5 files changed, 76 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 59a2db6fece..c8da1205526 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -1004,6 +1004,7 @@ static void disk_release(struct device *dev)
         kfree(disk->random);
         disk_replace_part_tbl(disk, NULL);
         free_part_stats(&disk->part0);
+        free_part_info(&disk->part0);
         kfree(disk);
 }
 struct class block_class = {
diff --git a/block/ioctl.c b/block/ioctl.c
index d8052f0dabd..2c15fe0912c 100644
--- a/block/ioctl.c
+++ b/block/ioctl.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static int blkpg_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, struct blkpg_ioctl_arg __user
 
                         /* all seems OK */
                         part = add_partition(disk, partno, start, length,
-                                             ADDPART_FLAG_NONE);
+                                             ADDPART_FLAG_NONE, NULL);
                         mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
                         return IS_ERR(part) ? PTR_ERR(part) : 0;
                 case BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION:
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 79fbf3f390f..6dfbee03ccc 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ static void part_release(struct device *dev)
 {
         struct hd_struct *p = dev_to_part(dev);
         free_part_stats(p);
+        free_part_info(p);
         kfree(p);
 }
 
@@ -401,7 +402,8 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(whole_disk, S_IRUSR | S_IRGRP | S_IROTH,
                    whole_disk_show, NULL);
 
 struct hd_struct *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
-                                sector_t start, sector_t len, int flags)
+                                sector_t start, sector_t len, int flags,
+                                struct partition_meta_info *info)
 {
         struct hd_struct *p;
         dev_t devt = MKDEV(0, 0);
@@ -438,6 +440,14 @@ struct hd_struct *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
         p->partno = partno;
         p->policy = get_disk_ro(disk);
 
+        if (info) {
+                struct partition_meta_info *pinfo = alloc_part_info(disk);
+                if (!pinfo)
+                        goto out_free_stats;
+                memcpy(pinfo, info, sizeof(*info));
+                p->info = pinfo;
+        }
+
         dname = dev_name(ddev);
         if (isdigit(dname[strlen(dname) - 1]))
                 dev_set_name(pdev, "%sp%d", dname, partno);
@@ -451,7 +461,7 @@ struct hd_struct *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
 
         err = blk_alloc_devt(p, &devt);
         if (err)
-                goto out_free_stats;
+                goto out_free_info;
         pdev->devt = devt;
 
         /* delay uevent until 'holders' subdir is created */
@@ -481,6 +491,8 @@ struct hd_struct *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
 
         return p;
 
+out_free_info:
+        free_part_info(p);
 out_free_stats:
         free_part_stats(p);
 out_free:
@@ -642,6 +654,7 @@ rescan:
         /* add partitions */
         for (p = 1; p < state->limit; p++) {
                 sector_t size, from;
+                struct partition_meta_info *info = NULL;
 
                 size = state->parts[p].size;
                 if (!size)
@@ -675,8 +688,12 @@ rescan:
                                 size = get_capacity(disk) - from;
                         }
                 }
+
+                if (state->parts[p].has_info)
+                        info = &state->parts[p].info;
                 part = add_partition(disk, p, from, size,
-                                     state->parts[p].flags);
+                                     state->parts[p].flags,
+                                     &state->parts[p].info);
                 if (IS_ERR(part)) {
                         printk(KERN_ERR " %s: p%d could not be added: %ld\n",
                                disk->disk_name, p, -PTR_ERR(part));
diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.h b/fs/partitions/check.h
index 8e4e103ba21..d68bf4dc3bc 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.h
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/genhd.h>
 
 /*
  * add_gd_partition adds a partitions details to the devices partition
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ struct parsed_partitions {
                 sector_t from;
                 sector_t size;
                 int flags;
+                bool has_info;
+                struct partition_meta_info info;
         } parts[DISK_MAX_PARTS];
         int next;
         int limit;
diff --git a/include/linux/genhd.h b/include/linux/genhd.h
index 5f2f4c4d8fb..66e26b5a153 100644
--- a/include/linux/genhd.h
+++ b/include/linux/genhd.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/kdev_t.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 
@@ -86,7 +87,15 @@ struct disk_stats {
         unsigned long io_ticks;
         unsigned long time_in_queue;
 };
-        
+
+#define PARTITION_META_INFO_VOLNAMELTH  64
+#define PARTITION_META_INFO_UUIDLTH     16
+
+struct partition_meta_info {
+        u8 uuid[PARTITION_META_INFO_UUIDLTH];   /* always big endian */
+        u8 volname[PARTITION_META_INFO_VOLNAMELTH];
+};
+
 struct hd_struct {
         sector_t start_sect;
         sector_t nr_sects;
@@ -95,6 +104,7 @@ struct hd_struct {
         struct device __dev;
         struct kobject *holder_dir;
         int policy, partno;
+        struct partition_meta_info *info;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIL_MAKE_REQUEST
         int make_it_fail;
 #endif
@@ -181,6 +191,30 @@ static inline struct gendisk *part_to_disk(struct hd_struct *part)
         return NULL;
 }
 
+static inline void part_pack_uuid(const u8 *uuid_str, u8 *to)
+{
+        int i;
+        for (i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
+                *to++ = (hex_to_bin(*uuid_str) << 4) |
+                        (hex_to_bin(*(uuid_str + 1)));
+                uuid_str += 2;
+                switch (i) {
+                case 3:
+                case 5:
+                case 7:
+                case 9:
+                        uuid_str++;
+                        continue;
+                }
+        }
+}
+
+static inline char *part_unpack_uuid(const u8 *uuid, char *out)
+{
+        sprintf(out, "%pU", uuid);
+        return out;
+}
+
 static inline int disk_max_parts(struct gendisk *disk)
 {
         if (disk->flags & GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT)
@@ -342,6 +376,19 @@ static inline int part_in_flight(struct hd_struct *part)
         return part->in_flight[0] + part->in_flight[1];
 }
 
+static inline struct partition_meta_info *alloc_part_info(struct gendisk *disk)
+{
+        if (disk)
+                return kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct partition_meta_info),
+                                    GFP_KERNEL, disk->node_id);
+        return kzalloc(sizeof(struct partition_meta_info), GFP_KERNEL);
+}
+
+static inline void free_part_info(struct hd_struct *part)
+{
+        kfree(part->info);
+}
+
 /* block/blk-core.c */
 extern void part_round_stats(int cpu, struct hd_struct *part);
 
@@ -533,7 +580,9 @@ extern int disk_expand_part_tbl(struct gendisk *disk, int target);
 extern int rescan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev);
 extern struct hd_struct * __must_check add_partition(struct gendisk *disk,
                                                      int partno, sector_t start,
-                                                     sector_t len, int flags);
+                                                     sector_t len, int flags,
+                                                     struct partition_meta_info
+                                                       *info);
 extern void delete_partition(struct gendisk *, int);
 extern void printk_all_partitions(void);