linux-kernel - Re: Partition check considered as error is breaking mounting in 2.6.27

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Date:	Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:25:39 -0300
From:	Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@...driva.com.br>
To:	7eggert@....de
Cc:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	bogdano@...driva.com.br,
	"Luiz Fernando N. Capitulino" <lcapitulino@...driva.com.br>,
	Abdel Benamrouche <draconux@...il.com>,
	Damien Lallement <dlallement@...driva.com>,
	"pterjan@...driva.com" <pterjan@...driva.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: Partition check considered as error is breaking mounting in 2.6.27

On Saturday 13 September 2008 06:24:27 Bodo Eggert wrote:
> Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@...driva.com.br> wrote:
> 
> > +++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
> > @@ -499,9 +499,9 @@ int rescan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, struct
> > block_device *bdev)
> >  if (!size)
> >  continue;
> >  if (from + size > get_capacity(disk)) {
> > -                     printk(KERN_ERR " %s: p%d exceeds device capacity\n",
> > +                     printk(KERN_WARNING
> > +                             " %s: p%d exceeds device capacity"
>                                 ", trimmed\n",
> >  disk->disk_name, p);
> 
> Add "size = get_capacity(disk) - from" here?
> (Possibly using a cached value for get_capacity(disk)?)

Trim was already proposed here before (not accepted):
http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/10/12/364

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