On Sat, 2018-09-08 at 21:28 +0100, Nikolaus Rath wrote:
> On my system, parted crashes with:
>
> [...]
>
> Assertion (metadata_length > 0) at ../../../libparted/labels/dos.c:2313 in
> function
> add_logical_part_metadata() failed.
>
> Aborted
I encountered the same assertion failure from the resizepart command.
I was able to get a full backtrace after building from current master
(f0cfa958) with CFLAGS="-g -O0" as a result of running the command:
parted /dev/sdb resizepart 5 976824319s
#0 __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:51
#1 0x00007ffff7b3f2f1 in __GI_abort () at abort.c:79
#2 0x00007ffff7f7c80b in ped_assert (
cond_text=0x7ffff7fb75bc "metadata_length > 0",
file=0x7ffff7fb7191 "dos.c", line=2305,
function=0x7ffff7fb7930 <__PRETTY_FUNCTION__.5302>
"add_logical_part_metadata") at debug.c:111
#3 0x00007ffff7f9ad96 in add_logical_part_metadata (disk=0x55555559b210,
log_part=0x5555555a1f80) at dos.c:2305
#4 0x00007ffff7f9b13b in msdos_alloc_metadata (disk=0x55555559b210)
at dos.c:2436
#5 0x00007ffff7f8135f in _disk_alloc_metadata (disk=0x55555559b210)
at disk.c:1010
#6 0x00007ffff7f81782 in _disk_pop_update_mode (disk=0x55555559b210)
at disk.c:1163
#7 0x00007ffff7f83968 in ped_disk_set_partition_geom (disk=0x55555559b210,
part=0x5555555a1eb0, constraint=0x5555555949d0, start=976562176,
end=976824319) at disk.c:2171
#8 0x000055555555da09 in do_resizepart (dev=0x7fffffffe4c0,
diskp=0x7fffffffe4b8) at parted.c:1576
#9 0x0000555555559f09 in command_run (cmd=0x555555574b40, dev=0x7fffffffe4c0,
diskp=0x7fffffffe4b8) at command.c:141
#10 0x00005555555638f6 in interactive_mode (dev=0x7fffffffe4c0,
disk=0x7fffffffe4b8, cmd_list=0x55555556b6c0 <commands>) at ui.c:1630
#11 0x000055555555fae2 in main (argc=0, argv=0x7fffffffe5c8) at parted.c:2356
The output of `parted /dev/sdb unit co print unit s print`:
Model: ATA Samsung SSD 860 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 269MB 268MB primary
2 269MB 404MB 134MB primary
3 404MB 500GB 500GB primary
4 500GB 1000GB 500GB extended lba
5 500GB 500GB 134MB logical
6 500GB 996GB 496GB logical
Model: ATA Samsung SSD 860 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1953525168s
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 2048s 526335s 524288s primary
2 526336s 788479s 262144s primary
3 788480s 976562174s 975773695s primary
4 976562175s 1953525167s 976962993s extended lba
5 976562176s 976824318s 262143s logical
6 976824320s 1945136559s 968312240s logical
Let me know if there is any other information I can provide.
Thanks,
Kevin
