>>> do you expect the checks to be performed in userland, so anyone can >>> be free to have overlaps/overflows, or let the kernel do the checks >>> and return errors using the size obtained through disk(9)? > Overflowing is clearly bogus IMHO, and should not be allowed.
Does "not [] allowed" here mean "the table on disk is considered invalid and ignored" or "the overflowing partition is suppressed" or "the overflowing partition is clamped to the device size" or what? I think the last of those is most useful, but the first one is the only one I really consider broken. > Overlapping is another matter, [...] Agreed. I semi-regularly have a real use for overlapping partitions; I would consider it a serious regression if they were to break. /~\ The ASCII Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [email protected] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
