[PATCH V5 0/2] mtd: simplify mtd_device_parse_register() code

[Rafał Miłecki]

On 2018-02-17 09:38, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 16:45:40 +0100
> Rafał Miłecki <zajec5 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
>> 
>> Even though I have some experience with MTD subsystem every time I was
>> starting working on it I had to do some quick research on the code 
>> flow.
>> I think there is some place for cleanup and optimization that would
>> simplify overall code and allow new developers to start working on it
>> more easily.
>> 
>> In these patches I meant to slightly simplify 
>> mtd_device_parse_register
>> function. I think we could reduce amount of add/register/del functions
>> and this is the first step for that.
>> 
>> Ideally I think mtdcore.c shouldn't handle parsing but just use a 
>> single
>> function from mtdpart.c.
>> 
>> Patch 1/2 modifies code to make sure parsing code is not mixed with 
>> MTD
>> master code. This should allow moving parsing parts to the mtdpart.c 
>> in
>> the future.
>> 
>> Patch 2/2 simplifies code and makes sure parsing is handled at 1 place
>> only.
>> 
>> Even though this cleanup isn't complete I think it already has some
>> value and could be accepted (if there won't be objections) on its own.
>> It's also quite small which should allow reviewing it easily.
>> 
>> Rafał Miłecki (2):
>>   mtd: move code adding master MTD out of mtd_add_device_partitions()
>>   mtd: get rid of the mtd_add_device_partitions()
> 
> Applied (even if I keep thinking those 2 commits should have been
> merged in a single one :P)

Thanks, I appreciate your help on this.