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

Brian Norris computersforpeace at gmail.com
Fri Dec 11 15:58:01 PST 2015


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: ...')?

In testing this myself, it looks like cmdlinepart.c can actually work OK with a
single-MTD system, even when mtd->name isn't set. See this snippet:

        /*
         * Search for the partition definition matching master->name.
         * If master->name is not set, stop at first partition definition.
         */
        for (part = partitions; part; part = part->next) {
                if ((!mtd_id) || (!strcmp(part->mtd_id, mtd_id)))
                        break;
        }

But, I don't know *why* it does that...

 drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 95c13b2ffa79..ffa288474820 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -426,15 +426,6 @@ int add_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	mtd->erasesize_mask = (1 << mtd->erasesize_shift) - 1;
 	mtd->writesize_mask = (1 << mtd->writesize_shift) - 1;
 
-	if (mtd->dev.parent) {
-		if (!mtd->owner && mtd->dev.parent->driver)
-			mtd->owner = mtd->dev.parent->driver->owner;
-		if (!mtd->name)
-			mtd->name = dev_name(mtd->dev.parent);
-	} else {
-		pr_debug("mtd device won't show a device symlink in sysfs\n");
-	}
-
 	/* Some chips always power up locked. Unlock them now */
 	if ((mtd->flags & MTD_WRITEABLE) && (mtd->flags & MTD_POWERUP_LOCK)) {
 		error = mtd_unlock(mtd, 0, mtd->size);
@@ -549,6 +540,21 @@ static int mtd_add_device_partitions(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Set a few defaults based on the parent devices, if not provided by the
+ * driver
+ */
+static void mtd_set_dev_defaults(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+{
+	if (mtd->dev.parent) {
+		if (!mtd->owner && mtd->dev.parent->driver)
+			mtd->owner = mtd->dev.parent->driver->owner;
+		if (!mtd->name)
+			mtd->name = dev_name(mtd->dev.parent);
+	} else {
+		pr_debug("mtd device won't show a device symlink in sysfs\n");
+	}
+}
 
 /**
  * mtd_device_parse_register - parse partitions and register an MTD device.
@@ -587,6 +593,8 @@ int mtd_device_parse_register(struct mtd_info *mtd, const char * const *types,
 	int ret;
 	struct mtd_partition *real_parts = NULL;
 
+	mtd_set_dev_defaults(mtd);
+
 	ret = parse_mtd_partitions(mtd, types, &real_parts, parser_data);
 	if (ret <= 0 && nr_parts && parts) {
 		real_parts = kmemdup(parts, sizeof(*parts) * nr_parts,
-- 
2.6.0.rc2.230.g3dd15c0




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