block: partition: add partition specific uevent callbacks for partition info
authorSan Mehat <san@google.com>
Tue, 15 Mar 2016 21:53:26 +0000 (14:53 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 15 Mar 2016 23:55:16 +0000 (16:55 -0700)
commit0d9c51a6e1df4651379b8fca8a7a96595cd9988a
tree1e0284c54732a99c407bc322f86a80d7d0a21747
parent8d67d3c2444fd3bb787cc6c27053717c01155966
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>
block/partition-generic.c