[PATCH 13/19] block: store GPT partition type UUID
Vincent Mailhol <[email protected]> Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:09:09 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-efi,org.kernel.vger.linux-block,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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| Message-ID | <20260615-discoverable-root_partitions-v1-13-39c78fac42e2@kernel.org> |
DPS [1] identifies OS partitions by GPT partition type UUID. Keep that UUID in partition_meta_info and populate it while scanning EFI partition tables so early root discovery can use it. [1] The Discoverable Partitions Specification (DPS) Link: https://uapi-group.org/specifications/specs/discoverable_partitions_specification/ Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <[email protected]> --- block/partitions/efi.c | 1 + include/linux/blkdev.h | 1 + 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/partitions/efi.c b/block/partitions/efi.c index 9865d59093fa..4a3835ed9561 100644 --- a/block/partitions/efi.c +++ b/block/partitions/efi.c @@ -742,6 +742,7 @@ int efi_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state) info = &state->parts[i + 1].info; efi_guid_to_str(&ptes[i].unique_partition_guid, info->uuid); + efi_guid_to_str(&ptes[i].partition_type_guid, info->type_uuid); /* Naively convert UTF16-LE to 7 bits. */ label_max = min(ARRAY_SIZE(info->volname) - 1, diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h index 890128cdea1c..8ce85d21a1f4 100644 --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ extern const struct class block_class; struct partition_meta_info { char uuid[PARTITION_META_INFO_UUIDLTH]; + char type_uuid[PARTITION_META_INFO_UUIDLTH]; u8 volname[PARTITION_META_INFO_VOLNAMELTH]; }; -- 2.53.0