[linux-lvm] Old problem cropping up again with 0.9 lvm tools?

[Andreas Dilger]

Luca writes:
> you should apply the attached patch

Heinz, I believe this patch was also included in my 0.8 patchset, but
was dropped from 0.8.1...

Cheers, Andreas
===========================================================================
--- lib/pv_get_size.c.bluca	Mon Nov 13 01:20:11 2000
+++ lib/pv_get_size.c	Sun Nov 26 10:53:09 2000
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
       goto pv_get_size_end;
    }
 
+   memset ( disk_dev_name, 0, sizeof ( disk_dev_name));
    if ( ( cache_entry = lvm_dir_cache_find ( dev_name)) != NULL) {
       if ( lvm_check_partitioned_dev ( cache_entry->st_rdev) == TRUE) {
          st_rdev = cache_entry->st_rdev -
@@ -96,14 +97,14 @@
             if ( dir_cache[i].st_rdev == st_rdev)
                break;
          }
-      }
+         strncpy ( disk_dev_name, dir_cache[i].dev_name, sizeof ( disk_dev_name) - 1);
+      } else {
+         strncpy ( disk_dev_name, dev_name, sizeof ( disk_dev_name) - 1);
+	  }
    } else {
       ret = -LVM_EPV_GET_SIZE_LVM_DIR_CACHE;
       goto pv_get_size_end;
    }
-
-   memset ( disk_dev_name, 0, sizeof ( disk_dev_name));
-   strncpy ( disk_dev_name, dir_cache[i].dev_name, sizeof ( disk_dev_name) - 1);
 
    first = 1;
    if ( ( pv_handle = open ( disk_dev_name, O_RDONLY)) == -1) {
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