Re: [PATCH] sfdisk: warn if partition starts above 2 TiB limit

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On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 03:11:40PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 01, 2011 at 01:11:56PM +0200, Petr Uzel wrote:
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Petr Uzel <petr.uzel@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  fdisk/sfdisk.c |   11 +++++++++++
> >  1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fdisk/sfdisk.c b/fdisk/sfdisk.c
> > index 4ed5d37..d498371 100644
> > --- a/fdisk/sfdisk.c
> > +++ b/fdisk/sfdisk.c
> > @@ -1304,6 +1304,17 @@ partitions_ok(struct disk_desc *z) {
> >  	    }
> >      }
> >  
> > +    /* Do the partitions start below the DOS 2TiB limit? */
> > +    {
> > +	for (p = partitions; p < partitions + partno; p++)
> > +	    if (p->size && p->start > (unsigned long) UINT32_MAX) {
> 
>  ULONG_MAX is not greater than UINT32_MAX on 32-bit archs ;-)
> 
>  IMHO you have to use 64-bit number for the p->size or you have 
>  move the check to the place where (before) p->start is incremented.
> 
> > +	        my_warn(_("Warning: partition %s has starting sector %lu, "
> > +		          "which is above the DOS 2 TiB limit\n"),
> 
>  The warning is incorrect. The limit is not 2 TiB, but UINT32_MAX
>  *sectors*. It's 2TiB for 512-byte sectors, but for 4K sectors is it
>  more...
> 
>  See fdisk.fdisk.c: warn_limits().
> 
>     Karel

Thanks for the review! I'll rework the patch and resubmit.

Petr

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