[PATCH 07/10] dt-bindings: mtd: Ensure partition node properties are documented

Rob Herring robh at kernel.org
Fri Jan 9 16:25:32 PST 2026


On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk at kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 08, 2026 at 11:53:16AM -0600, Rob Herring (Arm) wrote:
> > Partition nodes without a compatible have no restrictions on additional
> > properties. Fix this by ensuring 'unevaluatedProperties' is set when
> > there's no compatible property. If there is a compatible property, then
> > there should be a specific schema for it which will enforce
> > 'unevaluatedProperties'.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Rob Herring (Arm) <robh at kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml               |  8 ++------
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/fixed-partitions.yaml |  2 +-
> >  .../devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/partition.yaml        | 12 ++++++++++++
> >  .../mtd/partitions/tplink,safeloader-partitions.yaml         |  2 +-
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partitions/u-boot.yaml |  2 +-
> >  Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/ti,gpmc-onenand.yaml   |  2 +-
> >  6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml
> > index e56dba83f00a..5a2d06c96c0d 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml
> > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml
> > @@ -36,12 +36,8 @@ properties:
> >        - compatible
> >
> >  patternProperties:
> > -  "@[0-9a-f]+$":
> > -    $ref: partitions/partition.yaml
> > -    deprecated: true
> > -
> > -  "^partition@[0-9a-f]+":
> > -    $ref: partitions/partition.yaml
> > +  "(^partition)?@[0-9a-f]+$":
> > +    $ref: /schemas/mtd/partitions/partition.yaml#/$defs/partition-node
> >      deprecated: true
>
> This makes partition@ deprecated. Looks unintended or needds commit msg
> explanation.

No, the only change here is I combined the entries. "partition@" is
deprecated when not under "partitions" node.

Rob



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