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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c | 58 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mtd/mtd.h | 5 |
2 files changed, 63 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c index c510aff289a8..13267477e4e9 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c @@ -452,6 +452,64 @@ int mtd_device_register(struct mtd_info *master, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_device_register); /** + * mtd_device_parse_register - parse partitions and register an MTD device. + * + * @mtd: the MTD device to register + * @types: the list of MTD partition probes to try, see + * 'parse_mtd_partitions()' for more information + * @origin: start address of MTD device, %0 unless you are sure you need this. + * @parts: fallback partition information to register, if parsing fails; + * only valid if %nr_parts > %0 + * @nr_parts: the number of partitions in parts, if zero then the full + * MTD device is registered if no partition info is found + * + * This function aggregates MTD partitions parsing (done by + * 'parse_mtd_partitions()') and MTD device and partitions registering. It + * basically follows the most common pattern found in many MTD drivers: + * + * * It first tries to probe partitions on MTD device @mtd using parsers + * specified in @types (if @types is %NULL, then the default list of parsers + * is used, see 'parse_mtd_partitions()' for more information). If none are + * found this functions tries to fallback to information specified in + * @parts/@nr_parts. + * * If any parititioning info was found, this function registers the found + * partitions. + * * If no partitions were found this function just registers the MTD device + * @mtd and exits. + * + * Returns zero in case of success and a negative error code in case of failure. + */ +int mtd_device_parse_register(struct mtd_info *mtd, const char **types, + unsigned long origin, + const struct mtd_partition *parts, + int nr_parts) +{ + int err; + struct mtd_partition *real_parts; + + err = parse_mtd_partitions(mtd, types, &real_parts, origin); + if (err <= 0 && nr_parts) { + real_parts = kmemdup(parts, sizeof(*parts) * nr_parts, + GFP_KERNEL); + err = nr_parts; + if (!parts) + err = -ENOMEM; + } + + if (err > 0) { + err = add_mtd_partitions(mtd, real_parts, err); + kfree(real_parts); + } else if (err == 0) { + err = add_mtd_device(mtd); + if (err == 1) + err = -ENODEV; + } + + return err; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_device_parse_register); + +/** * mtd_device_unregister - unregister an existing MTD device. * * @master: the MTD device to unregister. This will unregister both the master diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h index 2541fb848daa..d28a241e7b55 100644 --- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h +++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h @@ -327,6 +327,11 @@ struct mtd_partition; extern int mtd_device_register(struct mtd_info *master, const struct mtd_partition *parts, int nr_parts); +extern int mtd_device_parse_register(struct mtd_info *mtd, + const char **part_probe_types, + unsigned long origin, + const struct mtd_partition *defparts, + int defnr_parts); extern int mtd_device_unregister(struct mtd_info *master); extern struct mtd_info *get_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd, int num); extern int __get_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd); |