From: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 01/19] init: add DPS root partition type UUID capability
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:08:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260615-discoverable-root_partitions-v1-1-39c78fac42e2@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260615-discoverable-root_partitions-v1-0-39c78fac42e2@kernel.org>
DPS [1] assigns native root partition type UUIDs per architecture.
Add the ARCH_HAS_DPS_ROOT_PARTITION_TYPE_UUID config option so that
architectures can opt in.
Architectures that support this feature should define
DPS_ROOT_PARTITION_TYPE_UUID in asm/dps_root.h as a string
representation of the architecture's DPS root partition type UUID.
Add the hidden DPS_ROOT_AUTO_DISCOVERY symbol for the combination of
BLOCK, EFI and ARCH_HAS_DPS_ROOT_PARTITION_TYPE_UUID, and use it to
expose DPS_ROOT_PARTITION_TYPE_UUID from the common linux/root_dev.h
header only when all prerequisites are met.
[1] The Discoverable Partitions Specification (DPS)
Link: https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/discoverable_partitions_specification/
Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/root_dev.h | 6 ++++++
init/Kconfig | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/root_dev.h b/include/linux/root_dev.h
index 847c9a06101b..6b52a10b0bca 100644
--- a/include/linux/root_dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/root_dev.h
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@
#include <linux/major.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/kdev_t.h>
+#include <linux/uuid.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DPS_ROOT_AUTO_DISCOVERY
+#include <asm/dps_root.h>
+static_assert(sizeof(DPS_ROOT_PARTITION_TYPE_UUID) == UUID_STRING_LEN + 1);
+#endif
enum {
Root_NFS = MKDEV(UNNAMED_MAJOR, 255),
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 147da6370bf0..982c6ad9da4d 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -2287,6 +2287,12 @@ config ARCH_HAS_PREPARE_SYNC_CORE_CMD
config ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE
bool
+config ARCH_HAS_DPS_ROOT_PARTITION_TYPE_UUID
+ bool
+
+config DPS_ROOT_AUTO_DISCOVERY
+ def_bool BLOCK && EFI && ARCH_HAS_DPS_ROOT_PARTITION_TYPE_UUID
+
# It may be useful for an architecture to override the definitions of the
# SYSCALL_DEFINE() and __SYSCALL_DEFINEx() macros in <linux/syscalls.h>
# and the COMPAT_ variants in <linux/compat.h>, in particular to use a
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-15 16:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-15 16:08 [PATCH 00/19] init: discoverable root partitions, a.k.a. an omittable "root=" cmdline option Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:08 ` Vincent Mailhol [this message]
2026-06-15 16:08 ` [PATCH 02/19] alpha: define DPS root partition type UUID Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:08 ` [PATCH 03/19] arc: " Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 04/19] arm: " Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 05/19] arm64: " Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 06/19] loongarch: " Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 07/19] mips: define DPS root partition type UUIDs Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 08/19] parisc: define DPS root partition type UUID Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 20:02 ` James Bottomley
2026-06-15 20:27 ` Helge Deller
2026-06-15 20:43 ` Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 09/19] powerpc: define DPS root partition type UUIDs Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 10/19] riscv: " Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 11/19] s390: " Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 12/19] x86: " Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:46 ` Dave Hansen
2026-06-15 18:05 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-06-15 20:39 ` Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 20:19 ` Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 13/19] block: store GPT partition type UUID Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 14/19] block: add early_lookup_bdev_by_type_uuid() Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 15/19] block: store GPT attributes as a raw value Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 16/19] block: don't discover partition with DPS no-auto GPT attribute Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 17/19] init: factor out root device lookup into lookup_root_device() Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 18/19] init: discover root by DPS partition type UUID Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 16:09 ` [PATCH 19/19] docs: document discoverable root partitions Vincent Mailhol
2026-06-15 17:04 ` [PATCH 00/19] init: discoverable root partitions, a.k.a. an omittable "root=" cmdline option Al Viro
2026-06-15 20:33 ` Vincent Mailhol
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