linux-sg2042/block
San Mehat 0d9c51a6e1 block: partition: add partition specific uevent callbacks for partition info
This patch has been carried in the Android tree for quite some time and
is one of the few patches required to get a mainline kernel up and
running with an exsiting Android userspace.  So I wanted to submit it
for review and consideration if it should be merged.

For partitions, add new uevent parameters 'PARTN' which specifies the
partitions index in the table, and 'PARTNAME', which specifies PARTNAME
specifices the partition name of a partition device.

Android's userspace uses this for creating device node links from the
partition name and number, ie:

    /dev/block/platform/soc/by-name/system
or
    /dev/block/platform/soc/by-num/p1

One can see its usage here:
    https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/master/init/devices.cpp#355
and
    https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/master/init/devices.cpp#494

[john.stultz@linaro.org: dropped NPARTS and reworded commit message for context]
Signed-off-by: Dima Zavin <dima@android.com>
Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Rom Lemarchand <romlem@google.com>
Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@android.com>
Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Cc: <harald@redhat.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay@vrfy.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
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partitions mac: validate mac_partition is within sector 2015-11-20 08:49:28 -07:00
Kconfig block: disable block device DAX by default 2016-02-27 10:28:52 -08:00
Kconfig.iosched blkcg: make CONFIG_BLK_CGROUP bool 2012-03-06 21:27:21 +01:00
Makefile Initial roundup of 4.5 merge window patches 2016-01-23 18:45:06 -08:00
badblocks.c block, badblocks: introduce devm_init_badblocks 2016-01-09 08:39:04 -08:00
bio-integrity.c blk-integrity: checking for NULL instead of IS_ERR 2015-12-09 08:04:29 -07:00
bio.c bio: return EINTR if copying to user space got interrupted 2016-02-12 08:17:41 -07:00
blk-cgroup.c block: fix module reference leak on put_disk() call for cgroups throttle 2016-02-09 12:33:35 -07:00
blk-core.c Merge remote-tracking branch 'mkp-scsi/4.5/scsi-fixes' into fixes 2016-02-04 21:37:52 -08:00
blk-exec.c block: move PM request support to IDE 2015-05-05 13:40:42 -06:00
blk-flush.c Revert "blk-flush: Queue through IO scheduler when flush not required" 2015-11-25 11:02:02 -07:00
blk-integrity.c block, libnvdimm, nvme: provide a built-in blk_integrity nop profile 2015-10-21 14:43:45 -06:00
blk-ioc.c mm, page_alloc: distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
blk-lib.c block: re-add discard_granularity and alignment checks 2015-10-28 09:12:58 +09:00
blk-map.c block: support large requests in blk_rq_map_user_iov 2016-03-03 14:45:02 -07:00
blk-merge.c block: merge: get the 1st and last bvec via helpers 2016-03-03 14:42:49 -07:00
blk-mq-cpu.c blk-mq: add file comments and update copyright notices 2014-05-28 10:15:41 -06:00
blk-mq-cpumap.c blk-mq: Avoid memoryless numa node encoded in hctx numa_node 2015-12-03 09:56:27 -07:00
blk-mq-sysfs.c block: add block polling support 2015-11-07 10:40:47 -07:00
blk-mq-tag.c blk-mq: add a flags parameter to blk_mq_alloc_request 2015-12-01 10:53:59 -07:00
blk-mq-tag.h blk-mq: factor out a helper to iterate all tags for a request_queue 2015-10-01 10:10:57 +02:00
blk-mq.c blk-mq: End unstarted requests on dying queue 2016-02-11 13:14:00 -07:00
blk-mq.h blk-mq: add a flags parameter to blk_mq_alloc_request 2015-12-01 10:53:59 -07:00
blk-settings.c block: Initialize max_dev_sectors to 0 2016-02-11 13:10:39 -07:00
blk-softirq.c block: fix regression with block enabled tagging 2014-04-09 21:54:06 -06:00
blk-sysfs.c blk: fix overflow in queue_discard_max_hw_show 2016-02-17 10:20:42 -07:00
blk-tag.c block: support different tag allocation policy 2015-01-23 14:15:46 -07:00
blk-throttle.c cgroup: replace cgroup_on_dfl() tests in controllers with cgroup_subsys_on_dfl() 2015-09-18 11:56:28 -04:00
blk-timeout.c block: remove REQ_NO_TIMEOUT flag 2015-12-22 09:38:34 -07:00
blk.h block: defer timeouts to a workqueue 2015-12-22 09:38:16 -07:00
bounce.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2015-09-19 18:57:09 -07:00
bsg-lib.c bsg: Remove unused function bsg_goose_queue() 2012-12-06 14:33:02 +01:00
bsg.c block: Simplify bsg complete all 2015-02-04 09:57:52 -07:00
cfq-iosched.c cgroup: replace cgroup_on_dfl() tests in controllers with cgroup_subsys_on_dfl() 2015-09-18 11:56:28 -04:00
cmdline-parser.c block: remove unrelated header files and export symbol 2014-01-21 20:18:26 -08:00
compat_ioctl.c block, bdi: an active gendisk always has a request_queue associated with it 2014-09-08 10:00:35 -06:00
deadline-iosched.c deadline: remove unused struct member 2016-02-01 09:09:55 -07:00
elevator.c block: check bio_mergeable() early before merging 2015-10-21 15:00:54 -06:00
genhd.c Merge branch 'for-4.5/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2016-01-19 15:03:34 -08:00
ioctl.c block: revert runtime dax control of the raw block device 2016-01-30 13:35:31 -08:00
ioprio.c pidns: fix set/getpriority and ioprio_set/get in PRIO_USER mode 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
noop-iosched.c elevator: use list_{first,prev,next}_entry 2015-11-16 15:21:48 -07:00
partition-generic.c block: partition: add partition specific uevent callbacks for partition info 2016-03-15 16:55:16 -07:00
scsi_ioctl.c mm, page_alloc: rename __GFP_WAIT to __GFP_RECLAIM 2015-11-06 17:50:42 -08:00
t10-pi.c block: Consolidate static integrity profile properties 2015-10-21 14:42:38 -06:00