kernel/linux.git/block/partitions/core.c, branch v7.0.10

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

Merge tag 'pull-bd_inode-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs

2024-05-21T16:51:42+00:00

Pull bdev bd_inode updates from Al Viro: "Replacement of bdev->bd_inode with sane(r) set of primitives by me and Yu Kuai" * tag 'pull-bd_inode-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: RIP ->bd_inode dasd_format(): killing the last remaining user of ->bd_inode nilfs_attach_log_writer(): use ->bd_mapping->host instead of ->bd_inode block/bdev.c: use the knowledge of inode/bdev coallocation gfs2: more obvious initializations of mapping->host fs/buffer.c: massage the remaining users of ->bd_inode to ->bd_mapping blk_ioctl_{discard,zeroout}(): we only want ->bd_inode->i_mapping here... grow_dev_folio(): we only want ->bd_inode->i_mapping there use ->bd_mapping instead of ->bd_inode->i_mapping block_device: add a pointer to struct address_space (page cache of bdev) missing helpers: bdev_unhash(), bdev_drop() block: move two helpers into bdev.c block2mtd: prevent direct access of bd_inode dm-vdo: use bdev_nr_bytes(bdev) instead of i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode) blkdev_write_iter(): saner way to get inode and bdev bcachefs: remove dead function bdev_sectors() ext4: remove block_device_ejected() erofs_buf: store address_space instead of inode erofs: switch erofs_bread() to passing offset instead of block number

block: add a disk_has_partscan helper

2024-05-03T14:59:59+00:00

Add a helper to check if partition scanning is enabled instead of open coding the check in a few places. This now always checks for the hidden flag even if all but one of the callers are never reachable for hidden gendisks. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240502130033.1958492-2-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe