> genhd.c:resetup_one_dev() does
>
> dev->sizes[i] = dev->part[i].nr_sects >> (BLOCK_SIZE_BITS - 9 );
>
> Which seems to be stopping me from accessing the last sector; is this a bug
> or a feature?
I would consider it as a feature. The size of device in dev->sizes is
in blocks sized BLOCK_SIZE which is 1024 bytes. So IMHO there is no other
solution than just truncating the last sector when it is odd...
Honza.
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