--- /dev/null
+/*
+ * base_device.c
+ *
+ * Return the "base device" given a particular device; this is used to
+ * assure that we only fsck one partition on a particular drive at any
+ * one time. Otherwise, the disk heads will be seeking all over the
+ * place. If the base device can not be determined, return NULL.
+ *
+ * The base_device() function returns an allocated string which must
+ * be freed.
+ *
+ * Written by Theodore Ts'o, <tytso@mit.edu>
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2000 Theodore Ts'o.
+ *
+ * %Begin-Header%
+ * This file may be redistributed under the terms of the GNU Public
+ * License.
+ * %End-Header%
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "busybox.h"
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
+/*
+ * Required for the uber-silly devfs /dev/ide/host1/bus2/target3/lun3
+ * pathames.
+ */
+static const char *devfs_hier[] = {
+ "host", "bus", "target", "lun", 0
+};
+#endif
+
+char *base_device(const char *device)
+{
+ char *str, *cp;
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
+ const char **hier, *disk;
+ int len;
+#endif
+
+ cp = str = bb_xstrdup(device);
+
+ /* Skip over /dev/; if it's not present, give up. */
+ if (strncmp(cp, "/dev/", 5) != 0)
+ goto errout;
+ cp += 5;
+
+#if 0 /* this is for old stuff no one uses anymore ? */
+ /* Skip over /dev/dsk/... */
+ if (strncmp(cp, "dsk/", 4) == 0)
+ cp += 4;
+#endif
+
+ /*
+ * For md devices, we treat them all as if they were all
+ * on one disk, since we don't know how to parallelize them.
+ */
+ if (cp[0] == 'm' && cp[1] == 'd') {
+ *(cp+2) = 0;
+ return str;
+ }
+
+ /* Handle DAC 960 devices */
+ if (strncmp(cp, "rd/", 3) == 0) {
+ cp += 3;
+ if (cp[0] != 'c' || cp[2] != 'd' ||
+ !isdigit(cp[1]) || !isdigit(cp[3]))
+ goto errout;
+ *(cp+4) = 0;
+ return str;
+ }
+
+ /* Now let's handle /dev/hd* and /dev/sd* devices.... */
+ if ((cp[0] == 'h' || cp[0] == 's') && (cp[1] == 'd')) {
+ cp += 2;
+ /* If there's a single number after /dev/hd, skip it */
+ if (isdigit(*cp))
+ cp++;
+ /* What follows must be an alpha char, or give up */
+ if (!isalpha(*cp))
+ goto errout;
+ *(cp + 1) = 0;
+ return str;
+ }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVFS
+ /* Now let's handle devfs (ugh) names */
+ len = 0;
+ if (strncmp(cp, "ide/", 4) == 0)
+ len = 4;
+ if (strncmp(cp, "scsi/", 5) == 0)
+ len = 5;
+ if (len) {
+ cp += len;
+ /*
+ * Now we proceed down the expected devfs hierarchy.
+ * i.e., .../host1/bus2/target3/lun4/...
+ * If we don't find the expected token, followed by
+ * some number of digits at each level, abort.
+ */
+ for (hier = devfs_hier; *hier; hier++) {
+ len = strlen(*hier);
+ if (strncmp(cp, *hier, len) != 0)
+ goto errout;
+ cp += len;
+ while (*cp != '/' && *cp != 0) {
+ if (!isdigit(*cp))
+ goto errout;
+ cp++;
+ }
+ cp++;
+ }
+ *(cp - 1) = 0;
+ return str;
+ }
+
+ /* Now handle devfs /dev/disc or /dev/disk names */
+ disk = 0;
+ if (strncmp(cp, "discs/", 6) == 0)
+ disk = "disc";
+ else if (strncmp(cp, "disks/", 6) == 0)
+ disk = "disk";
+ if (disk) {
+ cp += 6;
+ if (strncmp(cp, disk, 4) != 0)
+ goto errout;
+ cp += 4;
+ while (*cp != '/' && *cp != 0) {
+ if (!isdigit(*cp))
+ goto errout;
+ cp++;
+ }
+ *cp = 0;
+ return str;
+ }
+#endif
+
+errout:
+ free(str);
+ return NULL;
+}