--- linux-3.7.1/init/do_mounts.c
+++ ../linux-3.7.1/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -160,6 +160,63 @@
 done:
 	return res;
 }
+
+/**
+ * match_dev_by_label - callback for finding a partition using its label
+ * @dev:	device passed in by the caller
+ * @data:	opaque pointer to a char array with a label
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if the device matches, and 0 otherwise.
+ */
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+static int match_dev_by_label(struct device *dev, void *data)
+{
+	char* e4label;
+	struct buffer_head *bh;
+	struct hd_struct *part = dev_to_part(dev);
+	struct gendisk* disk = part_to_disk(part);
+	struct block_device* bdev = bdget_disk(disk, part->partno);
+
+	if(part->nr_sects < 1000)
+		return 0;
+
+	if(blkdev_get(bdev, FMODE_READ, NULL))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!(bh = __bread(bdev, 0, 2048)))
+		return 0;
+
+	e4label = ((char *) bh->b_data) + 0x478;
+	printk("match_dev_by_label %s : %s\n", data, e4label);
+	if (strncmp(e4label, data, strlen(data)) == 0) {
+		brelse(bh);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	brelse(bh);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * devt_from_partlabel - looks up the dev_t of a partition by its label
+ *
+ * Returns the matching dev_t on success or 0 on failure.
+ */
+static dev_t devt_from_partlabel(char *label_str)
+{
+	dev_t res = 0;
+	struct device *dev = NULL;
+
+	dev = class_find_device(&block_class, NULL, label_str, &match_dev_by_label);
+	if (!dev)
+		goto done;
+
+	res = dev->devt;
+	put_device(dev);
+done:
+	return res;
+}
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -176,6 +233,8 @@
  *	   unique id of a partition if the partition table provides it.
  *	7) PARTUUID=<UUID>/PARTNROFF=<int> to select a partition in relation to
  *	   a partition with a known unique id.
+ *	8) LABEL=<label> to select a partition in relation to
+ *	   a partition with a known label.
  *
  *	If name doesn't have fall into the categories above, we return (0,0).
  *	block_class is used to check if something is a disk name. If the disk
@@ -194,6 +253,14 @@
 	if (strncmp(name, "PARTUUID=", 9) == 0) {
 		name += 9;
 		res = devt_from_partuuid(name);
+		if (!res)
+			goto fail;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
+	if (strncmp(name, "LABEL=", 6) == 0) {
+		name += 6;
+		res = devt_from_partlabel(name);
 		if (!res)
 			goto fail;
 		goto done;