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block: partition: msdos: provide UUIDs for partitions

The MSDOS/MBR partition table includes a 32-bit unique ID, often referred
to as the NT disk signature.  When combined with a partition number within
the table, this can form a unique ID similar in concept to EFI/GPT's
partition UUID.  Constructing and recording this value in struct
partition_meta_info allows MSDOS partitions to be referred to on the
kernel command-line using the following syntax:

root=PARTUUID=0002dd75-01

Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
This commit is contained in:
Stephen Warren 2012-11-08 16:12:28 -08:00 committed by Jens Axboe
parent 283f8fc039
commit d33b98fc82
2 changed files with 23 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ static int aix_magic_present(struct parsed_partitions *state, unsigned char *p)
return ret;
}
static void set_info(struct parsed_partitions *state, int slot,
u32 disksig)
{
struct partition_meta_info *info = &state->parts[slot].info;
snprintf(info->uuid, sizeof(info->uuid), "%08x-%02x", disksig,
slot);
info->volname[0] = 0;
state->parts[slot].has_info = true;
}
/*
* Create devices for each logical partition in an extended partition.
* The logical partitions form a linked list, with each entry being
@ -106,7 +117,8 @@ static int aix_magic_present(struct parsed_partitions *state, unsigned char *p)
*/
static void parse_extended(struct parsed_partitions *state,
sector_t first_sector, sector_t first_size)
sector_t first_sector, sector_t first_size,
u32 disksig)
{
struct partition *p;
Sector sect;
@ -166,6 +178,7 @@ static void parse_extended(struct parsed_partitions *state,
}
put_partition(state, state->next, next, size);
set_info(state, state->next, disksig);
if (SYS_IND(p) == LINUX_RAID_PARTITION)
state->parts[state->next].flags = ADDPART_FLAG_RAID;
loopct = 0;
@ -437,6 +450,7 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
struct partition *p;
struct fat_boot_sector *fb;
int slot;
u32 disksig;
data = read_part_sector(state, 0, &sect);
if (!data)
@ -491,6 +505,8 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
#endif
p = (struct partition *) (data + 0x1be);
disksig = le32_to_cpup((__le32 *)(data + 0x1b8));
/*
* Look for partitions in two passes:
* First find the primary and DOS-type extended partitions.
@ -515,11 +531,12 @@ int msdos_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
put_partition(state, slot, start, n);
strlcat(state->pp_buf, " <", PAGE_SIZE);
parse_extended(state, start, size);
parse_extended(state, start, size, disksig);
strlcat(state->pp_buf, " >", PAGE_SIZE);
continue;
}
put_partition(state, slot, start, size);
set_info(state, slot, disksig);
if (SYS_IND(p) == LINUX_RAID_PARTITION)
state->parts[slot].flags = ADDPART_FLAG_RAID;
if (SYS_IND(p) == DM6_PARTITION)

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@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ done:
* used when disk name of partitioned disk ends on a digit.
* 6) PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF representing the
* unique id of a partition if the partition table provides it.
* The UUID may be either an EFI/GPT UUID, or refer to an MSDOS
* partition using the format SSSSSSSS-PP, where SSSSSSSS is a zero-
* filled hex representation of the 32-bit "NT disk signature", and PP
* is a zero-filled hex representation of the 1-based partition number.
* 7) PARTUUID=<UUID>/PARTNROFF=<int> to select a partition in relation to
* a partition with a known unique id.
*