Re: [PATCH] make kernel ignore bogus partitions

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Andries Brouwer <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 09, 2006 at 12:41:38PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 
> > > +		if (from+size-1 > get_capacity(disk)) {
> > > +			printk(" %s: p%d exceeds device capacity, ignoring.\n", 
> > > +				disk->disk_name, p);
> > > +			continue;
> > > +		}
> > >  		add_partition(disk, p, from, size);
> 
> > Shouldn't that be
> > 
> > 	if (from+size > get_capacity(disk)) {
> > 
> > ?
> 
> Ha, you are awake.

Opinions differ.

> Yes, it should.
> And no "ignoring". And no "continue". E.g.:
> 
> 	printk(" %s: warning: p%d exceeds device capacity.\n", ...);
> 

So you're saying that after detecting this inconsistency we should proceed
to use the partition anyway?

For what reason?