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-rw-r--r--fs/partitions/msdos.c13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/partitions/msdos.c b/fs/partitions/msdos.c
index b783858..90be97f 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/msdos.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/msdos.c
@@ -492,9 +492,16 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, struct block_device *bdev)
if (!size)
continue;
if (is_extended_partition(p)) {
- /* prevent someone doing mkfs or mkswap on an
- extended partition, but leave room for LILO */
- put_partition(state, slot, start, size == 1 ? 1 : 2);
+ /*
+ * prevent someone doing mkfs or mkswap on an
+ * extended partition, but leave room for LILO
+ * FIXME: this uses one logical sector for > 512b
+ * sector, although it may not be enough/proper.
+ */
+ sector_t n = 2;
+ n = min(size, max(sector_size, n));
+ put_partition(state, slot, start, n);
+
printk(" <");
parse_extended(state, bdev, start, size);
printk(" >");