From: Sven Eckelmann Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2020 00:48:33 +0100 Subject: [PATCH RFC] mtd: parser: cmdline: Fix parsing of part-names with colons Some devices (especially QCA ones) are already using hardcoded partition names with colons in it. The OpenMesh A62 for example provides following mtd relevant information via cmdline: root=31:11 mtdparts=spi0.0:256k(0:SBL1),128k(0:MIBIB),384k(0:QSEE),64k(0:CDT),64k(0:DDRPARAMS),64k(0:APPSBLENV),512k(0:APPSBL),64k(0:ART),64k(custom),64k(0:KEYS),0x002b0000(kernel),0x00c80000(rootfs),15552k(inactive) rootfsname=rootfs rootwait The change to split only on the last colon between mtd-id and partitions will cause newpart to see following string for the first partition: KEYS),0x002b0000(kernel),0x00c80000(rootfs),15552k(inactive) Such a partition list cannot be parsed and thus the device fails to boot. Avoid this behavior by making sure that the start of the first part-name ("(") will also be the last byte the mtd-id split algorithm is using for its colon search. Forwarded: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-mtd/patch/20201122001533.985641-1-sven@narfation.org/ Fixes: eb13fa022741 ("mtd: parser: cmdline: Support MTD names containing one or more colons") Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann --- a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static int mtdpart_setup_real(char *s) struct cmdline_mtd_partition *this_mtd; struct mtd_partition *parts; int mtd_id_len, num_parts; - char *p, *mtd_id, *semicol; + char *p, *mtd_id, *semicol, *open_parenth; /* * Replace the first ';' by a NULL char so strrchr can work @@ -238,6 +238,13 @@ static int mtdpart_setup_real(char *s) if (semicol) *semicol = '\0'; + /* make sure that part-names with ":" will not be handled as + * part of the mtd-id with an ":" + */ + open_parenth = strchr(s, '('); + if (open_parenth) + *open_parenth = '\0'; + mtd_id = s; /* @@ -247,6 +254,10 @@ static int mtdpart_setup_real(char *s) */ p = strrchr(s, ':'); + /* Restore the '(' now. */ + if (open_parenth) + *open_parenth = '('; + /* Restore the ';' now. */ if (semicol) *semicol = ';';