[parted-devel] [PATCH 2/4] libparted: remove extraneous blkpg add partition ped exception

[Jim Meyering]

Phillip Susi wrote:
> On 1/12/2012 10:24 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> It was addressed by the change right after the one that added that
>> new test: 713322fa88e097b5bcaae36ad5b6a41d1acc6db3
>
> My understanding of that patch is that it was supposed to make sure
> that the partition geometry got adjusted so that the blkpg request
> would not fail.  As such, it appears to not be working, and the test
> is validating that the patch is not working.

That patch makes it so parted tells the kernel about the slightly larger
size so that it will object not just for a simple overlap, but also if we
try to create a partition that overlaps those last two sectors.