@@ -585,6 +585,8 @@ static int find_valid_gpt(struct parsed_partitions *state, gpt_header **gpt,
gpt_header *pgpt = NULL, *agpt = NULL;
gpt_entry *pptes = NULL, *aptes = NULL;
legacy_mbr *legacymbr;
+ struct gendisk *disk = state->disk;
+ const struct block_device_operations *fops = disk->fops;
sector_t total_sectors = get_capacity(state->disk);
u64 lastlba;
@@ -619,6 +621,16 @@ 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 && fops->alternative_gpt_sector) {
+ sector_t agpt_sector;
+ int err;
+
+ err = fops->alternative_gpt_sector(disk, &agpt_sector);
+ if (!err)
+ good_agpt = is_gpt_valid(state, agpt_sector,
+ &agpt, &aptes);
+ }
+
/* The obviously unsuccessful case */
if (!good_pgpt && !good_agpt)
goto fail;