,6 +1101,7 @@ static int prepare_request(struct request *req, struct io_thread_req *io_req)
 
         if(req->rq_status == RQ_INACTIVE) return(1);
 
+        /* This should be impossible now */
         if((rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE) && !dev->openflags.w){
                 printk("Write attempted on readonly ubd device %s\n", 
                        disk->disk_name);
@@ -1243,6 +1249,7 @@ static int ubd_check_remapped(int fd, unsigned long address, int is_write,
 
                 /* It's a write to a ubd device */
 
+                /* This should be impossible now */
                 if(!dev->openflags.w){
                         /* It's a write access on a read-only device - probably
                          * shouldn't happen.  If the kernel is trying to change
@@ -1605,8 +1612,7 @@ void do_io(struct io_thread_req *req)
                                 }
                         } while((n < len) && (n != 0));
                         if (n < len) memset(&buf[n], 0, len - n);
-                }
-                else {
+                } else {
                         n = os_write_file(req->fds[bit], buf, len);
                         if(n != len){
                                 printk("do_io - write failed err = %d "