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 13/19] block: store GPT partition type UUID
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:09:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260615-discoverable-root_partitions-v1-13-39c78fac42e2@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260615-discoverable-root_partitions-v1-0-39c78fac42e2@kernel.org>
DPS [1] identifies OS partitions by GPT partition type UUID.
Keep that UUID in partition_meta_info and populate it while scanning EFI
partition tables so early root discovery can use it.
[1] The Discoverable Partitions Specification (DPS)
Link: https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/discoverable_partitions_specification/
Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol@kernel.org>
---
block/partitions/efi.c | 1 +
include/linux/blkdev.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/block/partitions/efi.c b/block/partitions/efi.c
index 9865d59093fa..4a3835ed9561 100644
--- a/block/partitions/efi.c
+++ b/block/partitions/efi.c
@@ -742,6 +742,7 @@ int efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state)
info = &state->parts[i + 1].info;
efi_guid_to_str(&ptes[i].unique_partition_guid, info->uuid);
+ efi_guid_to_str(&ptes[i].partition_type_guid, info->type_uuid);
/* Naively convert UTF16-LE to 7 bits. */
label_max = min(ARRAY_SIZE(info->volname) - 1,
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 890128cdea1c..8ce85d21a1f4 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ extern const struct class block_class;
struct partition_meta_info {
char uuid[PARTITION_META_INFO_UUIDLTH];
+ char type_uuid[PARTITION_META_INFO_UUIDLTH];
u8 volname[PARTITION_META_INFO_VOLNAMELTH];
};
--
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 ` [PATCH 01/19] init: add DPS root partition type UUID capability Vincent Mailhol
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 ` Vincent Mailhol [this message]
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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