Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Feb 2005 15:49:29 -0800 (PST) | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] partitions/msdos.c |
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On Sun, 27 Feb 2005, Andries Brouwer wrote: > > (Concerning the "size" version: it occurred to me that there is one > very minor objection: For extended partitions so far the size did > not normally play a role. Only the starting sector was significant. > If, at some moment we decide also to check the size, then a weaker > check, namely only checking for non-extended partitions, might be > better at first.)
Yes. I agree - checking the size is likely _more_ dangerous and likely to break something silly than checking the ID for zero.
So your patch it is. I'll put it in immediately after doing a 2.6.11 (no need to worry about getting into 2.6.11, since afaik the worst problem right now is an extra partition that isn't usable).
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