[PATCH 04/16] part: detect EFI system partition
Heinrich Schuchardt
xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Fri Mar 27 08:21:52 CET 2020
On 3/27/20 7:35 AM, Punit Agrawal wrote:
> Hi Heinrich,
>
> Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de> writes:
>
>> Up to now for MBR and GPT partitions the info field 'bootable' was set to 1
>> if either the partition was an EFI system partition or the bootable flag
>> was set.
>>
>> Turn info field 'bootable' into a bit mask with separate bits for bootable
>> and EFI system partition.
>>
>> This will allow us to identify the EFI system partition in the UEFI
>> sub-system.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
>> ---
>> disk/part_dos.c | 10 ++++++++--
>> disk/part_efi.c | 12 ++++++++----
>> include/part.h | 11 ++++++++++-
>> 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/disk/part_dos.c b/disk/part_dos.c
>
> [...]
>
>> diff --git a/include/part.h b/include/part.h
>> index 0b5cf3d5e8..a63d1d0cda 100644
>> --- a/include/part.h
>> +++ b/include/part.h
>> @@ -51,13 +51,22 @@ struct block_drvr {
>> #define PART_TYPE_LEN 32
>> #define MAX_SEARCH_PARTITIONS 64
>>
>> +#define PART_BOOTABLE 1
>> +#define PART_EFI_SYSTEM_PARTITION 2
>> +
>
> Maybe you missed my comments on the previous version [0].
>
> As the above defines are used as bit positions, please consider using
> BIT() for clarity.
>
> Thanks,
> Punit
Sorry to miss that. I will change it in the next round.
Thanks for reviewing.
Best regards
Heinrich
>
> [0] https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2020-March/404081.html
>
>> typedef struct disk_partition {
>> lbaint_t start; /* # of first block in partition */
>> lbaint_t size; /* number of blocks in partition */
>> ulong blksz; /* block size in bytes */
>> uchar name[PART_NAME_LEN]; /* partition name */
>> uchar type[PART_TYPE_LEN]; /* string type description */
>> - int bootable; /* Active/Bootable flag is set */
>> + /*
>> + * The bootable is a bitmask with the following fields:
>> + *
>> + * PART_BOOTABLE the MBR bootable flag is set
>> + * PART_EFI_SYSTEM_PARTITION the partition is an EFI system partition
>> + */
>> + int bootable;
>> #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(PARTITION_UUIDS)
>> char uuid[UUID_STR_LEN + 1]; /* filesystem UUID as string, if exists */
>> #endif
>> --
>> 2.25.1
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