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From: Michael Schmitz <schmitzmic@gmail.com>
To: Martin Steigerwald <martin@lichtvoll.de>,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
	Christian Zigotzky <chzigotzky@xenosoft.de>
Cc: axboe@kernel.dk, linux-m68k@vger.kernel.org,
	geert@linux-m68k.org, hch@lst.de, stable@vger.kernel.org,
	"R.T.Dickinson" <rtd2@xtra.co.nz>,
	Darren Stevens <darren@stevens-zone.net>,
	mad skateman <madskateman@gmail.com>,
	John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>,
	Christian Zigotzky <info@xenosoft.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: bugfix for Amiga partition overflow check patch
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 08:22:27 +1200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <234f57e7-a35f-4406-35ad-a5b9b49e9a5e@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1885875.tdWV9SEqCh@lichtvoll.de>

Hi Martin

On 2/07/23 19:55, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Christian Zigotzky - 02.07.23, 06:37:50 CEST:
>> On 02 July 2023 at 04:17 am, Michael Schmitz wrote:
>>>   I'm sorry to say I cannot see a new RDB partition bug her, just the
>>> result of undefined behaviour due to overflowing a 32 bit nr_sect
>>> size calculation in the old RDB code.
> […]
>> Thanks a lot for your explanation!
>>
>> Actually, we need your patch because there is a very old bug but there
>> are some endusers with RDB disks with Linux partitions. If I apply
>> your patch to our kernels, then I need an enduser friendly solution
>> for fixing the issue with their file systems.
> I have read through the last mails without commenting. I admit: I do not
> yet get what is wrong here? A checksum was miscalculated? Is this a
> regular thing to happen when using RDB disks with Linux partitions?
I sent instructions to Christian on how to fix his partition table so 
the size mismatch between partition and filesystem (caused by the old 
RDB code) can be avoided, and misreading the checksum calculation code I 
forgot to update the checksum. That's all.

Cheers,

     Michael



  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-07-02 20:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-01  2:35 [PATCH] block: bugfix for Amiga partition overflow check patch Michael Schmitz
2023-07-01  6:40 ` Christian Zigotzky
2023-07-01  8:11   ` Michael Schmitz
2023-07-01  9:48     ` Christian Zigotzky
2023-07-02  2:17       ` Michael Schmitz
2023-07-02  3:45         ` Michael Schmitz
2023-07-02  4:37         ` Christian Zigotzky
2023-07-02  7:55           ` Martin Steigerwald
2023-07-02  8:56             ` Christian Zigotzky
2023-07-02  9:34               ` Christian Zigotzky
2023-07-02  9:51                 ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-07-02 10:34                 ` Martin Steigerwald
2023-07-03  1:57                 ` Michael Schmitz
2023-07-02 20:22             ` Michael Schmitz [this message]
2023-07-03  7:05               ` Martin Steigerwald
2023-07-03 14:19                 ` Christian Zigotzky
2023-07-03 14:59                   ` Christian Zigotzky
2023-07-03 21:24                     ` Michael Schmitz
2023-07-03 21:27                       ` Jens Axboe
2023-07-03 22:43                         ` Michael Schmitz
2023-07-04  5:06                       ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-07-04  5:44                         ` Michael Schmitz
2023-07-04  5:48                           ` John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
2023-07-04  5:58                             ` Michael Schmitz
2023-07-04  7:28                               ` Martin Steigerwald

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