File libparted-device-mapper-uses-512b-sectors.patch of Package parted

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File libparted-device-mapper-uses-512b-sectors.patch of Package parted (Revision 5a484804566fd57c44ba867b165e68d3)

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From f98f791e19669b900345dad7d96ea4df974e4596 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Brian C. Lane" <bcl@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 16:46:07 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] libparted: device mapper uses 512b sectors

device mapper doesn't use the device's sector size when creating a
table. It always uses 512b units. This causes partitions to be created
8x smaller than expected on devices with 4906b sectors.
---
 NEWS                   |    4 ++++
 libparted/arch/linux.c |   21 +++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: parted-3.2/NEWS
===================================================================
--- parted-3.2.orig/NEWS
+++ parted-3.2/NEWS
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ GNU parted NEWS
 
 ** Bug Fixes
 
+  Use 512b sector size when communicating with device-mapper. Fixes
+  problems with partitions being created too small on dm devices
+  with sector sizes > 5121b
+
   Don't crash in the disk_set command when a disk label is not found
 
   libparted-fs-resize: Prevent crash resizing FAT16 file systems.
Index: parted-3.2/libparted/arch/linux.c
===================================================================
--- parted-3.2.orig/libparted/arch/linux.c
+++ parted-3.2/libparted/arch/linux.c
@@ -2768,6 +2768,12 @@ _dm_get_partition_start_and_length(PedPa
         if (sscanf (params, "%d:%d %Ld", &major, &minor, start) != 3)
                 goto err;
         rc = 1;
+
+        /* device-mapper uses 512b units, make sure we return length and start in terms of the device's
+         * sector size.
+         */
+        *start /= (part->disk->dev->sector_size / PED_SECTOR_SIZE_DEFAULT);
+        *length /= (part->disk->dev->sector_size / PED_SECTOR_SIZE_DEFAULT);
 err:
         free (path);
         dm_task_destroy(task);
@@ -2815,8 +2821,10 @@ _dm_add_partition (PedDisk* disk, const
         /* Caution: dm_task_destroy frees dev_name.  */
         dm_task_destroy (task);
         task = NULL;
+        /* device-mapper uses 512b units, not the device's sector size */
         if ( ! (params = zasprintf ("%d:%d %lld", arch_specific->major,
-                                    arch_specific->minor, part->geom.start)))
+                                    arch_specific->minor,
+                                    part->geom.start * (disk->dev->sector_size / PED_SECTOR_SIZE_DEFAULT))))
                 goto err;
 
         task = dm_task_create (DM_DEVICE_CREATE);
@@ -2826,7 +2834,8 @@ _dm_add_partition (PedDisk* disk, const
         dm_task_set_name (task, vol_name);
         if (vol_uuid)
                 dm_task_set_uuid (task, vol_uuid);
-        dm_task_add_target (task, 0, part->geom.length,
+        /* device-mapper uses 512b units, not the device's sector size */
+        dm_task_add_target (task, 0, part->geom.length * (disk->dev->sector_size / PED_SECTOR_SIZE_DEFAULT),
                 "linear", params);
         if (!dm_task_set_cookie (task, &cookie, 0))
                 goto err;
@@ -2883,8 +2892,11 @@ _dm_resize_partition (PedDisk* disk, con
         /* Caution: dm_task_destroy frees dev_name.  */
         dm_task_destroy (task);
         task = NULL;
+
+        /* device-mapper uses 512b units, not the device's sector size */
         if ( ! (params = zasprintf ("%d:%d %lld", arch_specific->major,
-                                    arch_specific->minor, part->geom.start)))
+                                    arch_specific->minor,
+                                    part->geom.start * (disk->dev->sector_size / PED_SECTOR_SIZE_DEFAULT))))
                 goto err;
 
         task = dm_task_create (DM_DEVICE_RELOAD);
@@ -2892,7 +2904,8 @@ _dm_resize_partition (PedDisk* disk, con
                 goto err;
 
         dm_task_set_name (task, vol_name);
-        dm_task_add_target (task, 0, part->geom.length,
+        /* device-mapper uses 512b units, not the device's sector size */
+        dm_task_add_target (task, 0, part->geom.length * (disk->dev->sector_size / PED_SECTOR_SIZE_DEFAULT),
                 "linear", params);
         if (!dm_task_set_cookie (task, &cookie, 0))
                 goto err;

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