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2014-02-18block: Use macros from compiler.h instead of __attribute__((...))Gideon Israel Dsouza
To increase compiler portability there are several macros defined in <linux/compiler.h> for various gcc __attribute((..)) constructs. I've made sure gcc these specific were replaced with the right macro and an #include <linux/compiler.h> was placed where needed. Signed-off-by: Gideon Israel Dsouza <gidisrael@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
2013-09-11partitions/efi: delete annoying emacs style commentsDavidlohr Bueso
I love emacs, but these settings for coding style are annoying when trying to open the efi.h file. More important, we already have checkpatch for that. Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-09-11partitions/efi: detect hybrid MBRsDavidlohr Bueso
One of the biggest problems with GPT is compatibility with older, non-GPT systems. The problem is addressed by creating hybrid mbrs, an extension, or variant, of the traditional protective mbr. This contains, apart from the 0xEE partition, up three additional primary partitions that point to the same space marked by up to three GPT partitions. The result is that legacy OSs can see the three required MBR partitions and at the same time ignore the GPT-aware partitions that protect the GPT structures. While hybrid MBRs are hacks, workarounds and simply not part of the GPT standard, they do exist and we have no way around them. For instance, by default, OSX creates a hybrid scheme when using multi-OS booting. In order for Linux to properly discover protective MBRs, it must be made aware of devices that have hybrid MBRs. No functionality is changed by this patch, just a debug message informing the user of the MBR scheme that is being used. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2013-09-11partitions/efi: use lba-aware partition recordsDavidlohr Bueso
The kernel's GPT implementation currently uses the generic 'struct partition' type for dealing with legacy MBR partition records. While this is is useful for disklabels that we designed for CHS addressing, such as msdos, it doesn't adapt well to newer standards that use LBA instead, such as GUID partition tables. Furthermore, these generic partition structures do not have all the required fields to properly follow the UEFI specs. While a CHS address can be translated to LBA, it's much simpler and cleaner to just replace the partition type. This patch adds a new 'gpt_record' type that is fully compliant with EFI and will allow, in the next patches, to add more checks to properly verify a protective MBR, which is paramount to probing a device that makes use of GPT. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr@hp.com> Reviewed-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> Acked-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2012-01-03move fs/partitions to block/Al Viro
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>