* Re: reiser4 on large block devices
2005-05-31 18:42 reiser4 on large block devices Aaron Porter
@ 2005-06-01 12:42 ` Vitaly Fertman
2005-06-01 17:27 ` Aaron Porter
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From: Vitaly Fertman @ 2005-06-01 12:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: reiserfs-list; +Cc: Aaron Porter
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On Tuesday 31 May 2005 22:42, Aaron Porter wrote:
>
> I'm trying to create a reiser4 filesystem on a ~4tb block device,
> but I'm getting the error "Fatal: The partition size is too big." The FAQ
> seems to list a max filesystem size of 16tb. Am I missing something?
>
> diablo:~# mkreiser4 /dev/sda3
> mkreiser4 1.0.4
> Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Hans Reiser, licensing governed by
> reiser4progs/COPYING.
>
> Block size 4096 will be used.
> Linux 2.6.11.8 is detected.
> Uuid f22c4f94-4fcd-4655-b4e0-6665048db8ce will be used.
> Fatal: The partition size is too big.
> Reiser4 is going to be created on /dev/sda3.
> (Yes/No): no
> diablo:~#
would you try this patch for libaal-1.0.4?
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Thanks,
Vitaly Fertman
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# This is a BitKeeper generated diff -Nru style patch.
#
# ChangeSet
# 2005/03/21 13:15:23+03:00 vitaly@digger.namesys.com
# use BLKBLKGETSIZE & BLKGETSIZE6464 defines
#
# file.c:
# do not limit file size by 2^41 bytes
#
# configure.in:
# check for large files correctly
#
# src/file.c
# 2005/03/21 13:14:02+03:00 vitaly@digger.namesys.com +3 -4
#
# src/file.c
# 2005/03/21 12:40:49+03:00 vitaly@digger.namesys.com +3 -14
# do not limit file size by 2^41 bytes
#
# configure.in
# 2005/03/21 12:40:29+03:00 vitaly@digger.namesys.com +1 -1
# check for large files correctly
#
diff -Nru a/configure.in b/configure.in
--- a/configure.in 2005-06-01 15:50:06 +04:00
+++ b/configure.in 2005-06-01 15:50:06 +04:00
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
GENERIC_CFLAGS="$GENERIC_CFLAGS -D_REENTRANT"
AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
-if test -z "${ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits}"; then
+if test x${ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits} = xno; then
AC_MSG_WARN(Can't detect right _FILE_OFFSET_BITS. Will be forced to 64bit.)
ac_cv_sys_file_offset_bits=64
fi
diff -Nru a/src/file.c b/src/file.c
--- a/src/file.c 2005-06-01 15:50:06 +04:00
+++ b/src/file.c 2005-06-01 15:50:06 +04:00
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+/* BLKGETSIZE & BLKGETSIZE64 defines: */
+#include <sys/mount.h>
+
#include <aal/libaal.h>
/* Function for saving last error message into device assosiated buffer */
@@ -193,10 +196,6 @@
return !aal_strncmp(file1, file2, aal_strlen(file1));
}
-#if defined(__linux__) && defined(_IOR) && !defined(BLKGETSIZE64)
-# define BLKGETSIZE64 _IOR(0x12, 114, uint64_t)
-#endif
-
/* Handler for "len" operation for use with file device. See bellow for
understanding where it is used. */
static count_t file_len(
@@ -209,18 +208,8 @@
return INVAL_BLK;
#ifdef BLKGETSIZE64
- if ((int)ioctl(*((int *)device->entity), BLKGETSIZE64, &size) >= (int)0) {
- uint32_t block_count;
-
- size = (size / 4096) * 4096 / device->blksize;
- block_count = size;
-
- if ((uint64_t)block_count != size) {
- aal_fatal("The partition size is too big.");
- return INVAL_BLK;
- }
-
- return (count_t)block_count;
+ if (ioctl(*((int *)device->entity), BLKGETSIZE64, &size) >= 0) {
+ return size / device->blksize;
}
#endif
@@ -231,8 +220,7 @@
if (ioctl(*((int *)device->entity), BLKGETSIZE, &l_size) >= 0) {
size = l_size;
- return (count_t)((size * 512 / 4096) * 4096 /
- device->blksize);
+ return size * 512 / device->blksize;
}
}
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