From: Balaji Selvanathan <balaji.selvanathan@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de, Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@kernel.org>,
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Cc: "Tom Rini" <trini@konsulko.com>,
"Quentin Schulz" <quentin.schulz@cherry.de>,
"Ilias Apalodimas" <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>,
"Javier Tia" <javier.tia@linaro.org>,
"Varadarajan Narayanan" <quic_varada@quicinc.com>,
"Rasmus Villemoes" <ravi@prevas.dk>,
"Mikhail Kshevetskiy" <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>,
"Javier Martinez Canillas" <javierm@redhat.com>,
"Miquel Raynal" <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
"João Marcos Costa" <joaomarcos.costa@bootlin.com>,
"Tien Fong Chee" <tien.fong.chee@altera.com>,
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"Simon Glass" <simon.glass@canonical.com>,
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"Christian Marangi" <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>,
"Michael Walle" <mwalle@kernel.org>,
"Sumit Garg" <sumit.garg@oss.qualcomm.com>,
"Neil Armstrong" <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>,
"Aswin Murugan" <aswin.murugan@oss.qualcomm.com>,
"Varadarajan Narayanan" <varadarajan.narayanan@oss.qualcomm.com>,
"Simon Glass" <sjg@chromium.org>,
"Mattijs Korpershoek" <mkorpershoek@kernel.org>,
"Jerome Forissier" <jerome.forissier@arm.com>,
"Balaji Selvanathan" <balaji.selvanathan@oss.qualcomm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/5] disk: Add partition lookup by type GUID functionality
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:54:03 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260419-type-v3-1-ec49acd6870e@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260419-type-v3-0-ec49acd6870e@oss.qualcomm.com>
Introduce part_get_info_by_type_guid() function to enable partition
lookup using partition type GUID. This complements the existing UUID
lookup functionality and provides more flexible partition discovery
mechanisms.
Signed-off-by: Balaji Selvanathan <balaji.selvanathan@oss.qualcomm.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- Addressed minor corrections in part_get_info_by_type_guid function
Changes in v2:
- No changes
---
disk/part.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/part.h | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 58 insertions(+)
diff --git a/disk/part.c b/disk/part.c
index 4923dc44593..4cb3204ac6e 100644
--- a/disk/part.c
+++ b/disk/part.c
@@ -731,6 +731,43 @@ int part_get_info_by_uuid(struct blk_desc *desc, const char *uuid,
return -ENOENT;
}
+int part_get_info_by_type_guid(struct blk_desc *desc, const char *type_guid,
+ struct disk_partition *info)
+{
+ struct part_driver *part_drv;
+ int ret;
+ int i;
+
+ if (!CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(PARTITION_TYPE_GUID))
+ return -ENOENT;
+
+ part_drv = part_driver_lookup_type(desc);
+ if (!part_drv)
+ return -ENOENT;
+
+ for (i = 1; i <= part_drv->max_entries; i++) {
+ ret = part_driver_get_info(part_drv, desc, i, info);
+ if (ret) {
+ /* -ENOSYS means no ->get_info method. */
+ if (ret == -ENOSYS)
+ return ret;
+ /*
+ * Partition with this index can't be obtained, but
+ * further partitions might be, so keep checking.
+ */
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (!strncasecmp(type_guid, disk_partition_type_guid(info),
+ UUID_STR_LEN)) {
+ /* matched */
+ return i;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return -ENOENT;
+}
+
/**
* Get partition info from device number and partition name.
*
diff --git a/include/part.h b/include/part.h
index 15daacd7faa..32614bd085b 100644
--- a/include/part.h
+++ b/include/part.h
@@ -327,6 +327,20 @@ int part_get_info_by_name(struct blk_desc *desc, const char *name,
int part_get_info_by_uuid(struct blk_desc *desc, const char *uuid,
struct disk_partition *info);
+/**
+ * part_get_info_by_type_guid() - Search for a partition by type GUID
+ * among all available registered partitions
+ *
+ * @desc: block device descriptor
+ * @type_guid: the specified partition type GUID
+ * @info: the disk partition info
+ *
+ * Return: the partition number on match (starting on 1), -ENOENT on no match,
+ * otherwise error
+ */
+int part_get_info_by_type_guid(struct blk_desc *desc, const char *type_guid,
+ struct disk_partition *info);
+
/**
* part_get_info_by_dev_and_name_or_num() - Get partition info from dev number
* and part name, or dev number and
@@ -404,6 +418,13 @@ static inline int part_get_info_by_uuid(struct blk_desc *desc, const char *uuid,
return -ENOENT;
}
+static inline int part_get_info_by_type_guid(struct blk_desc *desc,
+ const char *type_guid,
+ struct disk_partition *info)
+{
+ return -ENOENT;
+}
+
static inline int
part_get_info_by_dev_and_name_or_num(const char *dev_iface,
const char *dev_part_str,
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-19 10:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-19 10:24 [PATCH v3 0/5] Add partition type GUID support for environment Balaji Selvanathan
2026-04-19 10:24 ` Balaji Selvanathan [this message]
2026-04-19 10:24 ` [PATCH v3 2/5] scsi: Add partition lookup by type GUID for SCSI devices Balaji Selvanathan
2026-04-19 10:24 ` [PATCH v3 3/5] env: scsi: Add support for partition type GUID based environment Balaji Selvanathan
2026-04-19 10:24 ` [PATCH v3 4/5] configs: Enable partition type GUID for QCM6490 and QCS615 boards Balaji Selvanathan
2026-04-19 10:24 ` [PATCH v3 5/5] test: dm: Add partition type GUID lookup test Balaji Selvanathan
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