linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: mtdpart: ignore error -ENOENT from parsers on subpartitions

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Message-ID: <176337662462.1740091.7879288362167135698.b4-ty@bootlin.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:54:33 +0100
From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
	Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: mtdpart: ignore error -ENOENT from parsers on subpartitions

On Sun, 09 Nov 2025 12:52:44 +0100, Christian Marangi wrote:
> Commit 5c2f7727d437 ("mtd: mtdpart: check for subpartitions parsing
> result") introduced some kind of regression with parser on subpartitions
> where if a parser emits an error then the entire parsing process from the
> upper parser fails and partitions are deleted.
> 
> Not checking for error in subpartitions was originally intended as
> special parser can emit error also in the case of the partition not
> correctly init (for example a wiped partition) or special case where the
> partition should be skipped due to some ENV variables externally
> provided (from bootloader for example)
> 
> [...]

Applied to mtd/next, thanks!

[1/1] mtd: mtdpart: ignore error -ENOENT from parsers on subpartitions
      commit: 64ef5f454e167bb66cf70104f033c3d71e6ef9c0

Patche(s) should be available on mtd/linux.git and will be
part of the next PR (provided that no robot complains by then).

Kind regards,
Miquèl