linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 09/11] mtd: drop unnecessary partition parser data

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Date:	Sat, 31 Oct 2015 16:26:32 +0100
From:	Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
To:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@...guardiasur.com.ar>,
	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>,
	Josh Wu <josh.wu@...el.com>,
	Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@...e.fr>,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>,
	Han Xu <han.xu@...escale.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/11] mtd: drop unnecessary partition parser data

On Saturday, October 31, 2015 at 04:33:28 AM, Brian Norris wrote:
> We should assign the MTD dev.of_node instead of the parser data field.
> This gets us the equivalent partition parser behavior with fewer special
> fields and parameter passing.
> 
> Also convert several of these to mtd_device_register(), since we don't
> need the 2nd and 3rd parameters anymore.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>

[...]

> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c
> index e46b4e983666..b78265688075 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c
> @@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ static int of_flash_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
>  	int reg_tuple_size;
>  	struct mtd_info **mtd_list = NULL;
>  	resource_size_t res_size;
> -	struct mtd_part_parser_data ppdata;
>  	bool map_indirect;
>  	const char *mtd_name = NULL;
> 
> @@ -310,13 +309,13 @@ static int of_flash_probe(struct platform_device
> *dev) if (err)
>  		goto err_out;
> 
> -	ppdata.of_node = dp;
> +	mtd_set_of_node(info->cmtd, dp);
>  	part_probe_types = of_get_probes(dp);
>  	if (!part_probe_types) {
>  		err = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto err_out;
>  	}
> -	mtd_device_parse_register(info->cmtd, part_probe_types, &ppdata,
> +	mtd_device_parse_register(info->cmtd, part_probe_types, NULL,

Did you miss this one ?

>  			NULL, 0);
>  	of_free_probes(part_probe_types);
> 


This is really good, I like to see the ppdata nonsense finally going away.

Reviewed-by: Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>

Best regards,
Marek Vasut
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