Re: Partitioning problems in 2.4.11

[Alexander Viro]

	Rediffed against 13-pre1:
--- linux/fs/partitions/check.c	Thu Oct 11 19:25:03 2001
+++ linux/fs/partitions/check.c.fixed	Thu Oct 11 18:39:41 2001
@@ -386,6 +386,12 @@
 	if (!size || minors == 1)
 		return;
 
+	if (dev->sizes) {
+		dev->sizes[first_minor] = size >> (BLOCK_SIZE_BITS - 9);
+		for (i = first_minor + 1; i < end_minor; i++)
+			dev->sizes[i] = 0;
+	}
+	blk_size[dev->major] = dev->sizes;
 	check_partition(dev, MKDEV(dev->major, first_minor), 1 + first_minor);
 
  	/*
@@ -395,7 +401,6 @@
 	if (dev->sizes != NULL) {	/* optional safeguard in ll_rw_blk.c */
 		for (i = first_minor; i < end_minor; i++)
 			dev->sizes[i] = dev->part[i].nr_sects >> (BLOCK_SIZE_BITS - 9);
-		blk_size[dev->major] = dev->sizes;
 	}
 }