From 2c3c1048746a4622d8c89a29670120dc8fab93c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 20:49:45 +0200
Subject: Adding upstream version 6.1.76.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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+================================
+Early creation of mapped devices
+================================
+
+It is possible to configure a device-mapper device to act as the root device for
+your system in two ways.
+
+The first is to build an initial ramdisk which boots to a minimal userspace
+which configures the device, then pivot_root(8) in to it.
+
+The second is to create one or more device-mappers using the module parameter
+"dm-mod.create=" through the kernel boot command line argument.
+
+The format is specified as a string of data separated by commas and optionally
+semi-colons, where:
+
+ - a comma is used to separate fields like name, uuid, flags and table
+   (specifies one device)
+ - a semi-colon is used to separate devices.
+
+So the format will look like this::
+
+ dm-mod.create=<name>,<uuid>,<minor>,<flags>,<table>[,<table>+][;<name>,<uuid>,<minor>,<flags>,<table>[,<table>+]+]
+
+Where::
+
+	<name>		::= The device name.
+	<uuid>		::= xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx | ""
+	<minor>		::= The device minor number | ""
+	<flags>		::= "ro" | "rw"
+	<table>		::= <start_sector> <num_sectors> <target_type> <target_args>
+	<target_type>	::= "verity" | "linear" | ... (see list below)
+
+The dm line should be equivalent to the one used by the dmsetup tool with the
+`--concise` argument.
+
+Target types
+============
+
+Not all target types are available as there are serious risks in allowing
+activation of certain DM targets without first using userspace tools to check
+the validity of associated metadata.
+
+======================= =======================================================
+`cache`			constrained, userspace should verify cache device
+`crypt`			allowed
+`delay`			allowed
+`era`			constrained, userspace should verify metadata device
+`flakey`		constrained, meant for test
+`linear`		allowed
+`log-writes`		constrained, userspace should verify metadata device
+`mirror`		constrained, userspace should verify main/mirror device
+`raid`			constrained, userspace should verify metadata device
+`snapshot`		constrained, userspace should verify src/dst device
+`snapshot-origin`	allowed
+`snapshot-merge`	constrained, userspace should verify src/dst device
+`striped`		allowed
+`switch`		constrained, userspace should verify dev path
+`thin`			constrained, requires dm target message from userspace
+`thin-pool`		constrained, requires dm target message from userspace
+`verity`		allowed
+`writecache`		constrained, userspace should verify cache device
+`zero`			constrained, not meant for rootfs
+======================= =======================================================
+
+If the target is not listed above, it is constrained by default (not tested).
+
+Examples
+========
+An example of booting to a linear array made up of user-mode linux block
+devices::
+
+  dm-mod.create="lroot,,,rw, 0 4096 linear 98:16 0, 4096 4096 linear 98:32 0" root=/dev/dm-0
+
+This will boot to a rw dm-linear target of 8192 sectors split across two block
+devices identified by their major:minor numbers.  After boot, udev will rename
+this target to /dev/mapper/lroot (depending on the rules). No uuid was assigned.
+
+An example of multiple device-mappers, with the dm-mod.create="..." contents
+is shown here split on multiple lines for readability::
+
+  dm-linear,,1,rw,
+    0 32768 linear 8:1 0,
+    32768 1024000 linear 8:2 0;
+  dm-verity,,3,ro,
+    0 1638400 verity 1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdc2 4096 4096 204800 1 sha256
+    ac87db56303c9c1da433d7209b5a6ef3e4779df141200cbd7c157dcb8dd89c42
+    5ebfe87f7df3235b80a117ebc4078e44f55045487ad4a96581d1adb564615b51
+
+Other examples (per target):
+
+"crypt"::
+
+  dm-crypt,,8,ro,
+    0 1048576 crypt aes-xts-plain64
+    babebabebabebabebabebabebabebabebabebabebabebabebabebabebabebabe 0
+    /dev/sda 0 1 allow_discards
+
+"delay"::
+
+  dm-delay,,4,ro,0 409600 delay /dev/sda1 0 500
+
+"linear"::
+
+  dm-linear,,,rw,
+    0 32768 linear /dev/sda1 0,
+    32768 1024000 linear /dev/sda2 0,
+    1056768 204800 linear /dev/sda3 0,
+    1261568 512000 linear /dev/sda4 0
+
+"snapshot-origin"::
+
+  dm-snap-orig,,4,ro,0 409600 snapshot-origin 8:2
+
+"striped"::
+
+  dm-striped,,4,ro,0 1638400 striped 4 4096
+  /dev/sda1 0 /dev/sda2 0 /dev/sda3 0 /dev/sda4 0
+
+"verity"::
+
+  dm-verity,,4,ro,
+    0 1638400 verity 1 8:1 8:2 4096 4096 204800 1 sha256
+    fb1a5a0f00deb908d8b53cb270858975e76cf64105d412ce764225d53b8f3cfd
+    51934789604d1b92399c52e7cb149d1b3a1b74bbbcb103b2a0aaacbed5c08584
+
+For setups using device-mapper on top of asynchronously probed block
+devices (MMC, USB, ..), it may be necessary to tell dm-init to
+explicitly wait for them to become available before setting up the
+device-mapper tables. This can be done with the "dm-mod.waitfor="
+module parameter, which takes a list of devices to wait for::
+
+  dm-mod.waitfor=<device1>[,..,<deviceN>]
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