[git commit] fdisk: comment out "not a multiple of 512 bytes" warning
Denys Vlasenko
vda.linux at googlemail.com
Wed Feb 4 09:30:45 UTC 2026
commit: https://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=8aba5f6347518b09cb82a3330c574268919ed9bc
branch: https://git.busybox.net/busybox/log/?h=master
function old new delta
bb_getsize_in_512sect 187 163 -24
.rodata 107088 107059 -29
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/2 up/down: 0/-53) Total: -53 bytes
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux at googlemail.com>
---
util-linux/fdisk.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/util-linux/fdisk.c b/util-linux/fdisk.c
index 33a8d1896..470194af9 100644
--- a/util-linux/fdisk.c
+++ b/util-linux/fdisk.c
@@ -528,19 +528,19 @@ static uint64_t bb_getsize_in_512sect(int fd)
/* BLKGETSIZE64 takes pointer to uint64_t, not ullong: */
uint64_t sz_get64;
/* BLKGETSIZE takes pointer to ulong: */
- unsigned long longsectors;
+ unsigned long sectors_long;
- if (ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE, &longsectors) == 0
+ if (ioctl(fd, BLKGETSIZE, §ors_long) == 0
) {
/* If in "fdisk -b 4096 /dev/512byte_sect_dev" scenario,
* IOW: sector size is OVERRIDDEN by user,
* the user tries to create 4K sector layout on a 512 sector
* device (presumably because the device can't operate
- * in 4k mode on this machine, but can on another one?):
+ * in 4K mode on this machine, but can on another one?):
* __do NOT assume BLKGETSIZE returns 4K sectors__ -
* it always returns 512-sized "sectors"!
*/
- sz64 = (uint64_t)longsectors * 512;
+ sz64 = (uint64_t)sectors_long * 512;
how = "BLKGETSIZE";
} else {
/* BLKGETSIZE failed, assume this is a disk image */
@@ -566,9 +566,10 @@ static uint64_t bb_getsize_in_512sect(int fd)
how, (ullong)sz64
);
}
+#if 0 /* this breaks "fdisk -s FILE" (util-linux 2.41.1 silently rounds down) */
if ((sz64 & 0x1ff) != 0)
bb_error_msg("size %llu not a multiple of 512 bytes", (ullong)sz64);
-//bb_error_msg("%s: %llu", how, (ullong)sz64);
+#endif
/* Got bytes, convert to 512 byte blocks */
return sz64 >> 9;
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