linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: parser: cmdline: Support MTD names containing one or more colons

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Message-ID: <20210104100819.1d623425@xps13>
Date:   Mon, 4 Jan 2021 10:08:19 +0100
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Ian Goegebuer <goegebuer@...gle.com>
Cc:     Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        "Ronald G . Minnich" <rminnich@...gle.com>,
        Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@...rochip.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@...nel.org>,
        Jethro Beekman <jethro@...tanix.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@...ia.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: parser: cmdline: Support MTD names containing one
 or more colons

Hello Ian, 

Ian Goegebuer <goegebuer@...gle.com> wrote on Wed, 23 Dec 2020 13:56:30
-0800:

> On Intel platforms, the usable SPI area is located several
> MiB in from the start, to leave room for descriptors and
> the Management Engine binary. Further, not all the remaining
> space can be used, as the last 16 MiB contains firmware.
> 
> To make the SPI usable for mtdblock and other devices,
> it is necessary to enable command line partitions so the
> middle usable region can be specified.
> 
> Add a part_probes array which includes only "cmdelineparts",
> and change to mtd_device_parse_register to use this part_probes.

The commit title seem to be taken from another patch and does not
match the below change. Or am I missing something?

> Signed-off-by: "Ronald G. Minnich" <rminnich@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ian Goegebuer <goegebuer@...gle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi.c
> index b54a56a68100..9de38851c411 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi.c
> @@ -903,6 +903,8 @@ static const struct spi_nor_controller_ops intel_spi_controller_ops = {
>  	.erase = intel_spi_erase,
>  };
>  
> +static const char * const part_probes[] = { "cmdlinepart", NULL };
> +
>  struct intel_spi *intel_spi_probe(struct device *dev,
>  	struct resource *mem, const struct intel_spi_boardinfo *info)
>  {
> @@ -950,7 +952,8 @@ struct intel_spi *intel_spi_probe(struct device *dev,
>  	if (!ispi->writeable || !writeable)
>  		ispi->nor.mtd.flags &= ~MTD_WRITEABLE;
>  
> -	ret = mtd_device_register(&ispi->nor.mtd, &part, 1);
> +	ret = mtd_device_parse_register(&ispi->nor.mtd, part_probes,
> +					NULL, &part, 1);
>  	if (ret)
>  		return ERR_PTR(ret);
>  

Thanks,
Miquèl