On 02/15/2017 07:14 PM, G.raud wrote: > Incriminated part of the cryptsetup manpage: > > " If --size (in sectors) is not specified, the size of the > underlying block device is used. " > > In fact the size of the underlying block device is used _to compute_ the > _maximum_ size that can be made available, which in case of LUKS is not > the whole block device space. The manpage can be misleading to someone > who doesn't know dmcrypt well and wants to resize a LUKS container. At > least append something like "to compute the maximum available size" or > change to "the whole available space is used" for example. > > The maximum size in the case of LUKS is, I think, the size of the block > device minus the offset; this could be additionaly stated in the > manpage. I think part of this sentence in man page predates the LUKS extension :) Yes, in LUKS it is the size of the device without the area reserved for header (visible in luksDump as payload offset). I changed the man page to mention that. Thanks, Milan _______________________________________________ dm-crypt mailing list dm-crypt@xxxxxxxx http://www.saout.de/mailman/listinfo/dm-crypt
