[PATCH v4 4/8] block: implement NVMEM provider

From: Loic Poulain

Date: Tue Jun 09 2026 - 04:02:01 EST


From: Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

On embedded devices using an eMMC it is common that one or more partitions
on the eMMC are used to store MAC addresses and Wi-Fi calibration EEPROM
data. Allow referencing the partition in device tree for the kernel and
Wi-Fi drivers accessing it via the NVMEM layer.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/Kconfig | 9 +++++
block/Makefile | 1 +
block/blk-nvmem.c | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 124 insertions(+)

diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 15027963472d7b40e27b9097a5993c457b5b3054..0b33747e16dc33473683706f75c92bdf8b648f7c 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -209,6 +209,15 @@ config BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION_FALLBACK
by falling back to the kernel crypto API when inline
encryption hardware is not present.

+config BLK_NVMEM
+ bool "Block device NVMEM provider"
+ depends on OF
+ depends on NVMEM
+ help
+ Allow block devices (or partitions) to act as NVMEM providers,
+ typically used with eMMC to store MAC addresses or Wi-Fi
+ calibration data on embedded devices.
+
source "block/partitions/Kconfig"

config BLK_PM
diff --git a/block/Makefile b/block/Makefile
index 7dce2e44276c4274c11a0a61121c83d9c43d6e0c..d7ac389e71902bc091a8800ea266190a43b3e63d 100644
--- a/block/Makefile
+++ b/block/Makefile
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION) += blk-crypto.o blk-crypto-profile.o \
blk-crypto-sysfs.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_INLINE_ENCRYPTION_FALLBACK) += blk-crypto-fallback.o
obj-$(CONFIG_BLOCK_HOLDER_DEPRECATED) += holder.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_NVMEM) += blk-nvmem.o
diff --git a/block/blk-nvmem.c b/block/blk-nvmem.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a6e62fa98675ee9bcb9c7035a611b5a573ab9091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/block/blk-nvmem.c
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * block device NVMEM provider
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2024 Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
+ * Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
+ *
+ * Useful on devices using a partition on an eMMC for MAC addresses or
+ * Wi-Fi calibration EEPROM data.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/nvmem-provider.h>
+#include <linux/nvmem-consumer.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
+
+#include "blk.h"
+
+static int blk_nvmem_reg_read(void *priv, unsigned int from,
+ void *val, size_t bytes)
+{
+ blk_mode_t mode = BLK_OPEN_READ | BLK_OPEN_RESTRICT_WRITES;
+ dev_t devt = (dev_t)(uintptr_t)priv;
+ size_t bytes_left = bytes;
+ loff_t pos = from;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ struct file *bdev_file __free(fput) = bdev_file_open_by_dev(devt, mode, priv, NULL);
+ if (IS_ERR(bdev_file))
+ return PTR_ERR(bdev_file);
+
+ while (bytes_left) {
+ pgoff_t f_index = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ struct folio *folio;
+ size_t folio_off;
+ size_t to_read;
+
+ folio = read_mapping_folio(bdev_file->f_mapping, f_index, NULL);
+ if (IS_ERR(folio)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(folio);
+ break;
+ }
+
+ folio_off = offset_in_folio(folio, pos);
+ to_read = min(bytes_left, folio_size(folio) - folio_off);
+ memcpy_from_folio(val, folio, folio_off, to_read);
+ pos += to_read;
+ bytes_left -= to_read;
+ val += to_read;
+ folio_put(folio);
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int blk_nvmem_register(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct block_device *bdev = dev_to_bdev(dev);
+ struct nvmem_config config = {};
+
+ /* skip devices which do not have a device tree node */
+ if (!dev_of_node(dev))
+ return 0;
+
+ /* skip devices without an nvmem layout defined */
+ struct device_node *child __free(device_node) =
+ of_get_child_by_name(dev_of_node(dev), "nvmem-layout");
+ if (!child)
+ return 0;
+
+ /*
+ * skip block device too large to be represented as NVMEM devices,
+ * the NVMEM reg_read callback uses an unsigned int offset
+ */
+ if (bdev_nr_bytes(bdev) > UINT_MAX) {
+ dev_warn(dev, "block device too large to be an NVMEM provider\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
+ config.id = NVMEM_DEVID_NONE;
+ config.dev = dev;
+ config.name = dev_name(dev);
+ config.owner = THIS_MODULE;
+ config.priv = (void *)(uintptr_t)dev->devt;
+ config.reg_read = blk_nvmem_reg_read;
+ config.size = bdev_nr_bytes(bdev);
+ config.word_size = 1;
+ config.stride = 1;
+ config.read_only = true;
+ config.root_only = true;
+ config.ignore_wp = true;
+ config.of_node = to_of_node(dev->fwnode);
+
+ return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(devm_nvmem_register(dev, &config));
+}
+
+static struct class_interface blk_nvmem_bus_interface __refdata = {
+ .class = &block_class,
+ .add_dev = &blk_nvmem_register,
+};
+
+static int __init blk_nvmem_init(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = class_interface_register(&blk_nvmem_bus_interface);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+device_initcall(blk_nvmem_init);

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