Re: [PATCH] make kernel ignore bogus partitions

[Jan Engelhardt]

>>> Sometimes partitions claim to be larger than the reported capacity of a
>>> disk device. This patch makes the kernel ignore those partitions.
>>>     
>> Or, while doing forensics on a disk one copies the start to some
>> other disk, and that other disk may be smaller.
>> Etc.
>>
>> So, it seems that Linux loses a little bit of its power when such things
>> are made impossible.
>>   
>I've had similar situations when trying to recover data from failed devices.
>Equally - if you don't know what's going on then partition/disk size
>mismatch is a bad thing.
>A loud warning may be more appropriate (and useful) than an ignore.

I also consider a warning message more helpful.
OTOH, what if the disk will be automounted at boot? The boot scripts 
won't catch it if it just a warning, whereas if it was ignored, no mount 
would occur.
Maybe a bootparam toggling warning/ignore as the solution?


Jan Engelhardt
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