linux-kernel - Re: partition sysfs OOPS in current GIT

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Message-Id: <20080206.220544.238067538.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:05:44 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	gregkh@...e.de
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kay.sievers@...y.org
Subject: Re: partition sysfs OOPS in current GIT

From: Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 21:47:38 -0800

> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 08:06:18PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > I redid the bisect to make sure it absolutely was that specific
> > changeset, and it is.
> 
> Thanks for doing that, I'll let you know when I have a patch to test.

I found the problem, it's the "whole_disk" partition attribute.

Look in fs/partitions/check.c:add_partition() where it tests the
ADDPART_FLAG_WHOLEDISK flag.

I think that code block needs to be updated to match the rest of the
changes in the offending changeset we are discussing.
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