extlinux: make installer rewrite the whole file

With the additional patchable areas outside the main patch area, it is
now much more complicated to keep track of a high water mark of what
needs to be modified.  It's easier to just rewrite the whole thing.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>

diff --git a/extlinux/main.c b/extlinux/main.c
index b02cfe2..2cfb1ea 100644 (file)
--- a/extlinux/main.c
+++ b/extlinux/main.c
@@ -490,27 +490,30 @@ int patch_file_and_bootblock(int fd, const char *dir, int devfd)
     }
     strncpy((char *)boot_image + diroffset, subpath, dirlen);
     free(dirpath);
+  
     /* write subvol info if we have */
-    if (*subvol) {
-       subvoloffset = get_16(&patcharea->subvoloffset);
-       subvollen = get_16(&patcharea->subvollen);
-       if (subvollen <= strlen(subvol)) {
+    subvoloffset = get_16(&patcharea->subvoloffset);
+    subvollen = get_16(&patcharea->subvollen);
+    if (subvollen <= strlen(subvol)) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Subvol name too long... aborting install!\n");
        exit(1);
-       }
-       strncpy((char *)boot_image + subvoloffset, subvol, subvollen);
     }
+    strncpy((char *)boot_image + subvoloffset, subvol, subvollen);
 
     /* Now produce a checksum */
     set_32(&patcharea->checksum, 0);
-
+    
     csum = LDLINUX_MAGIC;
     for (i = 0, wp = (uint32_t *) boot_image; i < dw; i++, wp++)
        csum -= get_32(wp);     /* Negative checksum */
 
     set_32(&patcharea->checksum, csum);
 
-    return secptroffset + nptrs*4;
+    /*
+     * Assume all bytes modified.  This can be optimized at the expense
+     * of keeping track of what the highest modified address ever was.
+     */
+    return dw << 2;
 }
 
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