2 * Simple MTD partitioning layer
4 * Copyright © 2000 Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
5 * Copyright © 2002 Thomas Gleixner <gleixner@linutronix.de>
6 * Copyright © 2000-2010 David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
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24 #include <linux/module.h>
25 #include <linux/types.h>
26 #include <linux/kernel.h>
27 #include <linux/slab.h>
28 #include <linux/list.h>
29 #include <linux/kmod.h>
30 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
31 #include <linux/mtd/partitions.h>
32 #include <linux/err.h>
33 #include <linux/kconfig.h>
37 /* Our partition linked list */
38 static LIST_HEAD(mtd_partitions
);
39 static DEFINE_MUTEX(mtd_partitions_mutex
);
41 /* Our partition node structure */
44 struct mtd_info
*master
;
46 struct list_head list
;
50 * Given a pointer to the MTD object in the mtd_part structure, we can retrieve
51 * the pointer to that structure.
53 static inline struct mtd_part
*mtd_to_part(const struct mtd_info
*mtd
)
55 return container_of(mtd
, struct mtd_part
, mtd
);
60 * MTD methods which simply translate the effective address and pass through
61 * to the _real_ device.
64 static int part_read(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t from
, size_t len
,
65 size_t *retlen
, u_char
*buf
)
67 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
68 struct mtd_ecc_stats stats
;
71 stats
= part
->master
->ecc_stats
;
72 res
= part
->master
->_read(part
->master
, from
+ part
->offset
, len
,
74 if (unlikely(mtd_is_eccerr(res
)))
75 mtd
->ecc_stats
.failed
+=
76 part
->master
->ecc_stats
.failed
- stats
.failed
;
78 mtd
->ecc_stats
.corrected
+=
79 part
->master
->ecc_stats
.corrected
- stats
.corrected
;
83 static int part_point(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t from
, size_t len
,
84 size_t *retlen
, void **virt
, resource_size_t
*phys
)
86 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
88 return part
->master
->_point(part
->master
, from
+ part
->offset
, len
,
92 static int part_unpoint(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t from
, size_t len
)
94 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
96 return part
->master
->_unpoint(part
->master
, from
+ part
->offset
, len
);
99 static unsigned long part_get_unmapped_area(struct mtd_info
*mtd
,
101 unsigned long offset
,
104 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
106 offset
+= part
->offset
;
107 return part
->master
->_get_unmapped_area(part
->master
, len
, offset
,
111 static int part_read_oob(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t from
,
112 struct mtd_oob_ops
*ops
)
114 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
117 if (from
>= mtd
->size
)
119 if (ops
->datbuf
&& from
+ ops
->len
> mtd
->size
)
123 * If OOB is also requested, make sure that we do not read past the end
129 len
= mtd_oobavail(mtd
, ops
);
130 pages
= mtd_div_by_ws(mtd
->size
, mtd
);
131 pages
-= mtd_div_by_ws(from
, mtd
);
132 if (ops
->ooboffs
+ ops
->ooblen
> pages
* len
)
136 res
= part
->master
->_read_oob(part
->master
, from
+ part
->offset
, ops
);
138 if (mtd_is_bitflip(res
))
139 mtd
->ecc_stats
.corrected
++;
140 if (mtd_is_eccerr(res
))
141 mtd
->ecc_stats
.failed
++;
146 static int part_read_user_prot_reg(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t from
,
147 size_t len
, size_t *retlen
, u_char
*buf
)
149 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
150 return part
->master
->_read_user_prot_reg(part
->master
, from
, len
,
154 static int part_get_user_prot_info(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, size_t len
,
155 size_t *retlen
, struct otp_info
*buf
)
157 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
158 return part
->master
->_get_user_prot_info(part
->master
, len
, retlen
,
162 static int part_read_fact_prot_reg(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t from
,
163 size_t len
, size_t *retlen
, u_char
*buf
)
165 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
166 return part
->master
->_read_fact_prot_reg(part
->master
, from
, len
,
170 static int part_get_fact_prot_info(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, size_t len
,
171 size_t *retlen
, struct otp_info
*buf
)
173 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
174 return part
->master
->_get_fact_prot_info(part
->master
, len
, retlen
,
178 static int part_write(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t to
, size_t len
,
179 size_t *retlen
, const u_char
*buf
)
181 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
182 return part
->master
->_write(part
->master
, to
+ part
->offset
, len
,
186 static int part_panic_write(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t to
, size_t len
,
187 size_t *retlen
, const u_char
*buf
)
189 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
190 return part
->master
->_panic_write(part
->master
, to
+ part
->offset
, len
,
194 static int part_write_oob(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t to
,
195 struct mtd_oob_ops
*ops
)
197 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
201 if (ops
->datbuf
&& to
+ ops
->len
> mtd
->size
)
203 return part
->master
->_write_oob(part
->master
, to
+ part
->offset
, ops
);
206 static int part_write_user_prot_reg(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t from
,
207 size_t len
, size_t *retlen
, u_char
*buf
)
209 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
210 return part
->master
->_write_user_prot_reg(part
->master
, from
, len
,
214 static int part_lock_user_prot_reg(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t from
,
217 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
218 return part
->master
->_lock_user_prot_reg(part
->master
, from
, len
);
221 static int part_writev(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, const struct kvec
*vecs
,
222 unsigned long count
, loff_t to
, size_t *retlen
)
224 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
225 return part
->master
->_writev(part
->master
, vecs
, count
,
226 to
+ part
->offset
, retlen
);
229 static int part_erase(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, struct erase_info
*instr
)
231 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
234 instr
->addr
+= part
->offset
;
235 ret
= part
->master
->_erase(part
->master
, instr
);
237 if (instr
->fail_addr
!= MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN
)
238 instr
->fail_addr
-= part
->offset
;
239 instr
->addr
-= part
->offset
;
244 void mtd_erase_callback(struct erase_info
*instr
)
246 if (instr
->mtd
->_erase
== part_erase
) {
247 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(instr
->mtd
);
249 if (instr
->fail_addr
!= MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN
)
250 instr
->fail_addr
-= part
->offset
;
251 instr
->addr
-= part
->offset
;
254 instr
->callback(instr
);
256 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_erase_callback
);
258 static int part_lock(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t ofs
, uint64_t len
)
260 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
261 return part
->master
->_lock(part
->master
, ofs
+ part
->offset
, len
);
264 static int part_unlock(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t ofs
, uint64_t len
)
266 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
267 return part
->master
->_unlock(part
->master
, ofs
+ part
->offset
, len
);
270 static int part_is_locked(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t ofs
, uint64_t len
)
272 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
273 return part
->master
->_is_locked(part
->master
, ofs
+ part
->offset
, len
);
276 static void part_sync(struct mtd_info
*mtd
)
278 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
279 part
->master
->_sync(part
->master
);
282 static int part_suspend(struct mtd_info
*mtd
)
284 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
285 return part
->master
->_suspend(part
->master
);
288 static void part_resume(struct mtd_info
*mtd
)
290 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
291 part
->master
->_resume(part
->master
);
294 static int part_block_isreserved(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t ofs
)
296 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
298 return part
->master
->_block_isreserved(part
->master
, ofs
);
301 static int part_block_isbad(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t ofs
)
303 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
305 return part
->master
->_block_isbad(part
->master
, ofs
);
308 static int part_block_markbad(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, loff_t ofs
)
310 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
314 res
= part
->master
->_block_markbad(part
->master
, ofs
);
316 mtd
->ecc_stats
.badblocks
++;
320 static int part_ooblayout_ecc(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, int section
,
321 struct mtd_oob_region
*oobregion
)
323 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
325 return mtd_ooblayout_ecc(part
->master
, section
, oobregion
);
328 static int part_ooblayout_free(struct mtd_info
*mtd
, int section
,
329 struct mtd_oob_region
*oobregion
)
331 struct mtd_part
*part
= mtd_to_part(mtd
);
333 return mtd_ooblayout_free(part
->master
, section
, oobregion
);
336 static const struct mtd_ooblayout_ops part_ooblayout_ops
= {
337 .ecc
= part_ooblayout_ecc
,
338 .free
= part_ooblayout_free
,
341 static inline void free_partition(struct mtd_part
*p
)
348 * This function unregisters and destroy all slave MTD objects which are
349 * attached to the given master MTD object.
352 int del_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info
*master
)
354 struct mtd_part
*slave
, *next
;
357 mutex_lock(&mtd_partitions_mutex
);
358 list_for_each_entry_safe(slave
, next
, &mtd_partitions
, list
)
359 if (slave
->master
== master
) {
360 ret
= del_mtd_device(&slave
->mtd
);
365 list_del(&slave
->list
);
366 free_partition(slave
);
368 mutex_unlock(&mtd_partitions_mutex
);
373 static struct mtd_part
*allocate_partition(struct mtd_info
*master
,
374 const struct mtd_partition
*part
, int partno
,
377 struct mtd_part
*slave
;
380 /* allocate the partition structure */
381 slave
= kzalloc(sizeof(*slave
), GFP_KERNEL
);
382 name
= kstrdup(part
->name
, GFP_KERNEL
);
383 if (!name
|| !slave
) {
384 printk(KERN_ERR
"memory allocation error while creating partitions for \"%s
\"\n",
388 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
391 /* set up the MTD object for this partition */
392 slave->mtd.type = master->type;
393 slave->mtd.flags = master->flags & ~part->mask_flags;
394 slave->mtd.size = part->size;
395 slave->mtd.writesize = master->writesize;
396 slave->mtd.writebufsize = master->writebufsize;
397 slave->mtd.oobsize = master->oobsize;
398 slave->mtd.oobavail = master->oobavail;
399 slave->mtd.subpage_sft = master->subpage_sft;
400 slave->mtd.pairing = master->pairing;
402 slave->mtd.name = name;
403 slave->mtd.owner = master->owner;
405 /* NOTE: Historically, we didn't arrange MTDs as a tree out of
406 * concern for showing the same data in multiple partitions.
407 * However, it is very useful to have the master node present,
408 * so the MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER option allows that. The master
409 * will have device nodes etc only if this is set, so make the
410 * parent conditional on that option. Note, this is a way to
411 * distinguish between the master and the partition in sysfs.
413 slave->mtd.dev.parent = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER) ?
417 slave->mtd._read = part_read;
418 slave->mtd._write = part_write;
420 if (master->_panic_write)
421 slave->mtd._panic_write = part_panic_write;
423 if (master->_point && master->_unpoint) {
424 slave->mtd._point = part_point;
425 slave->mtd._unpoint = part_unpoint;
428 if (master->_get_unmapped_area)
429 slave->mtd._get_unmapped_area = part_get_unmapped_area;
430 if (master->_read_oob)
431 slave->mtd._read_oob = part_read_oob;
432 if (master->_write_oob)
433 slave->mtd._write_oob = part_write_oob;
434 if (master->_read_user_prot_reg)
435 slave->mtd._read_user_prot_reg = part_read_user_prot_reg;
436 if (master->_read_fact_prot_reg)
437 slave->mtd._read_fact_prot_reg = part_read_fact_prot_reg;
438 if (master->_write_user_prot_reg)
439 slave->mtd._write_user_prot_reg = part_write_user_prot_reg;
440 if (master->_lock_user_prot_reg)
441 slave->mtd._lock_user_prot_reg = part_lock_user_prot_reg;
442 if (master->_get_user_prot_info)
443 slave->mtd._get_user_prot_info = part_get_user_prot_info;
444 if (master->_get_fact_prot_info)
445 slave->mtd._get_fact_prot_info = part_get_fact_prot_info;
447 slave->mtd._sync = part_sync;
448 if (!partno && !master->dev.class && master->_suspend &&
450 slave->mtd._suspend = part_suspend;
451 slave->mtd._resume = part_resume;
454 slave->mtd._writev = part_writev;
456 slave->mtd._lock = part_lock;
458 slave->mtd._unlock = part_unlock;
459 if (master->_is_locked)
460 slave->mtd._is_locked = part_is_locked;
461 if (master->_block_isreserved)
462 slave->mtd._block_isreserved = part_block_isreserved;
463 if (master->_block_isbad)
464 slave->mtd._block_isbad = part_block_isbad;
465 if (master->_block_markbad)
466 slave->mtd._block_markbad = part_block_markbad;
467 slave->mtd._erase = part_erase;
468 slave->master = master;
469 slave->offset = part->offset;
471 if (slave->offset == MTDPART_OFS_APPEND)
472 slave->offset = cur_offset;
473 if (slave->offset == MTDPART_OFS_NXTBLK) {
474 slave->offset = cur_offset;
475 if (mtd_mod_by_eb(cur_offset, master) != 0) {
476 /* Round up to next erasesize */
477 slave->offset = (mtd_div_by_eb(cur_offset, master) + 1) * master->erasesize;
478 printk(KERN_NOTICE "Moving partition
%d
: "
479 "0x
%012llx
-> 0x
%012llx
\n", partno,
480 (unsigned long long)cur_offset, (unsigned long long)slave->offset);
483 if (slave->offset == MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN) {
484 slave->offset = cur_offset;
485 if (master->size - slave->offset >= slave->mtd.size) {
486 slave->mtd.size = master->size - slave->offset
489 printk(KERN_ERR "mtd partition
\"%s
\" doesn
't have enough space: %#llx < %#llx, disabled\n",
490 part->name, master->size - slave->offset,
492 /* register to preserve ordering */
496 if (slave->mtd.size == MTDPART_SIZ_FULL)
497 slave->mtd.size = master->size - slave->offset;
499 printk(KERN_NOTICE "0x%012llx-0x%012llx : \"%s\"\n", (unsigned long long)slave->offset,
500 (unsigned long long)(slave->offset + slave->mtd.size), slave->mtd.name);
502 /* let's
do some sanity checks */
503 if (slave
->offset
>= master
->size
) {
504 /* let's register it anyway to preserve ordering */
507 printk(KERN_ERR
"mtd: partition \"%s
\" is out of reach
-- disabled
\n",
511 if (slave->offset + slave->mtd.size > master->size) {
512 slave->mtd.size = master->size - slave->offset;
513 printk(KERN_WARNING"mtd
: partition
\"%s
\" extends beyond the end of device
\"%s
\" -- size truncated to
%#llx\n",
514 part->name, master->name, (unsigned long long)slave->mtd.size);
516 if (master->numeraseregions > 1) {
517 /* Deal with variable erase size stuff */
518 int i, max = master->numeraseregions;
519 u64 end = slave->offset + slave->mtd.size;
520 struct mtd_erase_region_info *regions = master->eraseregions;
522 /* Find the first erase regions which is part of this
524 for (i = 0; i < max && regions[i].offset <= slave->offset; i++)
526 /* The loop searched for the region _behind_ the first one */
530 /* Pick biggest erasesize */
531 for (; i < max && regions[i].offset < end; i++) {
532 if (slave->mtd.erasesize < regions[i].erasesize) {
533 slave->mtd.erasesize = regions[i].erasesize;
536 BUG_ON(slave->mtd.erasesize == 0);
538 /* Single erase size */
539 slave->mtd.erasesize = master->erasesize;
542 if ((slave->mtd.flags & MTD_WRITEABLE) &&
543 mtd_mod_by_eb(slave->offset, &slave->mtd)) {
544 /* Doesn't start on a boundary of major erase size */
545 /* FIXME: Let it be writable if it is on a boundary of
546 * _minor_ erase size though */
547 slave->mtd.flags &= ~MTD_WRITEABLE;
548 printk(KERN_WARNING"mtd: partition \"%s\" doesn't start on an erase block boundary -- force read-only\n",
551 if ((slave->mtd.flags & MTD_WRITEABLE) &&
552 mtd_mod_by_eb(slave->mtd.size, &slave->mtd)) {
553 slave->mtd.flags &= ~MTD_WRITEABLE;
554 printk(KERN_WARNING"mtd: partition \"%s\" doesn't end on an erase block -- force read-only\n",
558 mtd_set_ooblayout(&slave->mtd, &part_ooblayout_ops);
559 slave->mtd.ecc_step_size = master->ecc_step_size;
560 slave->mtd.ecc_strength = master->ecc_strength;
561 slave->mtd.bitflip_threshold = master->bitflip_threshold;
563 if (master->_block_isbad) {
566 while (offs < slave->mtd.size) {
567 if (mtd_block_isreserved(master, offs + slave->offset))
568 slave->mtd.ecc_stats.bbtblocks++;
569 else if (mtd_block_isbad(master, offs + slave->offset))
570 slave->mtd.ecc_stats.badblocks++;
571 offs += slave->mtd.erasesize;
579 static ssize_t mtd_partition_offset_show(struct device *dev,
580 struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
582 struct mtd_info *mtd = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
583 struct mtd_part *part = mtd_to_part(mtd);
584 return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%lld\n", part->offset);
587 static DEVICE_ATTR(offset, S_IRUGO, mtd_partition_offset_show, NULL);
589 static const struct attribute *mtd_partition_attrs[] = {
590 &dev_attr_offset.attr,
594 static int mtd_add_partition_attrs(struct mtd_part *new)
596 int ret = sysfs_create_files(&new->mtd.dev.kobj, mtd_partition_attrs);
599 "mtd: failed to create partition attrs, err=%d\n", ret);
603 int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, const char *name,
604 long long offset, long long length)
606 struct mtd_partition part;
607 struct mtd_part *new;
610 /* the direct offset is expected */
611 if (offset == MTDPART_OFS_APPEND ||
612 offset == MTDPART_OFS_NXTBLK)
615 if (length == MTDPART_SIZ_FULL)
616 length = master->size - offset;
621 memset(&part, 0, sizeof(part));
624 part.offset = offset;
626 new = allocate_partition(master, &part, -1, offset);
630 mutex_lock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
631 list_add(&new->list, &mtd_partitions);
632 mutex_unlock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
634 add_mtd_device(&new->mtd);
636 mtd_add_partition_attrs(new);
640 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_add_partition);
642 int mtd_del_partition(struct mtd_info *master, int partno)
644 struct mtd_part *slave, *next;
647 mutex_lock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
648 list_for_each_entry_safe(slave, next, &mtd_partitions, list)
649 if ((slave->master == master) &&
650 (slave->mtd.index == partno)) {
651 sysfs_remove_files(&slave->mtd.dev.kobj,
652 mtd_partition_attrs);
653 ret = del_mtd_device(&slave->mtd);
657 list_del(&slave->list);
658 free_partition(slave);
661 mutex_unlock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
665 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_del_partition);
668 * This function, given a master MTD object and a partition table, creates
669 * and registers slave MTD objects which are bound to the master according to
670 * the partition definitions.
672 * For historical reasons, this function's caller only registers the master
673 * if the MTD_PARTITIONED_MASTER config option is set.
676 int add_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
677 const struct mtd_partition *parts,
680 struct mtd_part *slave;
681 uint64_t cur_offset = 0;
684 printk(KERN_NOTICE "Creating %d MTD partitions on \"%s\":\n", nbparts, master->name);
686 for (i = 0; i < nbparts; i++) {
687 slave = allocate_partition(master, parts + i, i, cur_offset);
689 del_mtd_partitions(master);
690 return PTR_ERR(slave);
693 mutex_lock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
694 list_add(&slave->list, &mtd_partitions);
695 mutex_unlock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
697 add_mtd_device(&slave->mtd);
698 mtd_add_partition_attrs(slave);
700 cur_offset = slave->offset + slave->mtd.size;
706 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(part_parser_lock);
707 static LIST_HEAD(part_parsers);
709 static struct mtd_part_parser *mtd_part_parser_get(const char *name)
711 struct mtd_part_parser *p, *ret = NULL;
713 spin_lock(&part_parser_lock);
715 list_for_each_entry(p, &part_parsers, list)
716 if (!strcmp(p->name, name) && try_module_get(p->owner)) {
721 spin_unlock(&part_parser_lock);
726 static inline void mtd_part_parser_put(const struct mtd_part_parser *p)
728 module_put(p->owner);
732 * Many partition parsers just expected the core to kfree() all their data in
733 * one chunk. Do that by default.
735 static void mtd_part_parser_cleanup_default(const struct mtd_partition *pparts,
741 int __register_mtd_parser(struct mtd_part_parser *p, struct module *owner)
746 p->cleanup = &mtd_part_parser_cleanup_default;
748 spin_lock(&part_parser_lock);
749 list_add(&p->list, &part_parsers);
750 spin_unlock(&part_parser_lock);
754 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__register_mtd_parser);
756 void deregister_mtd_parser(struct mtd_part_parser *p)
758 spin_lock(&part_parser_lock);
760 spin_unlock(&part_parser_lock);
762 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(deregister_mtd_parser);
765 * Do not forget to update 'parse_mtd_partitions()' kerneldoc comment if you
766 * are changing this array!
768 static const char * const default_mtd_part_types[] = {
775 * parse_mtd_partitions - parse MTD partitions
776 * @master: the master partition (describes whole MTD device)
777 * @types: names of partition parsers to try or %NULL
778 * @pparts: info about partitions found is returned here
779 * @data: MTD partition parser-specific data
781 * This function tries to find partition on MTD device @master. It uses MTD
782 * partition parsers, specified in @types. However, if @types is %NULL, then
783 * the default list of parsers is used. The default list contains only the
784 * "cmdlinepart" and "ofpart" parsers ATM.
785 * Note: If there are more then one parser in @types, the kernel only takes the
786 * partitions parsed out by the first parser.
788 * This function may return:
789 * o a negative error code in case of failure
790 * o zero otherwise, and @pparts will describe the partitions, number of
791 * partitions, and the parser which parsed them. Caller must release
792 * resources with mtd_part_parser_cleanup() when finished with the returned
795 int parse_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, const char *const *types,
796 struct mtd_partitions *pparts,
797 struct mtd_part_parser_data *data)
799 struct mtd_part_parser *parser;
803 types = default_mtd_part_types;
805 for ( ; *types; types++) {
806 pr_debug("%s: parsing partitions %s\n", master->name, *types);
807 parser = mtd_part_parser_get(*types);
808 if (!parser && !request_module("%s", *types))
809 parser = mtd_part_parser_get(*types);
810 pr_debug("%s: got parser %s\n", master->name,
811 parser ? parser->name : NULL);
814 ret = (*parser->parse_fn)(master, &pparts->parts, data);
815 pr_debug("%s: parser %s: %i\n",
816 master->name, parser->name, ret);
818 printk(KERN_NOTICE "%d %s partitions found on MTD device %s\n",
819 ret, parser->name, master->name);
820 pparts->nr_parts = ret;
821 pparts->parser = parser;
824 mtd_part_parser_put(parser);
826 * Stash the first error we see; only report it if no parser
835 void mtd_part_parser_cleanup(struct mtd_partitions *parts)
837 const struct mtd_part_parser *parser;
842 parser = parts->parser;
845 parser->cleanup(parts->parts, parts->nr_parts);
847 mtd_part_parser_put(parser);
851 int mtd_is_partition(const struct mtd_info *mtd)
853 struct mtd_part *part;
856 mutex_lock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
857 list_for_each_entry(part, &mtd_partitions, list)
858 if (&part->mtd == mtd) {
862 mutex_unlock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
866 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_is_partition);
868 /* Returns the size of the entire flash chip */
869 uint64_t mtd_get_device_size(const struct mtd_info *mtd)
871 if (!mtd_is_partition(mtd))
874 return mtd_to_part(mtd)->master->size;
876 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_get_device_size);