Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] mtd: Add hooks to call get and put on mtd devices.

[Richard Weinberger]

Hi!

On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 4:16 PM, Sandeep Jain <Sandeep_Jain@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Jim Baxter <jim_baxter@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Add hooks to mtdpart to call _get_device and _put_device,
> this allows the mtd devices to perform internal
> reference counting if required.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jim Baxter <jim_baxter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sandeep Jain <Sandeep_Jain@xxxxxxxxxx>

I sent the same patch some time ago:
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/644422/

> ---
>  drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c |   18 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
> index 1f13e32..adbb1fd 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
> @@ -338,6 +338,20 @@ static const struct mtd_ooblayout_ops part_ooblayout_ops = {
>         .free = part_ooblayout_free,
>  };
>
> +static int part_get_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
> +{
> +       struct mtd_part *part = mtd_to_part(mtd);
> +
> +       return part->master->_get_device(part->master);
> +}
> +
> +static void part_put_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
> +{
> +       struct mtd_part *part = mtd_to_part(mtd);
> +
> +       part->master->_put_device(part->master);
> +}
> +
>  static inline void free_partition(struct mtd_part *p)
>  {
>         kfree(p->mtd.name);
> @@ -463,6 +477,10 @@ static struct mtd_part *allocate_partition(struct mtd_info *master,
>                 slave->mtd._block_isbad = part_block_isbad;
>         if (master->_block_markbad)
>                 slave->mtd._block_markbad = part_block_markbad;
> +       if (master->_get_device)
> +               slave->mtd._get_device = part_get_device;
> +       if (master->_put_device)
> +               slave->mtd._put_device = part_put_device;
>         slave->mtd._erase = part_erase;
>         slave->master = master;
>         slave->offset = part->offset;
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>
>
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-- 
Thanks,
//richard