linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] genhd, efi: add efi partition metadata to hd

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Message-ID: <AANLkTimX-5v4qNeK1DD84n8z6-jpq8DSvCa5PepuhgM5@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 3 Aug 2010 23:54:33 +0200
From:	Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@...y.org>
To:	Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Karel Zak <kzak@...hat.com>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] genhd, efi: add efi partition metadata to hd_structs

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 23:35, Will Drewry <wad@...omium.org> wrote:
> This change extends the partition_meta_info structure to
> support EFI GPT-specific metadata and ensures that data
> is copied in on partition scanning.
>
> Adding this information would make it possible to identify a
> partition by GUID using something like disk_part_iter_*(),
> calls that make hd_struct accessible, or even class_find_device.

Wow, you are fast. :) Sounds and looks good to me.

I guess we should assign the meta structure only after all values are
filled in? Otherwise we could get partial reads from a possible user?

Did you already test to put a lookup-call to the in-kernel mounter, if
we use some special partition table uuid identifier for root=? That
would be nice to see, if all that works as expected, and we can get to
the data we collect.

Kay
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