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

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Message-ID: <20080207063803.GA22563@suse.de>
Date:	Wed, 6 Feb 2008 22:38:03 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kay.sievers@...y.org
Subject: Re: partition sysfs OOPS in current GIT

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:05:44PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> 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.

Ah, great catch.  That code just looks wrong.

I'm guessing that you have a partition that is the whole disk?  That
would make sense why I and most others haven't seen this yet.

I'll make up a patch...

thanks a lot for still digging into this,

greg k-h
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