From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: BAREBOX <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] partitions: gpt: factor out a function to write primary/alternate GPT
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:19:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251203-efi-partition-refresh-v1-3-f0b6e79b5fa0@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251203-efi-partition-refresh-v1-0-f0b6e79b5fa0@pengutronix.de>
In preparation for writing the inactive GPT first factor out a function
which either writes the primary or alternate GPT based on a boolean
argument.
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
---
common/partitions/efi.c | 92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
diff --git a/common/partitions/efi.c b/common/partitions/efi.c
index 76c5393dddb04e2966d3a4b4478d5085f008d935..8da62acf36646b62ff2fac25673adbc48650d299 100644
--- a/common/partitions/efi.c
+++ b/common/partitions/efi.c
@@ -740,75 +740,89 @@ static int efi_protective_mbr(struct block_device *blk)
return ret;
}
-static __maybe_unused int efi_partition_write(struct partition_desc *pd)
+static int __efi_partition_write(struct efi_partition_desc *epd, bool primary)
{
- struct block_device *blk = pd->blk;
- struct efi_partition_desc *epd = container_of(pd, struct efi_partition_desc, pd);
- gpt_header *gpt = epd->gpt, *altgpt;
+ struct block_device *blk = epd->pd.blk;
+ gpt_header *gpt;
+ unsigned int count, size;
+ uint64_t my_lba, partition_entry_lba;
int ret;
- uint32_t count;
- uint64_t from, size;
- if (le32_to_cpu(gpt->num_partition_entries) != 128) {
- /*
- * This is not yet properly implemented. At least writing of the
- * alternative GPT is not correctly implemented for this case as
- * we can't assume that the partition entries are written at
- * last_lba() - 32, we would have to calculate that from the number
- * of partition entries.
- */
- pr_err("num_partition_entries is != 128. This is not yet supported for writing\n");
- return -EINVAL;
- }
+ gpt = xmemdup(epd->gpt, SECTOR_SIZE);
count = le32_to_cpu(gpt->num_partition_entries) *
le32_to_cpu(gpt->sizeof_partition_entry);
- gpt->my_lba = cpu_to_le64(1);
- gpt->alternate_lba = cpu_to_le64(last_lba(blk));
+ size = count / GPT_BLOCK_SIZE;
+
+ if (primary) {
+ my_lba = 1;
+ partition_entry_lba = le64_to_cpu(gpt->partition_entry_lba);
+ gpt->alternate_lba = cpu_to_le64(last_lba(blk));
+ } else {
+ my_lba = last_lba(blk);
+ partition_entry_lba = last_lba(blk) - 32;
+ gpt->alternate_lba = cpu_to_le64(1);
+ }
+
+ gpt->my_lba = cpu_to_le64(my_lba);
+ gpt->partition_entry_lba = cpu_to_le64(partition_entry_lba);
gpt->partition_entry_array_crc32 = cpu_to_le32(efi_crc32(
(const unsigned char *)epd->ptes, count));
gpt->header_crc32 = 0;
gpt->header_crc32 = cpu_to_le32(efi_crc32((const unsigned char *)gpt,
le32_to_cpu(gpt->header_size)));
- ret = efi_protective_mbr(blk);
+ ret = block_write(blk, gpt, my_lba, 1);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto err_block_write;
- ret = block_write(blk, gpt, 1, 1);
+ ret = block_write(blk, epd->ptes, partition_entry_lba, size);
if (ret)
goto err_block_write;
- from = le64_to_cpu(gpt->partition_entry_lba);
- size = count / GPT_BLOCK_SIZE;
+err_block_write:
+ free(gpt);
- ret = block_write(blk, epd->ptes, from, size);
- if (ret)
- goto err_block_write;
+ return ret;
+}
- altgpt = xmemdup(gpt, SECTOR_SIZE);
+static __maybe_unused int efi_partition_write(struct partition_desc *pd)
+{
+ struct block_device *blk = pd->blk;
+ struct efi_partition_desc *epd = container_of(pd, struct efi_partition_desc, pd);
+ gpt_header *gpt = epd->gpt;
+ int ret;
- altgpt->alternate_lba = cpu_to_le64(1);
- altgpt->my_lba = cpu_to_le64(last_lba(blk));
- altgpt->partition_entry_lba = cpu_to_le64(last_lba(blk) - 32);
- altgpt->header_crc32 = 0;
- altgpt->header_crc32 = cpu_to_le32(efi_crc32((const unsigned char *)altgpt,
- le32_to_cpu(altgpt->header_size)));
- ret = block_write(blk, altgpt, last_lba(blk), 1);
+ if (le32_to_cpu(gpt->num_partition_entries) != 128) {
+ /*
+ * This is not yet properly implemented. At least writing of the
+ * alternative GPT is not correctly implemented for this case as
+ * we can't assume that the partition entries are written at
+ * last_lba() - 32, we would have to calculate that from the number
+ * of partition entries.
+ */
+ pr_err("num_partition_entries is != 128. This is not yet supported for writing\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
- free(altgpt);
+ ret = efi_protective_mbr(blk);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ ret = __efi_partition_write(epd, true);
if (ret)
goto err_block_write;
- ret = block_write(blk, epd->ptes, last_lba(blk) - 32, size);
+
+ ret = __efi_partition_write(epd, false);
if (ret)
goto err_block_write;
- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
err_block_write:
- pr_err("Cannot write to block device: %pe\n", ERR_PTR(ret));
+ if (ret)
+ pr_err("Cannot write to block device: %pe\n", ERR_PTR(ret));
return ret;
}
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-12-03 15:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-03 15:19 [PATCH 0/6] partitions: GPT: refresh partition tables when necessary Sascha Hauer
2025-12-03 15:19 ` [PATCH 1/6] partitions: gpt: pass epd context pointer to find_valid_gpt() Sascha Hauer
2025-12-15 12:28 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2025-12-03 15:19 ` [PATCH 2/6] partitions: gpt: only write actual ptes size to device Sascha Hauer
2025-12-15 12:29 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2025-12-03 15:19 ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
2025-12-15 12:34 ` [PATCH 3/6] partitions: gpt: factor out a function to write primary/alternate GPT Ahmad Fatoum
2025-12-03 15:19 ` [PATCH 4/6] partitions: gpt: write inactive GPT first Sascha Hauer
2025-12-15 12:38 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2025-12-03 15:19 ` [PATCH 5/6] partitions: gpt: fix GPT restauration from alternate GPT Sascha Hauer
2025-12-15 12:41 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2025-12-03 15:19 ` [PATCH 6/6] partitions: gpt: refresh partition tables when necessary Sascha Hauer
2025-12-15 12:47 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2025-12-15 14:13 ` Sascha Hauer
2025-12-15 14:15 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2025-12-15 14:09 ` [PATCH 0/6] partitions: GPT: " Sascha Hauer
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