[PATCH 6/6] cmd: gpt: Add command to swap partition order

Joshua Watt jpewhacker at gmail.com
Tue Aug 15 18:27:00 CEST 2023


Adds a command called "gpt swap-postition" which will swap the order two
partitions are listed in the GPT partition table (but leaves them
pointing to the same locations on disk).

Signed-off-by: Joshua Watt <JPEWhacker at gmail.com>
---
 cmd/gpt.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/gpt.c b/cmd/gpt.c
index 58564436d3..c8a2b5ae7b 100644
--- a/cmd/gpt.c
+++ b/cmd/gpt.c
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ static int do_rename_gpt_parts(struct blk_desc *dev_desc, char *subcomm,
 	int partlistlen, ret, numparts = 0, partnum, i = 1, ctr1 = 0, ctr2 = 0;
 
 	if ((subcomm == NULL) || (name1 == NULL) || (name2 == NULL) ||
-	    (strcmp(subcomm, "swap") && (strcmp(subcomm, "rename"))))
+	    (strcmp(subcomm, "swap") && strcmp(subcomm, "rename") && strcmp(subcomm, "swap-position")))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = get_disk_guid(dev_desc, disk_guid);
@@ -920,6 +920,48 @@ static int do_rename_gpt_parts(struct blk_desc *dev_desc, char *subcomm,
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
+	} else if(!strcmp(subcomm, "swap-position")) {
+		int idx1, idx2;
+		struct disk_partition first, second;
+		idx1 = simple_strtoul(name1, NULL, 10);
+		if (idx1 <= 0 || idx1 > numparts) {
+			printf("Illegal partition number %s\n", name1);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		idx2 = simple_strtoul(name2, NULL, 10);
+		if (idx2 <= 0 || idx2 > numparts) {
+			printf("Illegal partition number %s\n", name2);
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+		if (idx1 == idx2) {
+			printf("Cannot swap partition with itself\n");
+			ret = -EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		i = 1;
+		list_for_each(pos, &disk_partitions) {
+			curr = list_entry(pos, struct disk_part, list);
+			if (i == idx1) {
+				first = curr->gpt_part_info;
+			} else if (i == idx2) {
+				second = curr->gpt_part_info;
+			}
+			i++;
+		}
+
+		i = 1;
+		list_for_each(pos, &disk_partitions) {
+			curr = list_entry(pos, struct disk_part, list);
+			if (i == idx1) {
+				curr->gpt_part_info = second;
+			} else if (i == idx2) {
+				curr->gpt_part_info = first;
+			}
+			i++;
+		}
 	} else { /* rename */
 		if (strlen(name2) > PART_NAME_LEN) {
 			printf("Names longer than %d characters are truncated.\n", PART_NAME_LEN);
@@ -1122,7 +1164,8 @@ static int do_gpt(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char *const argv[])
 	} else if (strcmp(argv[1], "read") == 0) {
 		ret = do_get_gpt_info(blk_dev_desc, (argc == 5) ? argv[4] : NULL);
 	} else if ((strcmp(argv[1], "swap") == 0) ||
-		   (strcmp(argv[1], "rename") == 0)) {
+		   (strcmp(argv[1], "rename") == 0) ||
+		   (strcmp(argv[1], "swap-position") == 0)) {
 		ret = do_rename_gpt_parts(blk_dev_desc, argv[1], argv[4], argv[5]);
 #endif
 	} else if ((strcmp(argv[1], "set-bootable") == 0)) {
@@ -1175,11 +1218,14 @@ U_BOOT_CMD(gpt, CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS, 1, do_gpt,
 	" gpt swap <interface> <dev> <name1> <name2>\n"
 	"    - change all partitions named name1 to name2\n"
 	"      and vice-versa\n"
+	" gpt swap-position <interface> <dev> <part1> <part2>\n"
+	"    - Swap the order of name1 with name2 in the partition table\n"
 	" gpt rename <interface> <dev> <part> <name>\n"
 	"    - rename the specified partition\n"
 	" Example usage:\n"
 	" gpt swap mmc 0 foo bar\n"
 	" gpt rename mmc 0 3 foo\n"
+	" gpt swap-partitions mmc 0 1 2\n"
 #endif
 	" gpt set-bootable <interface> <dev> <list>\n"
 	"    - make partition names in list bootable\n"
-- 
2.33.0



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