On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 08:00:18PM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 04:22:05PM +0200, Petr Uzel wrote:
> > When a probe is created with an offset, e.g. via
> > blkid_probe_set_device(), this offset is correctly used when looking for
> > the signatures, but is not respected by blkid_do_wipe() function.
> > Therefore the signature is removed from an invalid location.
>
> Wow, excellent catch.
Thanks, feels good to again contribute a fix after such a long time :)
> How did you found it? Do you use libblkid in some partitioning tool or
> installer?
Yes, I'm trying to implement a --wipesignatures for parted - this
would wipe the signatures from a new partition, _before_ the kernel
is informed. This is to avoid mess like RAID autoassembly...
[If only there was some sane mechanism lock a device to temporarily
prevent udev from touching it :/]
>
> Applied, thanks!
Thanks,
Petr
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Petr Uzel
TL SUSE L3 Team 2
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