libfdisk: (gpt) reduce number of entries to fit small device
The default is 128 partitions (entries in partitions array). The size
of the entry is 128 bytes, it means 32 sectors (512-byte) for the
array. The default is too large for tiny devices and it seems better to
dynamically reduce the number to fix the device size.
The reduction is reported to user.
Example:
$ dd if=/dev/zero of=8-sectors.img count=8 bs=512
$ fdisk 8-sectors.img
...
Command (m for help): g
Created a new GPT disklabel (GUID:
3DB3EECE-BCCA-6C46-95FA-
7E23783BB3B2).
The maximal number of partitions is 8 (default is 128).
Command (m for help): x
Expert command (m for help): p
Disk 8-sectors.img: 4 KiB, 4096 bytes, 8 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier:
3DB3EECE-BCCA-6C46-95FA-
7E23783BB3B2
First LBA: 4
Last LBA: 4
Alternative LBA: 7
Partition entries LBA: 2
Allocated partition entries: 8
In this case, sectors:
0 - PMBR
1 - GPT header
2-3 - GPT array of partitions (8 entries, 128 bytes each)
4 - partition data
5-6 - backup GPT array of partitions
7 - backup GPT header
The smallest image is 6 sectors with 4 entries in array of partitions.
Note that Linux kernel has no problem to accept 4K image with 1
512-bytes GPT partition.
# losetup -P -f 4K.img
# lsblk /dev/loop0
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 4K 0 loop
└─loop0p1 259:5 0 512B 0 part
... but we need to fix libblkid, it ignores so small devices to probe for GPT :)
Addresses: https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux/issues/1147
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>