+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+/**
+ * match_dev_by_uuid - callback for finding a partition using its uuid
+ * @dev: device passed in by the caller
+ * @data: opaque pointer to a 36 byte char array with a UUID
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the device matches, and 0 otherwise.
+ */
+static int match_dev_by_uuid(struct device *dev, void *data)
+{
+ u8 *uuid = data;
+ struct hd_struct *part = dev_to_part(dev);
+
+ if (!part->info)
+ goto no_match;
+
+ if (memcmp(uuid, part->info->uuid, sizeof(part->info->uuid)))
+ goto no_match;
+
+ return 1;
+no_match:
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * devt_from_partuuid - looks up the dev_t of a partition by its UUID
+ * @uuid: 36 byte char array containing a hex ascii UUID
+ *
+ * The function will return the first partition which contains a matching
+ * UUID value in its partition_meta_info struct. This does not search
+ * by filesystem UUIDs.
+ *
+ * Returns the matching dev_t on success or 0 on failure.
+ */
+static dev_t __init devt_from_partuuid(char *uuid_str)
+{
+ dev_t res = 0;
+ struct device *dev = NULL;
+ u8 uuid[16];
+
+ /* Pack the requested UUID in the expected format. */
+ part_pack_uuid(uuid_str, uuid);
+
+ dev = class_find_device(&block_class, NULL, uuid, &match_dev_by_uuid);
+ if (!dev)
+ goto done;
+
+ res = dev->devt;
+ put_device(dev);
+
+done:
+ return res;
+}
+#endif
+