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authorDavidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>2013-09-11 14:25:00 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-09-11 15:59:17 -0700
commit27a7c642174eaec627f6a3a254035bf8abd02c5e (patch)
tree19311875531607830f626c6ff7498969bccdc669 /block/partitions
parentb05ebbbbeb67a420d06567c6b9618a9e644d6104 (diff)
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partitions/efi: account for pmbr size in lba
The partition that has the 0xEE (GPT protective), must have the size in lba field set to the lesser of the size of the disk minus one or 0xFFFFFFFF for larger disks. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'block/partitions')
-rw-r--r--block/partitions/efi.c21
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/block/partitions/efi.c b/block/partitions/efi.c
index e3cb4f19cf6d..b028af688361 100644
--- a/block/partitions/efi.c
+++ b/block/partitions/efi.c
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ invalid:
/**
* is_pmbr_valid(): test Protective MBR for validity
* @mbr: pointer to a legacy mbr structure
+ * @total_sectors: amount of sectors in the device
*
* Description: Checks for a valid protective or hybrid
* master boot record (MBR). The validity of a pMBR depends
@@ -180,9 +181,9 @@ invalid:
* Returns 0 upon invalid MBR, or GPT_MBR_PROTECTIVE or
* GPT_MBR_HYBRID depending on the device layout.
*/
-static int is_pmbr_valid(legacy_mbr *mbr)
+static int is_pmbr_valid(legacy_mbr *mbr, sector_t total_sectors)
{
- int i, ret = 0; /* invalid by default */
+ int i, part = 0, ret = 0; /* invalid by default */
if (!mbr || le16_to_cpu(mbr->signature) != MSDOS_MBR_SIGNATURE)
goto done;
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ static int is_pmbr_valid(legacy_mbr *mbr)
for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
ret = pmbr_part_valid(&mbr->partition_record[i]);
if (ret == GPT_MBR_PROTECTIVE) {
+ part = i;
/*
* Ok, we at least know that there's a protective MBR,
* now check if there are other partition types for
@@ -207,6 +209,18 @@ check_hybrid:
EFI_PMBR_OSTYPE_EFI_GPT) &&
(mbr->partition_record[i].os_type != 0x00))
ret = GPT_MBR_HYBRID;
+
+ /*
+ * Protective MBRs take up the lesser of the whole disk
+ * or 2 TiB (32bit LBA), ignoring the rest of the disk.
+ *
+ * Hybrid MBRs do not necessarily comply with this.
+ */
+ if (ret == GPT_MBR_PROTECTIVE) {
+ if (le32_to_cpu(mbr->partition_record[part].size_in_lba) !=
+ min((uint32_t) total_sectors - 1, 0xFFFFFFFF))
+ ret = 0;
+ }
done:
return ret;
}
@@ -568,6 +582,7 @@ static int find_valid_gpt(struct parsed_partitions *state, gpt_header **gpt,
gpt_header *pgpt = NULL, *agpt = NULL;
gpt_entry *pptes = NULL, *aptes = NULL;
legacy_mbr *legacymbr;
+ sector_t total_sectors = i_size_read(state->bdev->bd_inode) >> 9;
u64 lastlba;
if (!ptes)
@@ -581,7 +596,7 @@ static int find_valid_gpt(struct parsed_partitions *state, gpt_header **gpt,
goto fail;
read_lba(state, 0, (u8 *)legacymbr, sizeof(*legacymbr));
- good_pmbr = is_pmbr_valid(legacymbr);
+ good_pmbr = is_pmbr_valid(legacymbr, total_sectors);
kfree(legacymbr);
if (!good_pmbr)