Hi, > > On 2024-02-22 01:10:46, Kautuk Consul wrote: > > While testing with a qcow2 with a DOS boot partition it was found that > > when we set the logical_block_size in the guest XML to >512 then the > > boot would fail in the following interminable loop: > > <SNIP> > > Trying to load: from: /pci@800000020000000/scsi@3 ... virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > </SNIP> > > > > Change the count-dos-logical-partitions Forth subroutine and the Forth > > subroutines calling count-dos-logical-partitions to check for this access > > beyond end of device error. > > > > After making the above changes, it fails properly with the correct error > > message as follows: > > <SNIP> > > Trying to load: from: /pci@800000020000000/scsi@3 ... virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > virtioblk_transfer: Access beyond end of device! > > > > E3404: Not a bootable device! > > > > E3407: Load failed > > > > Type 'boot' and press return to continue booting the system. > > Type 'reset-all' and press return to reboot the system. > > > > Ready! > > 0 > > > </SNIP> > > > > Signed-off-by: Kautuk Consul <kconsul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > slof/fs/packages/disk-label.fs | 12 +++++++++++- > > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/slof/fs/packages/disk-label.fs b/slof/fs/packages/disk-label.fs > > index 661c6b0..e680847 100644 > > --- a/slof/fs/packages/disk-label.fs > > +++ b/slof/fs/packages/disk-label.fs > > @@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ CONSTANT /gpt-part-entry > > block block-size read drop \ read sector > > ; > > > > +\ read sector to array "block" and return actual bytes read > > +: read-sector-ret ( sector-number -- actual) > > + \ block-size is 0x200 on disks, 0x800 on cdrom drives > > + block-size * 0 seek drop \ seek to sector > > + block block-size read \ read sector > > +; > > + > > : (.part-entry) ( part-entry ) > > cr ." part-entry>active: " dup part-entry>active c@ .d > > cr ." part-entry>start-head: " dup part-entry>start-head c@ .d > > @@ -204,7 +211,8 @@ CONSTANT /gpt-part-entry > > part-entry>sector-offset l@-le ( current sector ) > > dup to part-start to lpart-start ( current ) > > BEGIN > > - part-start read-sector \ read EBR > > + part-start read-sector-ret \ read EBR > > + block-size < IF UNLOOP 0 EXIT THEN > > 1 partition>start-sector IF > > \ ." Logical Partition found at " part-start .d cr > > 1+ > > @@ -279,6 +287,7 @@ CONSTANT /gpt-part-entry > > THEN > > > > count-dos-logical-partitions TO dos-logical-partitions > > + dos-logical-partitions 0= IF false EXIT THEN > > > > debug-disk-label? IF > > ." Found " dos-logical-partitions .d ." logical partitions" cr > > @@ -352,6 +361,7 @@ CONSTANT /gpt-part-entry > > no-mbr? IF drop FALSE EXIT THEN \ read MBR and check for DOS disk-label magic > > > > count-dos-logical-partitions TO dos-logical-partitions > > + dos-logical-partitions 0= IF 0 EXIT THEN > > > > debug-disk-label? IF > > ." Found " dos-logical-partitions .d ." logical partitions" cr > > -- > > 2.31.1 > > So how does the patch look ? Any comments from anyone ?