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diff --git a/fs/partitions/efi.c b/fs/partitions/efi.c
index 35bbbd279d73..f245c767ad4d 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/efi.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/efi.c
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
* the partition tables happens after init too.
*/
static int force_gpt;
+static u64 force_gpt_sector;
static int __init
force_gpt_fn(char *str)
{
@@ -113,6 +114,13 @@ force_gpt_fn(char *str)
}
__setup("gpt", force_gpt_fn);
+static int __init force_gpt_sector_fn(char *str)
+{
+ force_gpt_sector = simple_strtoull(str, NULL, 0);
+ return 1;
+}
+__setup("gpt_sector=", force_gpt_sector_fn);
+
/**
* efi_crc32() - EFI version of crc32 function
@@ -541,6 +549,9 @@ static int find_valid_gpt(struct parsed_partitions *state, gpt_header **gpt,
if (!good_agpt && force_gpt)
good_agpt = is_gpt_valid(state, lastlba, &agpt, &aptes);
+ if (!good_agpt && force_gpt && force_gpt_sector)
+ good_agpt = is_gpt_valid(state, force_gpt_sector, &agpt, &aptes);
+
/* The obviously unsuccessful case */
if (!good_pgpt && !good_agpt)
goto fail;