[PATCH 1/2] block: parse cmdline partitions first

From: Michał Mirosław
Date: Thu Oct 21 2021 - 18:51:28 EST


Make sure cmdline-provided partitions can override anything that's
on a storage device.

Signed-off-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/partitions/core.c | 10 +++++++---
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index 66ef9bc6d6a1..b4dac3077dce 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@
#include "check.h"

static int (*check_part[])(struct parsed_partitions *) = {
+ /*
+ * Let cmdline override whatever there is on disk.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARTITION
+ cmdline_partition,
+#endif
+
/*
* Probe partition formats with tables at disk address 0
* that also have an ADFS boot block at 0xdc0.
@@ -42,9 +49,6 @@ static int (*check_part[])(struct parsed_partitions *) = {
adfspart_check_ADFS,
#endif

-#ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARTITION
- cmdline_partition,
-#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
efi_partition, /* this must come before msdos */
#endif
--
2.30.2