[PATCH v2] partitions: dos: parse extended partition

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Fri Nov 8 09:38:39 EST 2013


On Fri, Nov 08, 2013 at 11:13:41AM +0100, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> DOS MBRs might contain an extended partition that holds several logical
> partitions. Add these to the partitions of the block device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig at pengutronix.de>

Applied, thanks

Sascha

> ---
>  common/partitions/dos.c | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/common/partitions/dos.c b/common/partitions/dos.c
> index 64314a8..37addfd 100644
> --- a/common/partitions/dos.c
> +++ b/common/partitions/dos.c
> @@ -116,12 +116,64 @@ static int dos_get_disk_signature(struct param_d *p, void *_priv)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> +static void dos_extended_partition(struct block_device *blk, struct partition_desc *pd,
> +		struct partition *partition)
> +{
> +	uint8_t *buf = dma_alloc(SECTOR_SIZE);
> +	uint32_t ebr_sector = partition->first_sec;
> +	struct partition_entry *table = (struct partition_entry *)&buf[0x1be];
> +
> +	while (pd->used_entries < ARRAY_SIZE(pd->parts)) {
> +		int rc, i;
> +		int n = pd->used_entries;
> +
> +		dev_dbg(blk->dev, "expect EBR in sector %x\n", ebr_sector);
> +
> +		rc = block_read(blk, buf, ebr_sector, 1);
> +		if (rc != 0) {
> +			dev_err(blk->dev, "Cannot read EBR partition table\n");
> +			goto out;
> +		}
> +
> +		/* sanity checks */
> +		if (buf[0x1fe] != 0x55 || buf[0x1ff] != 0xaa) {
> +			dev_err(blk->dev, "sector %x doesn't contain an EBR signature\n", ebr_sector);
> +			goto out;
> +		}
> +
> +		for (i = 0x1de; i < 0x1fe; ++i)
> +			if (buf[i]) {
> +				dev_err(blk->dev, "EBR's third or fourth partition non-empty\n");
> +				goto out;
> +			}
> +		/* /sanity checks */
> +
> +		/* the first entry defines the extended partition */
> +		pd->parts[n].first_sec = ebr_sector +
> +			get_unaligned_le32(&table[0].partition_start);
> +		pd->parts[n].size = get_unaligned_le32(&table[0].partition_size);
> +		pd->parts[n].dos_partition_type = table[0].type;
> +		pd->used_entries++;
> +
> +		/* the second entry defines the start of the next ebr if != 0 */
> +		if (get_unaligned_le32(&table[1].partition_start))
> +			ebr_sector = partition->first_sec +
> +				get_unaligned_le32(&table[1].partition_start);
> +		else
> +			break;
> +	}
> +
> +out:
> +	dma_free(buf);
> +	return;
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * Check if a DOS like partition describes this block device
>   * @param blk Block device to register to
>   * @param pd Where to store the partition information
>   *
> - * It seems at least on ARM this routine canot use temp. stack space for the
> + * It seems at least on ARM this routine cannot use temp. stack space for the
>   * sector. So, keep the malloc/free.
>   */
>  static void dos_partition(void *buf, struct block_device *blk,
> @@ -129,6 +181,7 @@ static void dos_partition(void *buf, struct block_device *blk,
>  {
>  	struct partition_entry *table;
>  	struct partition pentry;
> +	struct partition *extended_partition = NULL;
>  	uint8_t *buffer = buf;
>  	int i;
>  	struct disk_signature_priv *dsp;
> @@ -150,11 +203,32 @@ static void dos_partition(void *buf, struct block_device *blk,
>  			pd->parts[n].size = pentry.size;
>  			pd->parts[n].dos_partition_type = pentry.dos_partition_type;
>  			pd->used_entries++;
> +			/*
> +			 * Partitions of type 0x05 and 0x0f (and some more)
> +			 * contain extended partitions. Only check for type 0x0f
> +			 * here as this is the easiest to parse and common
> +			 * enough.
> +			 */
> +			if (pentry.dos_partition_type == 0x0f) {
> +				if (!extended_partition)
> +					extended_partition = &pd->parts[n];
> +				else
> +					/*
> +					 * An DOS MBR must only contain a single
> +					 * extended partition. Just ignore all
> +					 * but the first.
> +					 */
> +					dev_warn(blk->dev, "Skipping additional extended partition\n");
> +			}
> +
>  		} else {
>  			dev_dbg(blk->dev, "Skipping empty partition %d\n", i);
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	if (extended_partition)
> +		dos_extended_partition(blk, pd, extended_partition);
> +
>  	dsp = xzalloc(sizeof(*dsp));
>  	dsp->blk = blk;
>  
> -- 
> 1.8.4.rc3
> 
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