Both most common formats have uuid in addition to partition name: GPT: standard uuid xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx DOS: 4 byte disk signature and 1 byte partition xxxxxxxx-xx Tools from util-linux use the same notation for them. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- block/partition-generic.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/partition-generic.c b/block/partition-generic.c index 88c555db4e5d..8f8b580aee16 100644 --- a/block/partition-generic.c +++ b/block/partition-generic.c @@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ static int part_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env) add_uevent_var(env, "PARTN=%u", part->partno); if (part->info && part->info->volname[0]) add_uevent_var(env, "PARTNAME=%s", part->info->volname); + if (part->info && part->info->uuid[0]) + add_uevent_var(env, "PARTUUID=%s", part->info->uuid); return 0; }