From: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 4/4] efi_loader: disk: install file system protocol to a whole disk
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 11:27:26 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191007022725.GV18778@linaro.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9885d98b-c052-69e3-f171-d919ed003ec4@gmx.de>
On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 09:15:19PM +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> On 10/4/19 5:05 AM, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> > Currently, a whole disk without any partitions is not associated
> > with EFI_SIMPLE_FILE_SYSTEM_PROTOCOL. So even if it houses some
> > file system, there is a chance that we may not be able to access
> > it, particularly, when accesses are to be attempted after searching
> > that protocol against a device handle.
> >
> > With this patch, EFI_SIMPLE_FILE_SYSTEM_PROTOCOL is installed
> > to such a disk if part_get_info() shows there is no partition
> > table installed on it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi@linaro.org>
> > ---
> > lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c
> > index 27329cadb6f1..4e1a1efed7ec 100644
> > --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c
> > +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_disk.c
> > @@ -329,7 +329,8 @@ static efi_status_t efi_disk_add_dev(
> > diskobj->dp);
> > if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
> > return ret;
> > - if (part >= 1 && efi_fs_exists(desc, part)) {
> > + /* partitions or whole disk without partitions */
> > + if (efi_fs_exists(desc, part)) {
>
> As described in response to an earlier version of the patch series we
> should only install the EFI protocols if no partition table exits.
That is why I removed "part >= 1" check here.
efi_fs_exists() should work both for a whole disk (part == 0)
or any partitions on a disk.
Thanks,
-Takahiro Akashi
> Best regards
>
> Heinrich Schuchardt
>
> > diskobj->volume = efi_simple_file_system(desc, part,
> > diskobj->dp);
> > ret = efi_add_protocol(&diskobj->header,
> >
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-10-07 2:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-04 3:05 [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 0/4] efi_loader: disk: install FILE_SYSTEM_PROTOCOL to whole disk AKASHI Takahiro
2019-10-04 3:05 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 1/4] fs: export fs_close() AKASHI Takahiro
2019-10-04 18:53 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2019-10-07 2:08 ` AKASHI Takahiro
2019-10-04 3:05 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 2/4] fs: add fs_get_type() for current filesystem type AKASHI Takahiro
2019-10-04 19:04 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2019-10-07 2:13 ` AKASHI Takahiro
2019-10-04 3:05 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 3/4] efi_loader: disk: install FILE_SYSTEM_PROTOCOL only if available AKASHI Takahiro
2019-10-04 19:13 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2019-10-07 2:15 ` AKASHI Takahiro
2019-10-04 3:05 ` [U-Boot] [PATCH v3 4/4] efi_loader: disk: install file system protocol to a whole disk AKASHI Takahiro
2019-10-04 19:15 ` Heinrich Schuchardt
2019-10-07 2:27 ` AKASHI Takahiro [this message]
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