[PATCH v9 05/10] block: partitions: of: Attach partition fwnode to the block device

From: Loic Poulain

Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 12:40:05 EST


The OF partition parser reads offset, size and label from each
"fixed-partitions" child node but does not associate that node with the
resulting partition block device. As a result a partition has no
of_node, unlike the whole-disk device which gets its firmware node via
add_disk_fwnode().

Carry the partition's device tree node through the parser and attach it
to the partition's block device with device_set_node(), mirroring the
whole-disk case. This lets consumers describe per-partition properties
in the device tree (for example an NVMEM layout on a partition node) and
look them up through the partition device.

No functional change for existing users, partitions without a matching
device tree node simply get a NULL fwnode.

Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
block/partitions/check.h | 1 +
block/partitions/core.c | 10 +++++++---
block/partitions/of.c | 3 +++
3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/partitions/check.h b/block/partitions/check.h
index b0997467b61a54a8a621b9c155c8329289649460..326081499d9a6be730dbd659c110449cfa06921f 100644
--- a/block/partitions/check.h
+++ b/block/partitions/check.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ struct parsed_partitions {
int flags;
bool has_info;
struct partition_meta_info info;
+ struct fwnode_handle *fwnode;
} *parts;
int next;
int limit;
diff --git a/block/partitions/core.c b/block/partitions/core.c
index b5c59b79ca7cbb28d4d93478ee1c80908f76ee9f..72f435dfeffc63e897913571f319e5edd8e7ba88 100644
--- a/block/partitions/core.c
+++ b/block/partitions/core.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <linux/sysfs.h>
#include <linux/ctype.h>
#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
#include <linux/raid/detect.h>
#include "check.h"

@@ -247,6 +248,7 @@ static const struct attribute_group *part_attr_groups[] = {

static void part_release(struct device *dev)
{
+ fwnode_handle_put(dev_fwnode(dev));
put_disk(dev_to_bdev(dev)->bd_disk);
bdev_drop(dev_to_bdev(dev));
}
@@ -294,7 +296,8 @@ static const DEVICE_ATTR(whole_disk, 0444, whole_disk_show, NULL);
*/
static struct block_device *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
sector_t start, sector_t len, int flags,
- struct partition_meta_info *info)
+ struct partition_meta_info *info,
+ struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
{
dev_t devt = MKDEV(0, 0);
struct device *ddev = disk_to_dev(disk);
@@ -343,6 +346,7 @@ static struct block_device *add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno,
pdev->class = &block_class;
pdev->type = &part_type;
pdev->parent = ddev;
+ device_set_node(pdev, fwnode);

/* in consecutive minor range? */
if (bdev_partno(bdev) < disk->minors) {
@@ -449,7 +453,7 @@ int bdev_add_partition(struct gendisk *disk, int partno, sector_t start,
}

part = add_partition(disk, partno, start, length,
- ADDPART_FLAG_NONE, NULL);
+ ADDPART_FLAG_NONE, NULL, NULL);
ret = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(part);
out:
mutex_unlock(&disk->open_mutex);
@@ -564,7 +568,7 @@ static bool blk_add_partition(struct gendisk *disk,
}

part = add_partition(disk, p, from, size, state->parts[p].flags,
- &state->parts[p].info);
+ &state->parts[p].info, state->parts[p].fwnode);
if (IS_ERR(part)) {
if (PTR_ERR(part) != -ENXIO) {
printk(KERN_ERR " %s: p%d could not be added: %pe\n",
diff --git a/block/partitions/of.c b/block/partitions/of.c
index dab36513eba336344c9558d486a8915624b0fca8..d4016f9b77ec078eb1adb32923107c012ca4a751 100644
--- a/block/partitions/of.c
+++ b/block/partitions/of.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/major.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include "check.h"

@@ -65,6 +66,8 @@ static void add_of_partition(struct parsed_partitions *state, int slot,
partname = of_get_property(np, "name", &len);
strscpy(info->volname, partname, sizeof(info->volname));

+ state->parts[slot].fwnode = fwnode_handle_get(of_fwnode_handle(np));
+
seq_buf_printf(&state->pp_buf, "(%s)", info->volname);
}


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