1 files changed, 40 insertions, 21 deletions

diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index f8a66424360d..1d1b6348f903 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -69,23 +69,28 @@ __setup("ro", readonly);
 __setup("rw", readwrite);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+struct uuidcmp {
+	const char *uuid;
+	int len;
+};
+
 /**
  * match_dev_by_uuid - callback for finding a partition using its uuid
  * @dev:	device passed in by the caller
- * @data:	opaque pointer to a 36 byte char array with a UUID
+ * @data:	opaque pointer to the desired struct uuidcmp to match
  *
  * Returns 1 if the device matches, and 0 otherwise.
  */
 static int match_dev_by_uuid(struct device *dev, void *data)
 {
-	u8 *uuid = data;
+	struct uuidcmp *cmp = data;
 	struct hd_struct *part = dev_to_part(dev);
 
 	if (!part->info)
 		goto no_match;
 
-	if (memcmp(uuid, part->info->uuid, sizeof(part->info->uuid)))
-			goto no_match;
+	if (strncasecmp(cmp->uuid, part->info->uuid, cmp->len))
+		goto no_match;
 
 	return 1;
 no_match:
@@ -95,7 +100,7 @@ no_match:
 
 /**
  * devt_from_partuuid - looks up the dev_t of a partition by its UUID
- * @uuid:	min 36 byte char array containing a hex ascii UUID
+ * @uuid:	char array containing ascii UUID
  *
  * The function will return the first partition which contains a matching
  * UUID value in its partition_meta_info struct.  This does not search
@@ -106,38 +111,41 @@ no_match:
  *
  * Returns the matching dev_t on success or 0 on failure.
  */
-static dev_t devt_from_partuuid(char *uuid_str)
+static dev_t devt_from_partuuid(const char *uuid_str)
 {
 	dev_t res = 0;
+	struct uuidcmp cmp;
 	struct device *dev = NULL;
-	u8 uuid[16];
 	struct gendisk *disk;
 	struct hd_struct *part;
 	int offset = 0;
+	bool clear_root_wait = false;
+	char *slash;
 
-	if (strlen(uuid_str) < 36)
-		goto done;
+	cmp.uuid = uuid_str;
 
+	slash = strchr(uuid_str, '/');
 	/* Check for optional partition number offset attributes. */
-	if (uuid_str[36]) {
+	if (slash) {
 		char c = 0;
 		/* Explicitly fail on poor PARTUUID syntax. */
-		if (sscanf(&uuid_str[36],
-			   "/PARTNROFF=%d%c", &offset, &c) != 1) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR "VFS: PARTUUID= is invalid.\n"
-			 "Expected PARTUUID=<valid-uuid-id>[/PARTNROFF=%%d]\n");
-			if (root_wait)
-				printk(KERN_ERR
-				     "Disabling rootwait; root= is invalid.\n");
-			root_wait = 0;
+		if (sscanf(slash + 1,
+			   "PARTNROFF=%d%c", &offset, &c) != 1) {
+			clear_root_wait = true;
 			goto done;
 		}
+		cmp.len = slash - uuid_str;
+	} else {
+		cmp.len = strlen(uuid_str);
 	}
 
-	/* Pack the requested UUID in the expected format. */
-	part_pack_uuid(uuid_str, uuid);
+	if (!cmp.len) {
+		clear_root_wait = true;
+		goto done;
+	}
 
-	dev = class_find_device(&block_class, NULL, uuid, &match_dev_by_uuid);
+	dev = class_find_device(&block_class, NULL, &cmp,
+				&match_dev_by_uuid);
 	if (!dev)
 		goto done;
 
@@ -158,6 +166,13 @@ static dev_t devt_from_partuuid(char *uuid_str)
 no_offset:
 	put_device(dev);
 done:
+	if (clear_root_wait) {
+		pr_err("VFS: PARTUUID= is invalid.\n"
+		       "Expected PARTUUID=<valid-uuid-id>[/PARTNROFF=%%d]\n");
+		if (root_wait)
+			pr_err("Disabling rootwait; root= is invalid.\n");
+		root_wait = 0;
+	}
 	return res;
 }
 #endif
@@ -174,6 +189,10 @@ done:
  *	   used when disk name of partitioned disk ends on a digit.
  *	6) PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF representing the
  *	   unique id of a partition if the partition table provides it.
+ *	   The UUID may be either an EFI/GPT UUID, or refer to an MSDOS
+ *	   partition using the format SSSSSSSS-PP, where SSSSSSSS is a zero-
+ *	   filled hex representation of the 32-bit "NT disk signature", and PP
+ *	   is a zero-filled hex representation of the 1-based partition number.
  *	7) PARTUUID=<UUID>/PARTNROFF=<int> to select a partition in relation to
  *	   a partition with a known unique id.
  *