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From: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
To: Ziran Zhang <zhangcoder@yeah.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] FAT: Allow 0xE9 near jump in fat_read_static_bpb()
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2026 02:32:36 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878qatmmh7.fsf@mail.parknet.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260411080115.5517-1-zhangcoder@yeah.net>

Ziran Zhang <zhangcoder@yeah.net> writes:

> The fat_read_static_bpb() only accepts a short jump as a valid
> bootstrap code signature for DOS 1.x volumes when the dos1xfloppy
> mount option is used.
>
> However, according to the Microsoft fatgen103.doc, the BS_jmpBoot
> field has two allowed forms: 0xEB 0x?? 0x90 (short jump + NOP)
> and 0xE9 0x?? 0x?? (near jump). The specification explicitly states
> that either form is acceptable.
>
> This patch relaxes the check to also accept 0xE9 as the first byte of
> the jump instruction.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ziran Zhang <zhangcoder@yeah.net>
> ---
>  fs/fat/inode.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
> index 28f78df08..0f64552e2 100644
> --- a/fs/fat/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
> @@ -1479,8 +1479,8 @@ static int fat_read_static_bpb(struct super_block *sb,
>  	int error = -EINVAL;
>  	unsigned i;
>  
> -	/* 16-bit DOS 1.x reliably wrote bootstrap short-jmp code */
> -	if (b->ignored[0] != 0xeb || b->ignored[2] != 0x90) {
> +	/* 16-bit DOS 1.x reliably wrote bootstrap short-jmp or near-jmp code */
> +	if ((b->ignored[0] != 0xeb || b->ignored[2] != 0x90) && (b->ignored[0] != 0xe9)) {

Looks like over 80 columns.

	if ((b->ignored[0] != 0xeb || b->ignored[2] != 0x90) &&
	    (b->ignored[0] != 0xe9)) {

or such please.

Thanks.

>  		if (!silent)
>  			fat_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
>  				"%s; no bootstrapping code", notdos1x);

-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>

  reply	other threads:[~2026-04-11 17:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-11  8:01 [PATCH] FAT: Allow 0xE9 near jump in fat_read_static_bpb() Ziran Zhang
2026-04-11 17:32 ` OGAWA Hirofumi [this message]
2026-04-12  1:39   ` [PATCH v2 v2] " Ziran Zhang

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