linux/block
Davidlohr Bueso 6b02fa59a7 partitions/efi: loosen check fot pmbr size in lba
Matt found that commit 27a7c64217 ("partitions/efi: account for pmbr
size in lba") caused his GPT formatted eMMC device not to boot.  The
reason is that this commit enforced Linux to always check the lesser of
the whole disk or 2Tib for the pMBR size in LBA.  While most disk
partitioning tools out there create a pMBR with these characteristics,
Microsoft does not, as it always sets the entry to the maximum 32-bit
limitation - even though a drive may be smaller than that[1].

Loosen this check and only verify that the size is either the whole disk
or 0xFFFFFFFF.  No tool in its right mind would set it to any value
other than these.

[1] http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/GPT.htm#GPTPT

Reported-and-tested-by: Matt Porter <matt.porter@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-09-15 07:10:16 -04:00
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partitions partitions/efi: loosen check fot pmbr size in lba 2013-09-15 07:10:16 -04:00
Kconfig block: support embedded device command line partition 2013-09-11 15:56:57 -07:00
Kconfig.iosched blkcg: make CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP bool 2012-03-06 21:27:21 +01:00
Makefile block: support embedded device command line partition 2013-09-11 15:56:57 -07:00
blk-cgroup.c cgroup: make css_for_each_descendant() and friends include the origin css in the iteration 2013-08-08 20:11:27 -04:00
blk-cgroup.h cgroup: make css_for_each_descendant() and friends include the origin css in the iteration 2013-08-08 20:11:27 -04:00
blk-core.c [SCSI] Return ENODATA on medium error 2013-08-23 12:54:53 -04:00
blk-exec.c Merge branch 'for-3.9/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-02-28 12:52:24 -08:00
blk-flush.c Block: blk-flush: Fixed indent code style 2013-03-22 12:22:51 -06:00
blk-integrity.c scatterlist: introduce sg_unmark_end 2013-03-20 15:43:04 +10:30
blk-ioc.c lib/radix-tree.c: make radix_tree_node_alloc() work correctly within interrupt 2013-09-11 15:59:36 -07:00
blk-iopoll.c block: delete __cpuinit usage from all block files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
blk-lib.c block: account iowait time when waiting for completion of IO request 2013-02-15 16:45:07 +01:00
blk-map.c block: re-use existing 'reading' variable instead of checking direction again 2011-12-21 15:27:24 +01:00
blk-merge.c scatterlist: introduce sg_unmark_end 2013-03-20 15:43:04 +10:30
blk-settings.c block: discard granularity might not be power of 2 2012-12-14 20:46:04 +01:00
blk-softirq.c block: delete __cpuinit usage from all block files 2013-07-14 19:36:59 -04:00
blk-sysfs.c block/blk-sysfs.c: replace strict_strtoul() with kstrtoul() 2013-09-11 15:56:56 -07:00
blk-tag.c block: Reserve only one queue tag for sync IO if only 3 tags are available 2013-06-28 21:32:27 +02:00
blk-throttle.c cgroup: make css_for_each_descendant() and friends include the origin css in the iteration 2013-08-08 20:11:27 -04:00
blk-timeout.c block: check for timeout function in blk_rq_timed_out() 2013-07-01 17:31:23 +02:00
blk.h block,elevator: use new hashtable implementation 2013-01-11 14:43:13 +01:00
bsg-lib.c bsg: Remove unused function bsg_goose_queue() 2012-12-06 14:33:02 +01:00
bsg.c hlist: drop the node parameter from iterators 2013-02-27 19:10:24 -08:00
cfq-iosched.c cgroup: pass around cgroup_subsys_state instead of cgroup in file methods 2013-08-08 20:11:24 -04:00
cmdline-parser.c block: support embedded device command line partition 2013-09-11 15:56:57 -07:00
compat_ioctl.c kernel-wide: fix missing validations on __get/__put/__copy_to/__copy_from_user() 2013-09-11 15:58:18 -07:00
deadline-iosched.c elevator: Fix a race in elevator switching 2013-07-03 13:25:24 +02:00
elevator.c elevator: Fix a race in elevator switching 2013-07-03 13:25:24 +02:00
genhd.c block: do not pass disk names as format strings 2013-07-03 16:07:25 -07:00
ioctl.c Merge branch 'for-3.7/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2012-10-11 09:04:23 +09:00
noop-iosched.c elevator: Fix a race in elevator switching 2013-07-03 13:25:24 +02:00
partition-generic.c Revert "loop: cleanup partitions when detaching loop device" 2013-04-08 10:12:11 +02:00
scsi_ioctl.c aio: don't include aio.h in sched.h 2013-05-07 20:16:25 -07:00