tree 912541723b38a52c68c46bdb1de567972e239594
parent 78f707bfc723552e8309b7c38a8d0cc51012e813
author Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> 1234949639 +0100
committer Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> 1234949639 +0100

block: fix booting from partitioned md array

Hi Tejun,

 it looks like your commit:

   block: don't depend on consecutive minor space
   f331c0296f2a9fee0d396a70598b954062603015

 broke a particular case for booting from partitioned md/raid devices.
 That is the second time this has been broken recently.  The previous
 time was fixed by

   block: do_mounts - accept root=<non-existant partition>
   30f2f0eb4bd2c43d10a8b0d872c6e5ad8f31c9a0

 Because the data isn't available when an md device is first created
 (we add disks and set it up after creation), the initial partition
 scan finds nothing.  It is not until the device is opened that
 another partition scan happens and finds something.

 So at the point where the kernel parameter "root=/dev/md_d0p1" is
 being parsed, md_d0 exists, but md_d0p1 does not.
 However if we let blk_lookup_devt return the correct device number
 even though the device doesn't exist, then the attempt to mount it
 will successfully find the partition.

 I have tried in the past to find a way to get the partition table to
 be read as soon as the array is assembled but that proved impossible
 (at the time).  I don't remember the details, and could possibly
 revisit it.  However it would be really nice if blk_lookup_devt
 could be adjusted to again accept non existant partitions.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>