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yaml
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r: 273256
b: refs/heads/master
c: 79975f1
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: f567a18590742b811287b7512fb0908deac4eef7
+refs/heads/master: 79975f1327850ef198ada994c2fc44b7d1ea8935

trunk/init/do_mounts.c

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ int __initdata rd_doload;	/* 1 = load RAM disk, 0 = don't load */
 int root_mountflags = MS_RDONLY | MS_SILENT;
 static char * __initdata root_device_name;
 static char __initdata saved_root_name[64];
-static int __initdata root_wait;
+static int root_wait;
 
 dev_t ROOT_DEV;
 
@@ -85,19 +85,44 @@ static int match_dev_by_uuid(struct device *dev, void *data)
 
 /**
  * devt_from_partuuid - looks up the dev_t of a partition by its UUID
- * @uuid:	36 byte char array containing a hex ascii UUID
+ * @uuid:	min 36 byte char array containing a hex ascii UUID
  *
  * The function will return the first partition which contains a matching
  * UUID value in its partition_meta_info struct.  This does not search
  * by filesystem UUIDs.
  *
+ * If @uuid is followed by a "/PARTNROFF=%d", then the number will be
+ * extracted and used as an offset from the partition identified by the UUID.
+ *
  * Returns the matching dev_t on success or 0 on failure.
  */
 static dev_t devt_from_partuuid(char *uuid_str)
 {
 	dev_t res = 0;
 	struct device *dev = NULL;
 	u8 uuid[16];
+	struct gendisk *disk;
+	struct hd_struct *part;
+	int offset = 0;
+
+	if (strlen(uuid_str) < 36)
+		goto done;
+
+	/* Check for optional partition number offset attributes. */
+	if (uuid_str[36]) {
+		char c = 0;
+		/* Explicitly fail on poor PARTUUID syntax. */
+		if (sscanf(&uuid_str[36],
+			   "/PARTNROFF=%d%c", &offset, &c) != 1) {
+			printk(KERN_ERR "VFS: PARTUUID= is invalid.\n"
+			 "Expected PARTUUID=<valid-uuid-id>[/PARTNROFF=%%d]\n");
+			if (root_wait)
+				printk(KERN_ERR
+				     "Disabling rootwait; root= is invalid.\n");
+			root_wait = 0;
+			goto done;
+		}
+	}
 
 	/* Pack the requested UUID in the expected format. */
 	part_pack_uuid(uuid_str, uuid);
@@ -107,8 +132,21 @@ static dev_t devt_from_partuuid(char *uuid_str)
 		goto done;
 
 	res = dev->devt;
-	put_device(dev);
 
+	/* Attempt to find the partition by offset. */
+	if (!offset)
+		goto no_offset;
+
+	res = 0;
+	disk = part_to_disk(dev_to_part(dev));
+	part = disk_get_part(disk, dev_to_part(dev)->partno + offset);
+	if (part) {
+		res = part_devt(part);
+		put_device(part_to_dev(part));
+	}
+
+no_offset:
+	put_device(dev);
 done:
 	return res;
 }
@@ -126,6 +164,8 @@ static dev_t devt_from_partuuid(char *uuid_str)
  *	   used when disk name of partitioned disk ends on a digit.
  *	6) PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF representing the
  *	   unique id of a partition if the partition table provides it.
+ *	7) PARTUUID=<UUID>/PARTNROFF=<int> to select a partition in relation to
+ *	   a partition with a known unique id.
  *
  *	If name doesn't have fall into the categories above, we return (0,0).
  *	block_class is used to check if something is a disk name. If the disk
@@ -143,8 +183,6 @@ dev_t name_to_dev_t(char *name)
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 	if (strncmp(name, "PARTUUID=", 9) == 0) {
 		name += 9;
-		if (strlen(name) != 36)
-			goto fail;
 		res = devt_from_partuuid(name);
 		if (!res)
 			goto fail;