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Bug 626374 - fdisk incorrectly checks alignment for non-512-byte *logical* sectors.
Summary: fdisk incorrectly checks alignment for non-512-byte *logical* sectors.
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: util-linux-ng
Version: 6.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Karel Zak
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-08-23 11:58 UTC by Karel Zak
Modified: 2011-05-19 14:06 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: util-linux-ng-2.17.2-9.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-05-19 14:06:20 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0699 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE util-linux-ng bug fix and enhancement update 2011-05-18 18:10:13 UTC

Description Karel Zak 2010-08-23 11:58:20 UTC
Copy & past from upstream:

     # modprobe scsi_debug dev_size_mb=1024 sector_size=4096
    
     # fdisk /dev/sdb
    
      Command (m for help): n
      Command action
        e   extended
        p   primary partition (1-4)
      p
      Partition number (1-4, default 1):
      Using default value 1
      First sector (256-262143, default 256): 257
      Last sector, +sectors or +size{K,M,G} (257-262143, default 262143): +100M
    
      Command (m for help): p
    
      Disk /dev/sdb: 1073 MB, 1073741824 bytes
      32 heads, 32 sectors/track, 256 cylinders, total 262144 sectors
      Units = sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes
      Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
      I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 262144 bytes
      Disk identifier: 0x16db2bb0
    
        Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
      /dev/sdb1            257       25855      102396   83  Linux
      Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
      ^^^^^^^^
    
     The warning is nonsense. The logical and physical sector size is the
     same. It means that every LBA is always aligned to physical sector
     boundary.
    
     Note that this bug does not mean that fdisk produces unaligned
     partitions. The problem is that fdisk forces to use bigger gaps
     between aligned LBAs, for example:
    
       correctly aligned LBA are: 256, 257, 258, ...  [N+1]
       fdisk assumes:             256, 264, 272, ...  [N+(sector_size/512)]
    

Bug fix is pretty simple:

-	unsigned long long offset = (lba << 9) & (granularity - 1);
+	unsigned long long offset = (lba * sector_size) & (granularity - 1);

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 14:06:20 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0699.html


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