Hi Ahmad, On 23-05-31, Ahmad Fatoum wrote: > The backend device tree property so far always pointed at a partition. > Let's allow pointing it at GPT storage devices directly and lookup > the correct barebox state partition by the well-known type GUID: > > 4778ed65-bf42-45fa-9c5b-287a1dc4aab1 we should add an example within the Documetation/ too. > Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > common/state/state.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/driver.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > include/state.h | 4 ++++ > 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/common/state/state.c b/common/state/state.c > index 88e246198fb8..8f56c60b0e82 100644 > --- a/common/state/state.c > +++ b/common/state/state.c > @@ -21,8 +21,10 @@ > #include <fs.h> > #include <crc.h> > #include <init.h> > +#include <block.h> > #include <linux/err.h> > #include <linux/list.h> > +#include <linux/uuid.h> > > #include <linux/mtd/mtd-abi.h> > #include <malloc.h> > @@ -595,6 +597,8 @@ static char *cdev_to_devpath(struct cdev *cdev, off_t *offset, size_t *size) > } > #endif > > +static guid_t barebox_state_partition_guid = BAREBOX_STATE_PARTITION_GUID; > + > /* > * state_new_from_node - create a new state instance from a device_node > * > @@ -641,6 +645,24 @@ struct state *state_new_from_node(struct device_node *node, bool readonly) > goto out_release_state; > } > > + /* Is the backend referencing an on-disk partitonable block device? */ > + if (cdev_is_block_disk(cdev)) { > + struct cdev *partcdev = NULL; > + > + if (cdev_is_gpt_partitioned(cdev)) > + partcdev = cdev_find_child_by_typeuuid(cdev, &barebox_state_partition_guid); > + > + if (!partcdev) { > + ret = -EINVAL; > + goto out_release_state; > + } > + > + pr_debug("%s: backend GPT partition looked up via PartitionTypeGUID\n", > + node->full_name); > + > + cdev = partcdev; > + } What about having the above logic within a seperate function and the above code would be: if (cdev_is_block_disk(cdev)) cdev = get_cdev_by_typeuuid(cdev, &barebox_state_partition_guid) if (!cdev) { ret = -EINVAL; goto out_release_state; } This way we would have everything in place to re-use the same logic for the barebox-environmnet too. What do you think? Regards, Marco > + > state->backend_path = cdev_to_devpath(cdev, &offset, &size); > > pr_debug("%s: backend resolved to %s\n", node->full_name, state->backend_path); > diff --git a/include/driver.h b/include/driver.h > index 6407f7d6ba36..579b03fbac34 100644 > --- a/include/driver.h > +++ b/include/driver.h > @@ -585,6 +585,23 @@ extern struct list_head cdev_list; > #define for_each_cdev(cdev) \ > list_for_each_entry(cdev, &cdev_list, list) > > +#define for_each_cdev_partition(partcdev, cdev) \ > + list_for_each_entry((partcdev), &(cdev)->partitions, partition_entry) > + > + > +static inline struct cdev *cdev_find_child_by_typeuuid(struct cdev *cdev, > + guid_t *typeuuid) > +{ > + struct cdev *partcdev; > + > + for_each_cdev_partition(partcdev, cdev) { > + if (guid_equal(&partcdev->typeuuid, typeuuid)) > + return partcdev; > + } > + > + return NULL; > +} > + > #define DEVFS_PARTITION_FIXED (1U << 0) > #define DEVFS_PARTITION_READONLY (1U << 1) > #define DEVFS_IS_CHARACTER_DEV (1U << 3) > diff --git a/include/state.h b/include/state.h > index bffcd5a9007f..3daf82c0735f 100644 > --- a/include/state.h > +++ b/include/state.h > @@ -62,4 +62,8 @@ static inline int state_read_mac(struct state *state, const char *name, u8 *buf) > > #endif /* #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STATE) / #else */ > > +#define BAREBOX_STATE_PARTITION_GUID \ > + GUID_INIT(0x4778ed65, 0xbf42, 0x45fa, 0x9c, 0x5b, \ > + 0x28, 0x7a, 0x1d, 0xc4, 0xaa, 0xb1) > + > #endif /* __STATE_H */ > -- > 2.39.2 > > >