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-rw-r--r--util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c b/util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c
index 06858ef..7191a5f 100644
--- a/util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c
+++ b/util-linux/mkfs_ext2.c
@@ -236,6 +236,13 @@ int mkfs_ext2_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
// open the device, get size in kbytes
if (argv[1]) {
kilobytes = xatoull(argv[1]);
+ // seek past end fails on block devices but works on files
+ if (lseek(fd, kilobytes * 1024 - 1, SEEK_SET) != (off_t)-1) {
+ xwrite(fd, "", 1); // file grows if needed
+ }
+ //else {
+ // bb_error_msg("warning, block device is smaller");
+ //}
} else {
kilobytes = (uoff_t)xlseek(fd, 0, SEEK_END) / 1024;
}
@@ -610,7 +617,7 @@ int mkfs_ext2_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
dir = (struct ext2_dir *)buf;
// dump 2nd+ blocks of "/lost+found"
- STORE_LE(dir->rec_len1, blocksize); // e2fsck 1.41.4 compat
+ STORE_LE(dir->rec_len1, blocksize); // e2fsck 1.41.4 compat (1.41.9 does not need this)
for (i = 1; i < lost_and_found_blocks; ++i)
PUT((uint64_t)(FETCH_LE32(gd[0].bg_inode_table) + inode_table_blocks + 1+i) * blocksize,
buf, blocksize);