From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [PATCH] partitions: warn about the partition exceeding device capacity The current warning message says only about the kernel's action taken without mentioning the underlying reason behind it. Noticed-by: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Frans Pop <elendil@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Andries E. Brouwer" <Andries.Brouwer@xxxxxx> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/partitions/check.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: b/fs/partitions/check.c =================================================================== --- a/fs/partitions/check.c +++ b/fs/partitions/check.c @@ -574,7 +574,8 @@ int rescan_partitions(struct gendisk *di * creating invalid block devices */ printk(KERN_WARNING - "%s: p%d size %llu limited to end of disk\n", + "%s: p%d size %llu exceeds device capacity, " + "limited to end of disk\n", disk->disk_name, p, (unsigned long long) size); size = get_capacity(disk) - from; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
