This simple patch fixes partx -a to not add nonexistent zero length
partitions for unused primary partition slots to to the kernel. This
makes partx conform to the usual kernel behavior.
--- util-linux-2.16.orig/partx/partx.c
+++ util-linux-2.16/partx/partx.c
@@ -296,6 +296,9 @@
}
}
for (j=0; j<n; j++) {
+ // skip unused/empty partitions
+ if( slices[j].size == 0 )
+ continue;
pt.pno = lower+j;
pt.start = 512 * (long long) slices[j].start;
pt.length = 512 * (long long) slices[j].size;
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