On Mon, 2007-07-23 10:15:21 +0200, Rene Herman [off-list ref] wrote:

/*
 * Public Domain 2007, Rene Herman
 */

#define _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string.h>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>

enum {
	DOS_EXTENDED   = 0x05,
	WIN98_EXTENDED = 0x0f,
	LINUX_EXTENDED = 0x85,
};

struct partition {
        uint8_t boot_ind;
	uint8_t head;

Different indention.

	uint8_t sector;
	uint8_t cyl;
        uint8_t sys_ind;
	uint8_t end_head;
	uint8_t end_sector;
	uint8_t end_cyl;
        uint32_t start;
        uint32_t size;

As multibyte on-disk variables, these will need LE/BE conversion.

} __attribute__((packed));

struct entry {
	uint8_t flags;
	uint8_t type;
	uint16_t __1;
	uint64_t start;
	uint32_t size;

Dito.

} __attribute__((packed));

enum {
	ENTRY_FLAG_PRIMARY  = 0x01,
	ENTRY_FLAG_BOOTABLE = 0x80,
};

struct backup {
	uint8_t signature[8];
	uint16_t type;
	uint8_t heads;
	uint8_t sectors;
	uint8_t count;
	uint8_t __1[3];
	struct entry table[31];
} __attribute__((packed));

#define BACKUP_SIGNATURE "PARTBAK1"

enum {
	BACKUP_TYPE_MBR = 1,
};

struct backup backup = {
	.signature = BACKUP_SIGNATURE,
	.type	   = BACKUP_TYPE_MBR,
};

#define ARRAY_SIZE(arr) (sizeof arr / sizeof arr[0])

int is_extended(struct partition *partition)
{
	int ret = 0;

	switch (partition->sys_ind) {
	case DOS_EXTENDED:
	case WIN98_EXTENDED:
	case LINUX_EXTENDED:
		ret = 1;
	}
	return ret;
}

unsigned char *get_sector(int fd, uint64_t n)
{
	unsigned char *sector;

	if (lseek64(fd, n << 9, SEEK_SET) < 0) {
		perror("lseek64");
		return NULL;
	}
	sector = malloc(512);
	if (!sector) {
		fprintf(stderr, "malloc: out of memory\n");
		return NULL;
	}
	if (read(fd, sector, 512) != 512) {
		perror("read");
		free(sector);
		return NULL;
	}
	return sector;
}

void put_sector(unsigned char *sector)
{
	free(sector);
}

#define TABLE_OFFSET (512 - 2 - 4 * sizeof(struct partition))

inline struct partition *table(unsigned char *sector)
{
	return (struct partition *)(sector + TABLE_OFFSET);
}

int do_sector(int fd, uint32_t offset, uint32_t start)
{
	unsigned char *sector;
	struct partition *cur;
	struct partition *ext = NULL;
	int ret = 0;

	sector = get_sector(fd, offset + start);
	if (!sector)
		return -1;

	if (sector[510] != 0x55 || sector[511] != 0xaa) {
		ret = -1;
		goto out;
	}
	for (cur = table(sector); cur < table(sector) + 4; cur++) {
		struct entry *entry;

		if (!cur->size)
			continue;

		cur->end_head += 1;
		if (backup.heads < cur->end_head)
			backup.heads = cur->end_head;

		cur->end_sector &= 0x3f;
		if (backup.sectors < cur->end_sector) 
			backup.sectors = cur->end_sector;

		if (is_extended(cur)) {
			if (!offset) {
				ret = do_sector(fd, cur->start, 0);
				if (ret < 0)
					goto out;
			} else if (!ext)
				ext = cur;
			continue;
		}
		if (backup.count == ARRAY_SIZE(backup.table)) {
			fprintf(stderr, "do_sector: out of space!\n");
			ret = -1;
			goto out;
		}
		entry = backup.table + backup.count++;

		entry->flags = cur->boot_ind;
		if (!offset)
			entry->flags |= ENTRY_FLAG_PRIMARY;

		entry->type  = cur->sys_ind;
		entry->start = cur->start + start;
		entry->size  = cur->size;

LE/BE issues here...

	}
	if (ext)
		ret = do_sector(fd, offset, ext->start);
  out:
	put_sector(sector);
	return ret;
}

void show_backup(void)
{
#ifdef DEBUG

	int i;

	fprintf(stderr, "signature: ");
	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++)
		fprintf(stderr, "%c", backup.signature[i]);
	fprintf(stderr, "\n");

	fprintf(stderr, "     type: %d\n", backup.type);
	fprintf(stderr, "    heads: %d\n", backup.heads);
	fprintf(stderr, "  sectors: %d\n", backup.sectors);
	fprintf(stderr, "    count: %d\n", backup.count);

	for (i = 0; i < backup.count; i++) {
		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
		fprintf(stderr, "%2d: flags: %02x\n", i, backup.table[i].flags);
		fprintf(stderr, "%2d:  type: %02x\n", i, backup.table[i].type);
		fprintf(stderr, "%2d: start: %llu\n", i, backup.table[i].start);
		fprintf(stderr, "%2d:  size: %u\n", i, backup.table[i].size);

You'll output wrong values here, depending on your host system.

	}
#endif
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	int fd;
	struct stat buf;

	if (argc != 2) {
		printf("%s <blkdev>\n", argv[0]);
		return EXIT_FAILURE;
	}
	fd = open(argv[1], O_RDONLY);
	if (fd < 0) {
		perror("open");
		return EXIT_FAILURE;
	}
	if (fstat(fd, &buf) < 0) {
		perror("stat");
		return EXIT_FAILURE;
	}
	if (!S_ISBLK(buf.st_mode))
		fprintf(stderr, "warning: not a block device\n");
	
	if (do_sector(fd, 0, 0) < 0)
		return EXIT_FAILURE;

	if (close(fd) < 0) {
		perror("close");
		return EXIT_FAILURE;
	}
	if (write(STDOUT_FILENO, &backup, sizeof backup) != sizeof backup) {
		perror("write");
		return EXIT_FAILURE;
	}

	show_backup();

	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

Looks like a useful program, but you'd definively fix the LE/BE
issues. If you do that, it'll be able to even run on BE machines, too.

MfG, JBG

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