[PATCH v4 3/7] mtd: spi-nor: sfdp: expose the SFDP as a read-only NVMEM device

From: Manikandan Muralidharan

Date: Tue Jun 30 2026 - 05:31:55 EST


Register the cached SFDP as a read-only NVMEM device rooted at the
flash's "sfdp" child node, exposing it in on-flash byte order. This lets
NVMEM cells reference any SFDP data: a fixed-layout for parameters at a
known offset, or an nvmem-layout parser for vendor data whose location
must be discovered at runtime. The device is only registered when an
"sfdp" node is present in the device tree.

Signed-off-by: Manikandan Muralidharan <manikandan.m@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c | 5 +++
drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h | 1 +
drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 89 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
index ccf4396cdcd0..e04ba3e3dee9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
@@ -3204,6 +3204,11 @@ static int spi_nor_init_params(struct spi_nor *nor)
spi_nor_init_params_deprecated(nor);
}

+ /* Expose the SFDP as an NVMEM device. */
+ ret = spi_nor_register_sfdp_nvmem(nor);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
ret = spi_nor_late_init_params(nor);
if (ret)
return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
index ba2d1a862c9d..0a6484298c5c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
@@ -698,6 +698,7 @@ int spi_nor_controller_ops_write_reg(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 opcode,

int spi_nor_check_sfdp_signature(struct spi_nor *nor);
int spi_nor_parse_sfdp(struct spi_nor *nor);
+int spi_nor_register_sfdp_nvmem(struct spi_nor *nor);

static inline struct spi_nor *mtd_to_spi_nor(struct mtd_info *mtd)
{
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
index 4600983cb579..2df818bca6b5 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@

#include <linux/bitfield.h>
#include <linux/mtd/spi-nor.h>
+#include <linux/nvmem-provider.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/sort.h>

@@ -1612,3 +1614,84 @@ int spi_nor_parse_sfdp(struct spi_nor *nor)
kfree(param_headers);
return err;
}
+
+static int spi_nor_sfdp_nvmem_read(void *priv, unsigned int offset,
+ void *val, size_t bytes)
+{
+ struct spi_nor *nor = priv;
+ struct sfdp *sfdp = nor->sfdp;
+ size_t sfdp_size = sfdp->num_dwords * sizeof(*sfdp->dwords);
+
+ if (offset >= sfdp_size || bytes > sfdp_size - offset)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* The cached SFDP is kept in on-flash (little-endian) byte order. */
+ memcpy(val, (u8 *)sfdp->dwords + offset, bytes);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void spi_nor_sfdp_nvmem_put_np(void *data)
+{
+ of_node_put(data);
+}
+
+/**
+ * spi_nor_register_sfdp_nvmem() - expose the SFDP as a read-only NVMEM device
+ * @nor: pointer to a 'struct spi_nor'
+ *
+ * Expose the whole SFDP, in on-flash byte order, as a read-only NVMEM device
+ * rooted at the flash's "sfdp" child node. This lets generic (fixed-layout) or
+ * vendor (nvmem-layout) cells reference any SFDP data. The device is only
+ * registered when an "sfdp" node is described in the device tree.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or if there is nothing to do, -errno otherwise.
+ */
+int spi_nor_register_sfdp_nvmem(struct spi_nor *nor)
+{
+ struct device *dev = nor->dev;
+ struct nvmem_config config = { };
+ struct nvmem_device *nvmem;
+ struct device_node *np;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!nor->sfdp)
+ return 0;
+
+ np = of_get_child_by_name(dev_of_node(dev), "sfdp");
+ if (!np)
+ return 0;
+
+ /*
+ * Register the put before devm_nvmem_register() so it runs last on
+ * detach, after the NVMEM device that uses the node is gone.
+ */
+ ret = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, spi_nor_sfdp_nvmem_put_np, np);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ config.dev = dev;
+ config.of_node = np;
+ config.name = "sfdp";
+ config.id = NVMEM_DEVID_AUTO;
+ config.owner = THIS_MODULE;
+ config.read_only = true;
+ config.word_size = 1;
+ config.stride = 1;
+ config.size = (int)(nor->sfdp->num_dwords * sizeof(*nor->sfdp->dwords));
+ config.reg_read = spi_nor_sfdp_nvmem_read;
+ config.priv = nor;
+
+ nvmem = devm_nvmem_register(dev, &config);
+ if (IS_ERR(nvmem)) {
+ /* NVMEM support is optional. */
+ if (PTR_ERR(nvmem) == -EOPNOTSUPP)
+ return 0;
+ return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(nvmem),
+ "failed to register SFDP NVMEM device\n");
+ }
+
+ dev_dbg(dev, "exposed %d-byte SFDP as an NVMEM device\n", config.size);
+
+ return 0;
+}
--
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