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

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Date:	Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:24:27 +0200
From:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
To:	Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton@...driva.com.br>,
	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

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)?)


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