[PATCH 3/3] mtd: support a cleanup callback for partition parsers

Brian Norris computersforpeace at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 19:12:09 PST 2015


On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 01:37:32PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:53:40 -0800
> Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 07:36:24PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > What do you think?
> > 
> > I guess I do like the idea of hiding the handling of the parser
> > reference so mtd_device_parse_register() doesn't have to track the
> > parser directly. I'll admit I didn't like yet another
> > return-by-pointer-argument, but I didn't bother finding a better
> > solution at the time.
> > 
> > About the extra parser field: it's awkward that you assume the first
> > partition has the reference, making all the other instances of that
> > field pointless. Maybe a new mtd_partitions struct would be nice for
> > encapsulating everything properly.
> 
> Agreed. I just wanted to show that with a minimal amount of changes we
> could have a simpler implementation, but I clearly prefer the
> mtd_partitions approach.

OK, do you want to roll up all the suggestions into a new patch series,
or should I?

Brian



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