1 files changed, 16 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
index 333e181ee987..43f9d19a6f33 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
@@ -1393,12 +1393,7 @@ static int mount_ubifs(struct ubifs_info *c)
                 c->leb_size, c->leb_size >> 10);
         dbg_msg("data journal heads:  %d",
                 c->jhead_cnt - NONDATA_JHEADS_CNT);
-        dbg_msg("UUID:                %02X%02X%02X%02X-%02X%02X"
-               "-%02X%02X-%02X%02X-%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X%02X",
-               c->uuid[0], c->uuid[1], c->uuid[2], c->uuid[3],
-               c->uuid[4], c->uuid[5], c->uuid[6], c->uuid[7],
-               c->uuid[8], c->uuid[9], c->uuid[10], c->uuid[11],
-               c->uuid[12], c->uuid[13], c->uuid[14], c->uuid[15]);
+        dbg_msg("UUID:                %pUB", c->uuid);
         dbg_msg("big_lpt              %d", c->big_lpt);
         dbg_msg("log LEBs:            %d (%d - %d)",
                 c->log_lebs, UBIFS_LOG_LNUM, c->log_last);
@@ -1842,22 +1837,32 @@ const struct super_operations ubifs_super_operations = {
  * @name: UBI volume name
  * @mode: UBI volume open mode
  *
- * There are several ways to specify UBI volumes when mounting UBIFS:
- * o ubiX_Y    - UBI device number X, volume Y;
- * o ubiY      - UBI device number 0, volume Y;
+ * The primary method of mounting UBIFS is by specifying the UBI volume
+ * character device node path. However, UBIFS may also be mounted withoug any
+ * character device node using one of the following methods:
+ *
+ * o ubiX_Y    - mount UBI device number X, volume Y;
+ * o ubiY      - mount UBI device number 0, volume Y;
  * o ubiX:NAME - mount UBI device X, volume with name NAME;
  * o ubi:NAME  - mount UBI device 0, volume with name NAME.
  *
  * Alternative '!' separator may be used instead of ':' (because some shells
  * like busybox may interpret ':' as an NFS host name separator). This function
- * returns ubi volume object in case of success and a negative error code in
- * case of failure.
+ * returns UBI volume description object in case of success and a negative
+ * error code in case of failure.
  */
 static struct ubi_volume_desc *open_ubi(const char *name, int mode)
 {
+        struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi;
         int dev, vol;
         char *endptr;
 
+        /* First, try to open using the device node path method */
+        ubi = ubi_open_volume_path(name, mode);
+        if (!IS_ERR(ubi))
+                return ubi;
+
+        /* Try the "nodev" method */
         if (name[0] != 'u' || name[1] != 'b' || name[2] != 'i')
                 return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);