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* block: Use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...))Gideon Israel Dsouza2014-02-183-6/+10
| | | | | | | | | | To increase compiler portability there are several macros defined in <linux/compiler.h> for various gcc __attribute((..)) constructs. I've made sure gcc these specific were replaced with the right macro and an #include <linux/compiler.h> was placed where needed. Signed-off-by: Gideon Israel Dsouza <gidisrael@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
* block/partitions/efi.c: fix bound checkAntti P Miettinen2013-11-211-2/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Use ARRAY_SIZE instead of sizeof to get proper max for label length. Since this is just a read out of bounds it's not that bad, but the problem becomes user-visible eg if one tries to use DEBUG_PAGEALLOC and DEBUG_RODATA, at least with some enhancements from Hiroshi. Of course the destination array can contain garbage when we read beyond the end of source array so that would be another user-visible problem. Signed-off-by: Antti P Miettinen <amiettinen@nvidia.com> Reviewed-by: Hiroshi Doyu <hdoyu@nvidia.com> Tested-by: Hiroshi Doyu <hdoyu@nvidia.com> Cc: Will Drewry <wad@chromium.org> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* block/partitions/efi.c: treat size mismatch as a warning, not an errorDoug Anderson2013-10-161-1/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In commit 27a7c642174e ("partitions/efi: account for pmbr size in lba") we started treating bad sizes in lba field of the partition that has the 0xEE (GPT protective) as errors. However, we may run into these "bad sizes" in the real world if someone uses dd to copy an image from a smaller disk to a bigger disk. Since this case used to work (even without using force_gpt), keep it working and treat the size mismatch as a warning instead of an error. Reported-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Reported-by: Sean Paul <seanpaul@chromium.org> Signed-off-by: Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> Reviewed-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Tested-by: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* block: change config option name for cmdline partition parsingPaul Gortmaker2013-09-302-6/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Recently commit bab55417b10c ("block: support embedded device command line partition") introduced CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARSER. However, that name is too generic and sounds like it enables/disables generic kernel boot arg processing, when it really is block specific. Before this option becomes a part of a full/final release, add the BLK_ prefix to it so that it is clear in absence of any other context that it is block specific. In addition, fix up the following less critical items: - help text was not really at all helpful. - index file for Documentation was not updated - add the new arg to Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt - clarify wording in source comments Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com> Cc: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions/efi: loosen check fot pmbr size in lbaDavidlohr Bueso2013-09-151-2/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Matt found that commit 27a7c642174e ("partitions/efi: account for pmbr size in lba") caused his GPT formatted eMMC device not to boot. The reason is that this commit enforced Linux to always check the lesser of the whole disk or 2Tib for the pMBR size in LBA. While most disk partitioning tools out there create a pMBR with these characteristics, Microsoft does not, as it always sets the entry to the maximum 32-bit limitation - even though a drive may be smaller than that[1]. Loosen this check and only verify that the size is either the whole disk or 0xFFFFFFFF. No tool in its right mind would set it to any value other than these. [1] http://thestarman.pcministry.com/asm/mbr/GPT.htm#GPTPT Reported-and-tested-by: Matt Porter <matt.porter@linaro.org> Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* block/partitions/efi.c: consistently use pr_foo()Andrew Morton2013-09-111-26/+19
| | | | | | | | Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions/efi: some style cleanupsDavidlohr Bueso2013-09-111-11/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | Trivial coding style cleanups - still plenty left. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions/efi: delete annoying emacs style commentsDavidlohr Bueso2013-09-111-19/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | I love emacs, but these settings for coding style are annoying when trying to open the efi.h file. More important, we already have checkpatch for that. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions/efi: compare first and last usable LBAsDavidlohr Bueso2013-09-111-1/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | When verifying GPT header integrity, make sure that first usable LBA is smaller than last usable LBA. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions/efi: account for pmbr size in lbaDavidlohr Bueso2013-09-111-3/+18
| | | | | | | | | | | | The partition that has the 0xEE (GPT protective), must have the size in lba field set to the lesser of the size of the disk minus one or 0xFFFFFFFF for larger disks. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions/efi: detect hybrid MBRsDavidlohr Bueso2013-09-112-21/+56
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | One of the biggest problems with GPT is compatibility with older, non-GPT systems. The problem is addressed by creating hybrid mbrs, an extension, or variant, of the traditional protective mbr. This contains, apart from the 0xEE partition, up three additional primary partitions that point to the same space marked by up to three GPT partitions. The result is that legacy OSs can see the three required MBR partitions and at the same time ignore the GPT-aware partitions that protect the GPT structures. While hybrid MBRs are hacks, workarounds and simply not part of the GPT standard, they do exist and we have no way around them. For instance, by default, OSX creates a hybrid scheme when using multi-OS booting. In order for Linux to properly discover protective MBRs, it must be made aware of devices that have hybrid MBRs. No functionality is changed by this patch, just a debug message informing the user of the MBR scheme that is being used. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions/efi: do not require gpt partition to begin at sector 1Davidlohr Bueso2013-09-111-3/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When detecting a valid protective MBR, the Linux kernel isn't picky about the partition (1-4) the 0xEE is at, but, unlike other operating systems, it does require it to begin at the second sector (sector 1). This check, apart from it not being enforced by UEFI, and causing Linux to potentially fail to detect any *valid* partitions on the disk, can present problems when dealing with hybrid MBRs[1]. For compatibility reasons, if the first partition is hybridized, the 0xEE partition must be small enough to ensure that it only protects the GPT data structures - as opposed to the the whole disk in a protective MBR. This problem is very well described by Rod Smith[1]: where MBR-only partitioning programs (such as older versions of fdisk) can see some of the disk space as unallocated, thus loosing the purpose of the 0xEE partition's protection of GPT data structures. By dropping this check, this patch enables Linux to be more flexible when probing for GPT disklabels. [1] http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html#reactions Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions/efi: check pmbr record's starting lbaDavidlohr Bueso2013-09-111-4/+13
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Per the UEFI Specs 2.4, June 2013, the starting lba of the partition that has the EFI GPT (0xEE) must be set to 0x00000001 - this is obviously the LBA of the GPT Partition Header. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions/efi: use lba-aware partition recordsDavidlohr Bueso2013-09-112-6/+19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The kernel's GPT implementation currently uses the generic 'struct partition' type for dealing with legacy MBR partition records. While this is is useful for disklabels that we designed for CHS addressing, such as msdos, it doesn't adapt well to newer standards that use LBA instead, such as GUID partition tables. Furthermore, these generic partition structures do not have all the required fields to properly follow the UEFI specs. While a CHS address can be translated to LBA, it's much simpler and cleaner to just replace the partition type. This patch adds a new 'gpt_record' type that is fully compliant with EFI and will allow, in the next patches, to add more checks to properly verify a protective MBR, which is paramount to probing a device that makes use of GPT. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* block: support embedded device command line partitionCai Zhiyong2013-09-115-0/+113
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Read block device partition table from command line. The partition used for fixed block device (eMMC) embedded device. It is no MBR, save storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed by absolute address of data on the block device. Users can easily change the partition. This code reference MTD partition, source "drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c" About the partition verbose reference "Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt" [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix printk text] [yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn: fix error return code in parse_parts()] Signed-off-by: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com> Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Cc: "Wanglin (Albert)" <albert.wanglin@huawei.com> Cc: Marius Groeger <mag@sysgo.de> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yongjun_wei@trendmicro.com.cn> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions/msdos: enumerate also AIX LVM partitionsPhilippe De Muyter2013-07-091-0/+5
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Graft AIX partitions enumeration into partitions/msdos.c There is already a AIX disks detection logic in msdos.c. When an AIX disk has been found, and if configured to, call the aix partitions recognizer. This avoids removal of AIX disks protection from msdos.c, avoids code duplication, and ensures that AIX partitions enumeration is called before plain msdos partitions enumeration. Signed-off-by: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be> Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions: add aix lvm partition support filesPhilippe De Muyter2013-07-094-0/+306
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add partitions/aix.h and partitions/aix.c. AIX LVM permits to make "logical volumes" which are made of multiple slices of multiple disks. The new code allows only access to the "logical volumes" which are made of one slice on the probed disk, a slice being a contiguous disk area. The code also detects "logical volumes" made of multiple slices on the probed disk, but can not describe them to the partition layer, because the partition layer generic code does not support that. When such non-contiguous "logical volumes" are detected, a diagnostic message is printed. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be> Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions/msdos.c: end-of-line whitespace and semicolon cleanupPhilippe De Muyter2013-07-091-6/+6
| | | | | | | | Signed-off-by: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be> Cc: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* partitions/efi.c: replace useless kzalloc's by kmalloc'sPhilippe De Muyter2013-04-301-2/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | | In alloc_read_gpt_entries and alloc_read_gpt_header, the kzalloc'ated zones are either totally overwritten by the following read_lba call, or freed. As kmalloc is cheaper than kzalloc, use kmalloc. Signed-off-by: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be> Cc: Matt Domsch <Matt_Domsch@dell.com> Cc: Panagiotis Issaris <takis@issaris.org> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
* block/partitions: optimize memory allocation in check_partition()Ming Lei2013-02-272-6/+35
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Currently, sizeof(struct parsed_partitions) may be 64KB in 32bit arch, so it is easy to trigger page allocation failure by check_partition, especially in hotplug block device situation(such as, USB mass storage, MMC card, ...), and Felipe Balbi has observed the failure. This patch does below optimizations on the allocation of struct parsed_partitions to try to address the issue: - make parsed_partitions.parts as pointer so that the pointed memory can fit in 32KB buffer, then approximate 32KB memory can be saved - vmalloc the buffer pointed by parsed_partitions.parts because 32KB is still a bit big for kmalloc - given that many devices have the partition count limit, so only allocate disk_max_parts() partitions instead of 256 partitions always Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com> Reported-by: Felipe Balbi <balbi@ti.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Reviewed-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* block/partitions/mac.c: obey the state->limit constraintMing Lei2013-02-271-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | It isn't necessary to read the information of partitions whose number is equal and more than state->limit since only maximum state->limit partitions will be added inside rescan_partitions(). That is also what other kind of partitions are doing. Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@canonical.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* block/partitions/efi.c: ensure that the GPT header is at least the size of ↵Peter Jones2013-02-271-2/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | the structure. UEFI 2.3.1D will include a change to the spec language mandating that a GPT header must be greater than *or equal to* the size of the defined structure. While verifying that this would work on Linux, I discovered that we're not actually checking the minimum bound at all. The result of this is that when we verify the checksum, it's possible that on a malformed header (with header_size of 0), we won't actually verify any data. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix printk warning] Signed-off-by: Peter Jones <pjones@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Stephen Warren <swarren@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* block/partition/msdos: detect AIX formatted disks even without 55aaPhilippe De Muyter2013-02-271-3/+8
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | AIX formatted disks do not always have the MSDOS 55aa signature. This happens e.g. for unbootable AIX disks. Up to now, such disks were not recognized as AIX disks, because of the missing 55aa. Fix that by inverting the two tests. Let's first check for the AIX magic strings, and only if that fails check for the MSDOS magic word. Signed-off-by: Philippe De Muyter <phdm@macqel.be> Cc: Andreas Mohr <andi@lisas.de> Cc: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Olaf Hering <olh@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Merge branch 'for-3.8/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-blockLinus Torvalds2012-12-172-8/+20
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Pull block driver update from Jens Axboe: "Now that the core bits are in, here are the driver bits for 3.8. The branch contains: - A huge pile of drbd bits that were dumped from the 3.7 merge window. Following that, it was both made perfectly clear that there is going to be no more over-the-wall pulls and how the situation on individual pulls can be improved. - A few cleanups from Akinobu Mita for drbd and cciss. - Queue improvement for loop from Lukas. This grew into adding a generic interface for waiting/checking an even with a specific lock, allowing this to be pulled out of md and now loop and drbd is also using it. - A few fixes for xen back/front block driver from Roger Pau Monne. - Partition improvements from Stephen Warren, allowing partiion UUID to be used as an identifier." * 'for-3.8/drivers' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (609 commits) drbd: update Kconfig to match current dependencies drbd: Fix drbdsetup wait-connect, wait-sync etc... commands drbd: close race between drbd_set_role and drbd_connect drbd: respect no-md-barriers setting also when changed online via disk-options drbd: Remove obsolete check drbd: fixup after wait_even_lock_irq() addition to generic code loop: Limit the number of requests in the bio list wait: add wait_event_lock_irq() interface xen-blkfront: free allocated page xen-blkback: move free persistent grants code block: partition: msdos: provide UUIDs for partitions init: reduce PARTUUID min length to 1 from 36 block: store partition_meta_info.uuid as a string cciss: use check_signature() cciss: cleanup bitops usage drbd: use copy_highpage drbd: if the replication link breaks during handshake, keep retrying drbd: check return of kmalloc in receive_uuids drbd: Broadcast sync progress no more often than once per second drbd: don't try to clear bits once the disk has failed ...
| * block: partition: msdos: provide UUIDs for partitionsStephen Warren2012-11-231-2/+19
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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>
| * block: store partition_meta_info.uuid as a stringStephen Warren2012-11-231-6/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This will allow other types of UUID to be stored here, aside from true UUIDs. This also simplifies code that uses this field, since it's usually constructed from a, used as a, or compared to other, strings. Note: A simplistic approach here would be to set uuid_str[36]=0 whenever a /PARTNROFF option was found to be present. However, this modifies the input string, and causes subsequent calls to devt_from_partuuid() not to see the /PARTNROFF option, which causes different results. In order to avoid misleading future maintainers, this parameter is marked const. 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>
* | partitions: enable EFI/GPT support by defaultDiego Calleja2012-12-061-2/+2
|/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The Kconfig currently enables MSDOS partitions by default because they are assumed to be essential, but it's necessary to enable "advanced partition selection" in order to get GPT support. IMO GPT partitions are becoming common enought to deserve the same treatment MSDOS partitions get. (Side note: I got bit by a disk that had MSDOS and GPT partition tables, but for some reason the MSDOS table was different from the GPT one. I was stupid enought to disable "advanced partition selection" in my .config, which disabled GPT partitioning and made my btrfs pool unbootable because it couldn't find the partitions) Signed-off-by: Diego Calleja <diegocg@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
* s390/partitions: make partition detection independent from DASD ioctlsStefan Weinhuber2012-09-261-183/+272
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | In some usage scenarios it is desireable to work with disk images or virtualized DASD devices. One problem that prevents such applications is the partition detection in ibm.c. Currently it works only for devices that support the BIODASDINFO2 ioctl, in other words, it only works for devices that belong to the DASD device driver. The information gained from the BIODASDINFO2 ioctl is only for a small set of legacy cases abolutely necessary. All current VOL1, LNX1 and CMS1 type of disk labels can be interpreted correctly without this information, as long as the generic HDIO_GETGEO ioctl works and provides a correct disk geometry. This patch makes the ibm.c partition detection as independent as possible from the BIODASDINFO2 ioctl. Only the following two cases are still restricted to real DASDs: - An FBA DASD, or LDL formatted ECKD DASD without any disk label. - An old style LNX1 label (without large volume support) on a disk with inconsistent device geometry. Signed-off-by: Stefan Weinhuber <wein@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
* s390/dasd: re-prioritize partition detection messageStefan Haberland2012-05-161-1/+1
| | | | | | | | To avoid confusion while formatting a DASD device change the level of the "Expected VOL1 label not found" message from warning to info. Signed-off-by: Stefan Haberland <stefan.haberland@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
* LDM: Fix reassembly of extended VBLKs.Anton Altaparmakov2012-02-241-7/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Extended VBLKs (those larger than the preset VBLK size) are divided into fragments, each with its own VBLK header. Our LDM implementation generally assumes that each VBLK is contiguous in memory, so these fragments must be assembled before further processing. Currently the reassembly seems to be done quite wrongly - no VBLK header is copied into the contiguous buffer, and the length of the header is subtracted twice from each fragment. Also the total length of the reassembled VBLK is calculated incorrectly. Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Anton Altaparmakov <anton@tuxera.com>
* separate partition format handling from generic codeAl Viro2012-01-032-522/+4
| | | | Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
* move fs/partitions to block/Al Viro2012-01-0332-0/+6040
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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