[PATCH for-4.4] mtd: fix cmdlinepart parser, early naming for auto-filled MTD

[Brian Norris]

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 03:58:01PM -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> Commit 807f16d4db95 ("mtd: core: set some defaults when dev.parent is
> set") attempted to provide some default settings for MTDs that
>  (a) assign the parent device and
>  (b) don't provide their own name or owner
> 
> However, this isn't a perfect drop-in replacement for the boilerplate
> found in some drivers, because the MTD name is used by partition
> parsers like cmdlinepart, but the name isn't set until add_mtd_device(),
> after the parsing is completed. This means cmdlinepart sees a NULL name
> and therefore will not work properly.
> 
> Fix this by moving the default name and owner assignment to be first in
> the MTD registration process.
> 
> Fixes: 807f16d4db95 ("mtd: core: set some defaults when dev.parent is set")
> Reported-by: Heiko Schocher <hs at denx.de>
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com>
> Cc: Heiko Schocher <hs at denx.de>
> Cc: Frans Klaver <fransklaver at gmail.com>
> ---
> Heiko, can you provide testing feedback (e.g., 'Tested-by: ...')?

Applied this patch to linux-mtd.git, even though it doesn't completely
fix the reported problem -- it fixes many other MTD drivers, but
drivers/mtd/nand/ has an additional issue. I'll resend the additional
patch that fixes Heiko's problem completely in a bit.

Brian