Re: [PATCH v2] fs: FAT: Add support for DOS 1.x formatted volumes

From: OGAWA Hirofumi
Date: Mon Mar 31 2014 - 10:07:49 EST


Conrad Meyer <cemeyer@xxxxxx> writes:

> +static void fat_update_archaic_boot_sector(struct super_block *sb,
> + struct fat_boot_sector *b)
> +{
> + struct fat_floppy_defaults *di;
> + sector_t bd_sects;
> +
> + /* 16-bit DOS 1.x reliably wrote bootstrap short-jmp code */
> + if (b->ignored[0] != 0xeb || b->ignored[2] != 0x90)
> + return;
> +
> + /*
> + * If any value in this region is non-zero, don't assume it is archaic
> + * DOS.
> + */
> + if (get_unaligned_le16(&b->sector_size) != 0 || b->sec_per_clus != 0 ||
> + b->reserved != 0 || b->fats != 0 ||
> + get_unaligned_le16(&b->dir_entries) != 0 ||
> + get_unaligned_le16(&b->sectors) != 0 || b->media != 0 ||
> + b->fat_length != 0 || b->secs_track != 0 || b->heads != 0 ||
> + b->secs_track != 0 || b->heads != 0)
> + return;

Probably, too weak detection to use by default. So, how about to use
mount option to enable this?

And only if user asked to enable explicitly by mount option, allow this
format.

> + bd_sects = part_nr_sects_read(sb->s_bdev->bd_part);
> + for (di = floppy_defaults; di->nr_sectors; di++) {
> + if (di->nr_sectors == bd_sects)
> + break;
> + }
> + if (di->nr_sectors == 0) {
> + fat_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING,
> + "DOS volume lacks BPB and isn't a recognized floppy size (%ld sectors)",
> + (long)bd_sects);
> + return;
> + }
> +
> + fat_msg(sb, KERN_INFO,
> + "Volume lacks BPB but looks like archaic DOS; assuming default BPB values");
> +
> + b->sec_per_clus = di->sec_per_clus;
> + put_unaligned_le16(di->dir_entries, &b->dir_entries);
> + b->media = di->media;
> + b->fat_length = cpu_to_le16(di->fat_length);
> + put_unaligned_le16(SECTOR_SIZE, &b->sector_size);
> + b->reserved = cpu_to_le16(1);
> + b->fats = 2;
> + put_unaligned_le16(bd_sects, &b->sectors);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> * Read the super block of an MS-DOS FS.
> */
> int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent, int isvfat,
> @@ -1297,6 +1387,8 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent, int isvfat,
> }
>
> b = (struct fat_boot_sector *) bh->b_data;
> + fat_update_archaic_boot_sector(sb, b);

This would be better to set sbi->* directly, not via modified BPB.

> if (!b->reserved) {
> if (!silent)
> fat_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "bogus number of reserved sectors");
> @@ -1364,6 +1456,7 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent, int isvfat,
> goto out_fail;
> }
> b = (struct fat_boot_sector *) bh->b_data;
> + fat_update_archaic_boot_sector(sb, b);

This doesn't need. If logical_sector_size is 512, this format doesn't work.
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OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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