Re: [RESEND][PATCH v2] block: partition: Add partition specific uevent callbacks for partition info

[John Stultz]

On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 12:00 PM, John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: San Mehat <san@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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
>
> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rom Lemarchand <romlem@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Android Kernel Team <kernel-team@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: harald@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: kay@xxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Dima Zavin <dima@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> [Dropped NPARTS and reworded commit message for context]
> Signed-off-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@xxxxxxxxxx>


Ping? Any thoughts on this? Am I missing someone on the CC list I
should be including?

thanks
-john
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