1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/partitions/check.c b/fs/partitions/check.c
index 6fb4b6150d77..1901137f4eca 100644
--- a/fs/partitions/check.c
+++ b/fs/partitions/check.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ static struct parsed_partitions *
 check_partition(struct gendisk *hd, struct block_device *bdev)
 {
         struct parsed_partitions *state;
-        int i, res;
+        int i, res, err;
 
         state = kmalloc(sizeof(struct parsed_partitions), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!state)
@@ -165,19 +165,30 @@ check_partition(struct gendisk *hd, struct block_device *bdev)
                 sprintf(state->name, "p");
 
         state->limit = hd->minors;
-        i = res = 0;
+        i = res = err = 0;
         while (!res && check_part[i]) {
                 memset(&state->parts, 0, sizeof(state->parts));
                 res = check_part[i++](state, bdev);
+                if (res < 0) {
+                        /* We have hit an I/O error which we don't report now.
+                        * But record it, and let the others do their job.
+                        */
+                        err = res;
+                        res = 0;
+                }
+
         }
         if (res > 0)
                 return state;
+        if (!err)
+        /* The partition is unrecognized. So report I/O errors if there were any */
+                res = err;
         if (!res)
                 printk(" unknown partition table\n");
         else if (warn_no_part)
                 printk(" unable to read partition table\n");
         kfree(state);
-        return NULL;
+        return ERR_PTR(res);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -494,6 +505,8 @@ int rescan_partitions(struct gendisk *disk, struct block_device *bdev)
                 disk->fops->revalidate_disk(disk);
         if (!get_capacity(disk) || !(state = check_partition(disk, bdev)))
                 return 0;
+        if (IS_ERR(state))      /* I/O error reading the partition table */
+                return PTR_ERR(state);
         for (p = 1; p < state->limit; p++) {
                 sector_t size = state->parts[p].size;
                 sector_t from = state->parts[p].from;