Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:03:39 +0100 (CET) | From | Jos Hulzink <> | Subject | Re: VFS issues (was: Re: 2.5.5-pre1: mounting NTFS partitions -t VFAT) |
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On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> > The type of a partition is written in the partition table, or something > > similar. Maybe we should check that ? > > Partition type isn't available to fs driver. Think about mounting > floppy/loopback/etc.
True. I never use floppys anymore :)
> Seems you guys are discussing non-problem here. What really needs to be done > is to add more sanity checks to FAT superblock detection/validation code: > * signatures like 55AA at end of 1st sector > * sane values for various superblock data (if you see "FAT copies: 146" > it is more than enough to tell it's not a FAT, right?) > > If anyone feels so inclined, please go to fs/fat/inode.c:fat_read_super() > and hack on it. Send your patches to Alexander Viro <viro@math.psu.edu> > and tighten your seatbelt ;-)
Will hack tonight and see if my seatbelt is strong enough :) It has never been used before, so maybe...
Jos
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