[PATCH/RFC -nxt] mtd_blkdevs: Set GENHD_FL_NO_PART

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Christoph,

On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 7:57 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de> wrote:
> I think we need the patch below to restore the old behavior where a
> partitions scan happens only for those sub-drivers that do report a
> partition shift.

Tested-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas at glider.be>

> MTD maintainers: is this intentional that raw mtdblock does not support
> partitions, but the various "FTL" modules do?
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
> index 113f86df76038..57a22d2ebaeca 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
> @@ -345,6 +345,8 @@ int add_mtd_blktrans_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *new)
>         gd->first_minor = (new->devnum) << tr->part_bits;
>         gd->minors = 1 << tr->part_bits;
>         gd->fops = &mtd_block_ops;
> +       if (!tr->part_bits)
> +               gd->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART;

Move this into the "else" branch of the test below?

>         if (tr->part_bits)
>                 if (new->devnum < 26)

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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