linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] mtd_blkdevs: add option to enable scanning for partitions

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Message-ID: <YnAEhNszG0FjCzlr@makrotopia.org>
Date:   Mon, 2 May 2022 17:19:16 +0100
From:   Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
To:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Tom Rini <trini@...sulko.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] mtd_blkdevs: add option to enable scanning for partitions

Add Kconfig boolean CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK_PARTITIONS and enable block
partition parsers on non-NAND mtdblock devices in case it is selected.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@...rotopia.org>
---
 drivers/mtd/Kconfig       | 11 +++++++++++
 drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c |  4 +++-
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
index 796a2eccbef0b8..12874dec15692a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/Kconfig
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ config MTD_BLOCK_RO
 	  You do not need this option for use with the DiskOnChip devices. For
 	  those, enable NFTL support (CONFIG_NFTL) instead.
 
+config MTD_BLOCK_PARTITIONS
+	bool "Scan for partitions on MTD block devices"
+	depends on MTD_BLOCK || MTD_BLOCK_RO
+	default y if FIT_PARTITION
+	help
+	  Scan MTD block devices for partitions (ie. MBR, GPT, uImage.FIT, ...).
+	  (NAND devices are omitted, ubiblock should be used instead when)
+
+	  Unless your MTD partitions contain sub-partitions mapped using a
+	  partition table, say no.
+
 comment "Note that in some cases UBI block is preferred. See MTD_UBI_BLOCK."
 	depends on MTD_BLOCK || MTD_BLOCK_RO
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index f7317211146550..c67ce2e6fbeb0a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -359,7 +359,9 @@ int add_mtd_blktrans_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *new)
 	} else {
 		snprintf(gd->disk_name, sizeof(gd->disk_name),
 			 "%s%d", tr->name, new->devnum);
-		gd->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART;
+
+		if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK_PARTITIONS) || mtd_type_is_nand(new->mtd))
+			gd->flags |= GENHD_FL_NO_PART;
 	}
 
 	set_capacity(gd, ((u64)new->size * tr->blksize) >> 9);
-- 
2.36.0