diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-init.c b/drivers/md/dm-init.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+/*
+ * dm-init.c
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Chromium OS Authors <chromium-os-dev@chromium.org>
+ *
+ * This file is released under the GPLv2.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <linux/device-mapper.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+
+#define DM_MSG_PREFIX "init"
+#define DM_MAX_DEVICES 256
+#define DM_MAX_TARGETS 256
+#define DM_MAX_STR_SIZE 4096
+
+static char *create;
+
+/*
+ * Format: dm-mod.create=<name>,<uuid>,<minor>,<flags>,<table>[,<table>+][;<name>,<uuid>,<minor>,<flags>,<table>[,<table>+]+]
+ * Table format: <start_sector> <num_sectors> <target_type> <target_args>
+ *
+ * See Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/dm-init.rst for dm-mod.create="..." format
+ * details.
+ */
+
+struct dm_device {
+	struct dm_ioctl dmi;
+	struct dm_target_spec *table[DM_MAX_TARGETS];
+	char *target_args_array[DM_MAX_TARGETS];
+	struct list_head list;
+};
+
+const char * const dm_allowed_targets[] __initconst = {
+	"crypt",
+	"delay",
+	"linear",
+	"snapshot-origin",
+	"striped",
+	"verity",
+};
+
+static int __init dm_verify_target_type(const char *target)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dm_allowed_targets); i++) {
+		if (!strcmp(dm_allowed_targets[i], target))
+			return 0;
+	}
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+static void __init dm_setup_cleanup(struct list_head *devices)
+{
+	struct dm_device *dev, *tmp;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(dev, tmp, devices, list) {
+		list_del(&dev->list);
+		for (i = 0; i < dev->dmi.target_count; i++) {
+			kfree(dev->table[i]);
+			kfree(dev->target_args_array[i]);
+		}
+		kfree(dev);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * str_field_delimit - delimit a string based on a separator char.
+ * @str: the pointer to the string to delimit.
+ * @separator: char that delimits the field
+ *
+ * Find a @separator and replace it by '\0'.
+ * Remove leading and trailing spaces.
+ * Return the remainder string after the @separator.
+ */
+static char __init *str_field_delimit(char **str, char separator)
+{
+	char *s;
+
+	/* TODO: add support for escaped characters */
+	*str = skip_spaces(*str);
+	s = strchr(*str, separator);
+	/* Delimit the field and remove trailing spaces */
+	if (s)
+		*s = '\0';
+	*str = strim(*str);
+	return s ? ++s : NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dm_parse_table_entry - parse a table entry
+ * @dev: device to store the parsed information.
+ * @str: the pointer to a string with the format:
+ *	<start_sector> <num_sectors> <target_type> <target_args>[, ...]
+ *
+ * Return the remainder string after the table entry, i.e, after the comma which
+ * delimits the entry or NULL if reached the end of the string.
+ */
+static char __init *dm_parse_table_entry(struct dm_device *dev, char *str)
+{
+	const unsigned int n = dev->dmi.target_count - 1;
+	struct dm_target_spec *sp;
+	unsigned int i;
+	/* fields:  */
+	char *field[4];
+	char *next;
+
+	field[0] = str;
+	/* Delimit first 3 fields that are separated by space */
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(field) - 1; i++) {
+		field[i + 1] = str_field_delimit(&field[i], ' ');
+		if (!field[i + 1])
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+	/* Delimit last field that can be terminated by comma */
+	next = str_field_delimit(&field[i], ',');
+
+	sp = kzalloc(sizeof(*sp), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!sp)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	dev->table[n] = sp;
+
+	/* start_sector */
+	if (kstrtoull(field[0], 0, &sp->sector_start))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	/* num_sector */
+	if (kstrtoull(field[1], 0, &sp->length))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	/* target_type */
+	strscpy(sp->target_type, field[2], sizeof(sp->target_type));
+	if (dm_verify_target_type(sp->target_type)) {
+		DMERR("invalid type \"%s\"", sp->target_type);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+	/* target_args */
+	dev->target_args_array[n] = kstrndup(field[3], DM_MAX_STR_SIZE,
+					     GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!dev->target_args_array[n])
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	return next;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dm_parse_table - parse "dm-mod.create=" table field
+ * @dev: device to store the parsed information.
+ * @str: the pointer to a string with the format:
+ *	<table>[,<table>+]
+ */
+static int __init dm_parse_table(struct dm_device *dev, char *str)
+{
+	char *table_entry = str;
+
+	while (table_entry) {
+		DMDEBUG("parsing table \"%s\"", str);
+		if (++dev->dmi.target_count > DM_MAX_TARGETS) {
+			DMERR("too many targets %u > %d",
+			      dev->dmi.target_count, DM_MAX_TARGETS);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+		table_entry = dm_parse_table_entry(dev, table_entry);
+		if (IS_ERR(table_entry)) {
+			DMERR("couldn't parse table");
+			return PTR_ERR(table_entry);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dm_parse_device_entry - parse a device entry
+ * @dev: device to store the parsed information.
+ * @str: the pointer to a string with the format:
+ *	name,uuid,minor,flags,table[; ...]
+ *
+ * Return the remainder string after the table entry, i.e, after the semi-colon
+ * which delimits the entry or NULL if reached the end of the string.
+ */
+static char __init *dm_parse_device_entry(struct dm_device *dev, char *str)
+{
+	/* There are 5 fields: name,uuid,minor,flags,table; */
+	char *field[5];
+	unsigned int i;
+	char *next;
+
+	field[0] = str;
+	/* Delimit first 4 fields that are separated by comma */
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(field) - 1; i++) {
+		field[i+1] = str_field_delimit(&field[i], ',');
+		if (!field[i+1])
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+	/* Delimit last field that can be delimited by semi-colon */
+	next = str_field_delimit(&field[i], ';');
+
+	/* name */
+	strscpy(dev->dmi.name, field[0], sizeof(dev->dmi.name));
+	/* uuid */
+	strscpy(dev->dmi.uuid, field[1], sizeof(dev->dmi.uuid));
+	/* minor */
+	if (strlen(field[2])) {
+		if (kstrtoull(field[2], 0, &dev->dmi.dev))
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		dev->dmi.flags |= DM_PERSISTENT_DEV_FLAG;
+	}
+	/* flags */
+	if (!strcmp(field[3], "ro"))
+		dev->dmi.flags |= DM_READONLY_FLAG;
+	else if (strcmp(field[3], "rw"))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	/* table */
+	if (dm_parse_table(dev, field[4]))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	return next;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dm_parse_devices - parse "dm-mod.create=" argument
+ * @devices: list of struct dm_device to store the parsed information.
+ * @str: the pointer to a string with the format:
+ *	<device>[;<device>+]
+ */
+static int __init dm_parse_devices(struct list_head *devices, char *str)
+{
+	unsigned long ndev = 0;
+	struct dm_device *dev;
+	char *device = str;
+
+	DMDEBUG("parsing \"%s\"", str);
+	while (device) {
+		dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*dev), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!dev)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		list_add_tail(&dev->list, devices);
+
+		if (++ndev > DM_MAX_DEVICES) {
+			DMERR("too many devices %lu > %d",
+			      ndev, DM_MAX_DEVICES);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+
+		device = dm_parse_device_entry(dev, device);
+		if (IS_ERR(device)) {
+			DMERR("couldn't parse device");
+			return PTR_ERR(device);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * dm_init_init - parse "dm-mod.create=" argument and configure drivers
+ */
+static int __init dm_init_init(void)
+{
+	struct dm_device *dev;
+	LIST_HEAD(devices);
+	char *str;
+	int r;
+
+	if (!create)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (strlen(create) >= DM_MAX_STR_SIZE) {
+		DMERR("Argument is too big. Limit is %d", DM_MAX_STR_SIZE);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+	str = kstrndup(create, DM_MAX_STR_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!str)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	r = dm_parse_devices(&devices, str);
+	if (r)
+		goto out;
+
+	DMINFO("waiting for all devices to be available before creating mapped devices");
+	wait_for_device_probe();
+
+	list_for_each_entry(dev, &devices, list) {
+		if (dm_early_create(&dev->dmi, dev->table,
+				    dev->target_args_array))
+			break;
+	}
+out:
+	kfree(str);
+	dm_setup_cleanup(&devices);
+	return r;
+}
+
+late_initcall(dm_init_init);
+
+module_param(create, charp, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(create, "Create a mapped device in early boot");