kernel/linux.git/block/partitions/core.c, branch linux-7.1.y

block: use sysfs_emit in sysfs show functions

2026-04-03T11:07:46+00:00

Replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit() in sysfs show functions. sysfs_emit() is preferred for formatting sysfs output because it provides safer bounds checking. Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402164958.894879-4-thorsten.blum@linux.dev Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: partitions: Replace pp_buf with struct seq_buf

2026-03-21T14:27:08+00:00

In preparation for removing the strlcat API[1], replace the char *pp_buf with a struct seq_buf, which tracks the current write position and remaining space internally. This allows for: - Direct use of seq_buf_printf() in place of snprintf()+strlcat() pairs, eliminating local tmp buffers throughout. - Adjacent strlcat() calls that build strings piece-by-piece (e.g., strlcat("["); strlcat(name); strlcat("]")) to be collapsed into single seq_buf_printf() calls. - Simpler call sites: seq_buf_puts() takes only the buffer and string, with no need to pass PAGE_SIZE at every call. The backing buffer allocation is unchanged (__get_free_page), and the output path uses seq_buf_str() to NUL-terminate before passing to printk(). Link: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/370 [1] Cc: Andy Shevchenko Cc: Josh Law Signed-off-by: Kees Cook Reviewed-by: Josh Law Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260321004840.work.670-kees@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

block: Replace snprintf with strscpy in check_partition

2026-01-28T12:28:13+00:00

Replace snprintf("%s", ...) with the faster and more direct strscpy(). Signed-off-by: Thorsten Blum Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: add partition uuid into uevent as "PARTUUID"

2024-10-22T14:15:17+00:00

Both most common formats have uuid in addition to partition name: GPT: standard uuid xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx DOS: 4 byte disk signature and 1 byte partition xxxxxxxx-xx Tools from util-linux use the same notation for them. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov Reviewed-by: Kyle Fortin [dianders: rebased to modern kernels] Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241004171340.v2.1.I938c91d10e454e841fdf5d64499a8ae8514dc004@changeid Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: add support for partition table defined in OF

2024-10-22T14:14:56+00:00

Add support for partition table defined in Device Tree. Similar to how it's done with MTD, add support for defining a fixed partition table in device tree. A common scenario for this is fixed block (eMMC) embedded devices that have no MBR or GPT partition table to save storage space. Bootloader access the block device with absolute address of data. This is to complete the functionality with an equivalent implementation with providing partition table with bootargs, for case where the booargs can't be modified and tweaking the Device Tree is the only solution to have an usabe partition table. The implementation follow the fixed-partitions parser used on MTD devices where a "partitions" node is expected to be declared with "fixed-partitions" compatible in the OF node of the disk device (mmc-card for eMMC for example) and each child node declare a label and a reg with offset and size. If label is not declared, the node name is used as fallback. Eventually is also possible to declare the read-only property to flag the partition as read-only. Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241002221306.4403-6-ansuelsmth@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: add support for defining read-only partitions

2024-10-22T14:14:56+00:00

Add support for defining read-only partitions and complete support for it in the cmdline partition parser as the additional "ro" after a partition is scanned but never actually applied. Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241002221306.4403-2-ansuelsmth@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: fix potential invalid pointer dereference in blk_add_partition

2024-09-12T14:46:40+00:00

The blk_add_partition() function initially used a single if-condition (IS_ERR(part)) to check for errors when adding a partition. This was modified to handle the specific case of -ENXIO separately, allowing the function to proceed without logging the error in this case. However, this change unintentionally left a path where md_autodetect_dev() could be called without confirming that part is a valid pointer. This commit separates the error handling logic by splitting the initial if-condition, improving code readability and handling specific error scenarios explicitly. The function now distinguishes the general error case from -ENXIO without altering the existing behavior of md_autodetect_dev() calls. Fixes: b72053072c0b (block: allow partitions on host aware zone devices) Signed-off-by: Riyan Dhiman Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240911132954.5874-1-riyandhiman14@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

Merge tag 'pull-bd_flags-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2024-05-21T20:02:56+00:00

Pull bdev flags update from Al Viro: "Compactifying bdev flags. We can easily have up to 24 flags with sane atomicity, _without_ pushing anything out of the first cacheline of struct block_device" * tag 'pull-bd_flags-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: bdev: move ->bd_make_it_fail to ->__bd_flags bdev: move ->bd_ro_warned to ->__bd_flags bdev: move ->bd_has_subit_bio to ->__bd_flags bdev: move ->bd_write_holder into ->__bd_flags bdev: move ->bd_read_only to ->__bd_flags bdev: infrastructure for flags wrapper for access to ->bd_partno Use bdev_is_paritition() instead of open-coding it