On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Robert Millan<r...@aybabtu.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 09:24:31PM +0200, Felix Zielcke wrote: >> + loop = 0; >> + while (loop < 100000) >> [...] >> + if (loop == 100000) >> + return grub_error (GRUB_ERR_BAD_PART_TABLE, "Corrupted partition table >> found."); > > What does this 100000 represent? It looks like heuristic, but I'm missing > some context (I'm not familiar with extended partition layout). It is a heuristic.It's a number bigger than highest number of "sane" partitions but an amount of iteration which a computer can handle easily. I know that it's an arbitrary limit butusing a correct algorithm (e.g. record all visited extended partitions offsets) would take place almost uselessly and other solutions risk to have other problems (as "invisible" partitions) > > -- > Robert Millan > > The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and > how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we > still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." > > > _______________________________________________ > Grub-devel mailing list > Grub-devel@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel >
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