Revisions to Determine the size of a block device

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Is /sys/block/sda/size in block size? If so which one?

The ioctl BLKGETSIZE has the same problem as it is in units of 512 rather than BLKSSZGET. BLKGETSIZE64 solves this ambiguity. The real block count is BLKGETSIZE64/BLKSSZGET.

/*BINFMTC:
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0105.2/0744.html
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <assert.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        int fd;
        long blk=0L;
        long ssz=0L;
        long long oct=0LL;

        assertif((fd=open(argv[1],O_RDONLY))>-<0) { perror(argv[1]); exit(1); }
        assertif(!ioctl(fd,BLKGETSIZE,&blk)<0) { perror("BLKGETSIZE"); exit(1); }
        assertif(!ioctl(fd,BLKSSZGET,&ssz)<0) { perror("BLKSSZGET"); exit(1); }
        assertif(!ioctl(fd,BLKGETSIZE64,&oct)<0) { perror("BLKGETSIZE64"); exit(1); }
        assertif(!close(fd)<0) { perror("close"); exit(1); }
        printf("BLKGETSIZE=%ld BLKSSZGET=%ld BLKGETSIZE64=%lld BLKGETSIZE64/BLKSSZGET=%ld SIZEGB=%f #%f\240GiB\n\n",\
blk,ssz,oct,(long)(oct/(long long)ssz),(double)oct/1000000000.0,(double)oct/1073741824.0);

        fflush(stdout); /* before exec */

        execl("/bin/bash","bash","-c",\
"for i in \
/sys/block/?d?/{size,alignment_offset,?d??/size,?d??/alignment_offset,queue/*block*,queue/*sector*}; \
do test -f \"$i\" && echo \"$i: $(<$i)\"; done"\
,NULL);

        exit(127);
        return 127; /* not reached */
}

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Is /sys/block/sda/size in block size? If so which one?

The ioctl BLKGETSIZE has the same problem as it is in units of 512 rather than BLKSSZGET. BLKGETSIZE64 solves this ambiguity. The real block count is BLKGETSIZE64/BLKSSZGET.

/*BINFMTC:
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0105.2/0744.html
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <assert.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        int fd;
        long blk=0L;
        long ssz=0L;
        long long oct=0LL;

        assert((fd=open(argv[1],O_RDONLY))>-1);
        assert(!ioctl(fd,BLKGETSIZE,&blk));
        assert(!ioctl(fd,BLKSSZGET,&ssz));
        assert(!ioctl(fd,BLKGETSIZE64,&oct));
        assert(!close(fd));
        printf("BLKGETSIZE=%ld BLKSSZGET=%ld BLKGETSIZE64=%lld BLKGETSIZE64/BLKSSZGET=%ld SIZEGB=%f #%f\240GiB\n\n",\
blk,ssz,oct,(long)(oct/(long long)ssz),(double)oct/1000000000.0,(double)oct/1073741824.0);

        fflush(stdout); /* before exec */

        execl("/bin/bash","bash","-c",\
"for i in \
/sys/block/?d?/{size,alignment_offset,?d??/size,?d??/alignment_offset,queue/*block*,queue/*sector*}; \
do test -f \"$i\" && echo \"$i: $(<$i)\"; done"\
,NULL);

        exit(127);
        return 127; /* not reached */
}

See http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0105.2/0744.html

Is /sys/block/sda/size in block size? If so which one?

The ioctl BLKGETSIZE has the same problem as it is in units of 512 rather than BLKSSZGET. BLKGETSIZE64 solves this ambiguity. The real block count is BLKGETSIZE64/BLKSSZGET.

/*BINFMTC:
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0105.2/0744.html
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <assert.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        int fd;
        long blk=0L;
        long ssz=0L;
        long long oct=0LL;

        if((fd=open(argv[1],O_RDONLY))<0) { perror(argv[1]); exit(1); }
        if(ioctl(fd,BLKGETSIZE,&blk)<0) { perror("BLKGETSIZE"); exit(1); }
        if(ioctl(fd,BLKSSZGET,&ssz)<0) { perror("BLKSSZGET"); exit(1); }
        if(ioctl(fd,BLKGETSIZE64,&oct)<0) { perror("BLKGETSIZE64"); exit(1); }
        if(close(fd)<0) { perror("close"); exit(1); }
        printf("BLKGETSIZE=%ld BLKSSZGET=%ld BLKGETSIZE64=%lld BLKGETSIZE64/BLKSSZGET=%ld SIZEGB=%f #%f\240GiB\n\n",\
blk,ssz,oct,(long)(oct/(long long)ssz),(double)oct/1000000000.0,(double)oct/1073741824.0);

        fflush(stdout); /* before exec */

        execl("/bin/bash","bash","-c",\
"for i in \
/sys/block/?d?/{size,alignment_offset,?d??/size,?d??/alignment_offset,queue/*block*,queue/*sector*}; \
do test -f \"$i\" && echo \"$i: $(<$i)\"; done"\
,NULL);

        exit(127);
        return 127; /* not reached */
}

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answered Apr 26, 2012 at 11:07

Andrew Buckeridge

Is /sys/block/sda/size in block size? If so which one?

The ioctl BLKGETSIZE has the same problem as it is in units of 512 rather than BLKSSZGET. BLKGETSIZE64 solves this ambiguity. The real block count is BLKGETSIZE64/BLKSSZGET.

/*BINFMTC:
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0105.2/0744.html
*/
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <assert.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
        int fd;
        long blk=0L;
        long ssz=0L;
        long long oct=0LL;

        assert((fd=open(argv[1],O_RDONLY))>-1);
        assert(!ioctl(fd,BLKGETSIZE,&blk));
        assert(!ioctl(fd,BLKSSZGET,&ssz));
        assert(!ioctl(fd,BLKGETSIZE64,&oct));
        assert(!close(fd));
        printf("BLKGETSIZE=%ld BLKSSZGET=%ld BLKGETSIZE64=%lld BLKGETSIZE64/BLKSSZGET=%ld SIZEGB=%f #%f\240GiB\n\n",\
blk,ssz,oct,(long)(oct/(long long)ssz),(double)oct/1000000000.0,(double)oct/1073741824.0);

        fflush(stdout); /* before exec */

        execl("/bin/bash","bash","-c",\
"for i in \
/sys/block/?d?/{size,alignment_offset,?d??/size,?d??/alignment_offset,queue/*block*,queue/*sector*}; \
do test -f \"$i\" && echo \"$i: $(<$i)\"; done"\
,NULL);

        exit(127);
        return 127; /* not reached */
}

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