On Wed, Nov 05, 2008 at 06:33:57PM +0100, Matthias Koenig wrote:
> > .. one question comes to mind: is it safe? Are you really sure that
> > there is a swap space on the device? Maybe I'm too paranoid, but I
> > I think it would be better to ask libblkid/volume_id.
>
> Yes, being paranoid was the reason for Olaf to insist on the size check.
> Only if 1. the magic is found *and* 2. the size is valid, then we accept
> this as valid swap space. I think this is more safe then current
Yes, you are right. Ignore this my note, you still need to read the swap
header for pagesize, etc.
Karel
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