Re: [PATCH] make kernel ignore bogus partitions

[Andries Brouwer]

On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 12:41:38PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:

> > +		if (from+size-1 > get_capacity(disk)) {
> > +			printk(" %s: p%d exceeds device capacity, ignoring.\n", 
> > +				disk->disk_name, p);
> > +			continue;
> > +		}
> >  		add_partition(disk, p, from, size);

> Shouldn't that be
> 
> 	if (from+size > get_capacity(disk)) {
> 
> ?

Ha, you are awake. Yes, it should.
And no "ignoring". And no "continue". E.g.:

	printk(" %s: warning: p%d exceeds device capacity.\n", ...);

Andries

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