Some devices have partitions that are kind of containers with extra
subpartitions / volumes instead of e.g. a simple filesystem data. To
support such cases we need to first create normal flash device
partitions and then take care of these special ones.
It's very common case for home routers. Depending on the vendor there
are formats like TRX, Seama, TP-Link, WRGG & more. All of them are used
to embed few partitions into a single one / single firmware file.
Ideally all vendors would use some well documented / standardized format
like UBI (and some probably start doing so), but there are still
countless devices on the market using these poor vendor specific
formats.
This patch extends MTD subsystem by allowing to specify list of parsers
that should be tried for a given partition. Supporting such poor formats
is highly unlikely to be the top priority so these changes try to
minimize maintenance cost to the minimum. It reuses existing code for
these new parsers and just adds a one property and one new function.
This implementation requires setting partition parsers in a flash
parser. A proper change of bcm47xxpart will follow and in the future we
will hopefully also find a solution for doing it with ofpart
("fixed-partitions").
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
The user visible change here is that mtd partitions get an of_node link
in sysfs.
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
If partition parsers need to clean up their resources, we shouldn't
assume that all memory will fit in a single kmalloc() that the caller
can kfree(). We should allow the parser to provide a proper cleanup
routine.
Note that this means we need to keep a hold on the parser's module for a
bit longer, and release it later with mtd_part_parser_put().
Alongside this, define a default callback that we'll automatically use
if the parser doesn't provide one, so we can still retain the old
behavior.
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>
For some of the core partitioning code, it helps to keep info about the
parsed partition (and who parsed them) together in one place.
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
We only want to modify these arrays inside the parser "drivers", so the
drivers should construct them however they like, then return them as
immutable arrays.
This will make other refactorings easier.
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>
This can help eliminate some boilerplate by generating the module_init()
and module_exit() functions, and by automatically assigning the module
owner.
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
This field is not used.
Reported here:
http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2015-October/062417.html
Reported-by: Brian Foster <brian.foster@maximintegrated.com>
Cc: Brian Foster <brian.foster@maximintegrated.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>
This field is no longer used anywhere, as it is superseded by
mtd->dev.of_node.
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>
It seems more logical to use a device node directly associated with the
MTD master device (i.e., mtd->dev.of_node field) rather than requiring
auxiliary partition parser information to be passed in by the driver in
a separate struct.
This patch supports the mtd->dev.of_node field and deprecates the parser
data 'of_node' field
Driver conversions may now follow.
Additional side benefit to assigning mtd->dev.of_node rather than using
parser data: the driver core will automatically create a device -> node
symlink for us.
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>
register_mtd_parser never fails; hence make it return void.
Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@ingics.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
deregister_mtd_parser never fails; hence make it return void.
Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@ingics.com>
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
'mtd_get_device_size()' returns the size of the whole MTD device, that is the
mtd_info master size. This will be used by UBI to calculate the maximum number
of bad blocks (MBB) on a MTD device.
Artem: amended the patch a bit.
Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>
'struct mtd_info' is not modified by 'mtd_is_partition()' so it can be marked
as "const".
Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>
There is no need to pollute public header with a definition private
to mtdpart.c. Move it from mtd/partitions.h to mtdpart.c
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
There is no need to export parse_mtd_partitions() now , as it's fully handled
by registration functions. So move the definition to private header and
remove respective EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
All users have been converted to call of_mtd_parse_partitions through
parse_mtd_partitions() multiplexer. Drop obsolete API.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
Prepare to convert of_mtd_parse_partitions() to usual partitions parser:
1) Register ofpart parser
2) Internally don't use passed device for error printing
3) Add device_node to mtd_part_parser_data struct
4) Move of_mtd_parse_partitions from __devinit to common text section
5) add ofpart to the default list of partition parsers
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
Encapsulate last MTD partition parser argument into a separate
structure. Currently it holds only 'origin' field for RedBoot parser,
but will be extended in future to contain at least device_node for OF
devices.
Amended commentary to make kerneldoc happy
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
Add support for MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN: such partitions start at the current
offset, take as much space as possible, but rain part->size bytes after
the end of the partitions for other parts. Primarily this is intended
for ts72xx arm platforms cleanup.
Artem: tweaked the patch a bit
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
This function is unused now. Drop it.
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
These symbols are replaced with mtd_device_register() (and removal with
mtd_device_unregister()) for public registration.
Signed-off-by: Jamie Iles <jamie@jamieiles.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
If we don't have OpenFirmware enabled then provide a stub
of_mtd_parse_partitions that returns no partitions so drivers don't need
ifdeffery inside.
Signed-off-by: Jamie Iles <jamie@jamieiles.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
To prepare for the removal of add_mtd_device and add_mtd_partitions(),
introduce mtd_device_register(). This will create partitions if they
are supplied or register the whole device if there are no partitions.
Once all drivers are converted to use mtd_device_register(),
add_mtd_device() and add_mtd_partitions() will be made internal only.
v2: move kerneldoc to implementation file and fixup some kerneldoc
warnings.
Artem: tweak comments: remove junk tabs, use dots consistently.
Signed-off-by: Jamie Iles <jamie@jamieiles.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Function mtd_has_master renamed as mtd_is_partition to follow the function logic.
The patch fixes the problem of checking the right mtd device for partition creation.
To delete partition checking is not needed here so as it is done in mtd_del_partition.
By master we consider the mtd device which does not belong to any partition.
Signed-off-by: Roman Tereshonkov <roman.tereshonkov@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
mtd_is_master, mtd_add_partition and mtd_del_partition functions
are added to give the possibility of partition manipulation
by ioctl request.
The old partition add function is modified to fit the dynamic
allocation.
Signed-off-by: Roman Tereshonkov <roman.tereshonkov@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
struct nand_ecclayout is too small for many new chips; OOB regions can be as
large as 448 bytes and may increase more in the future. Thus, copying that
struct to user-space with the ECCGETLAYOUT ioctl is not a good idea; the ioctl
would have to be updated every time there's a change to the current largest
size.
Instead, the old nand_ecclayout is renamed to nand_ecclayout_user and a
new struct nand_ecclayout is created that can accomodate larger sizes and
expand without affecting the user-space. struct nand_ecclayout can still
be used in board drivers without modification -- at least for now.
A new function is provided to convert from the new to the old in order to
allow the deprecated ioctl to continue to work with truncated data. Perhaps
the ioctl, the conversion process, and the struct nand_ecclayout_user can be
removed altogether in the future.
Note: There are comments in nand/davinci_nand.c::nand_davinci_probe()
regarding this issue; this driver (and maybe others) can be updated to
account for extra space. All kernel drivers can use the expanded
nand_ecclayout as a drop-in replacement and ignore its benefits.
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Due to problems at cam.org, my nico@cam.org email address is no longer
valid. FRom now on, nico@fluxnic.net should be used instead.
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
When declaring static MTD partitions in board specific code, only
including <include/linux/mtd/partitions.h> should suffice without
gcc nagging us with:
In file included from arch/arm/mach-kirkwood/sheevaplug-setup.c:14:
include/linux/mtd/partitions.h:50: warning: 'struct mtd_info' declared inside parameter list
include/linux/mtd/partitions.h:50: warning: its scope is only this definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want
include/linux/mtd/partitions.h:51: warning: 'struct mtd_info' declared inside parameter list
include/linux/mtd/partitions.h:61: warning: 'struct mtd_info' declared inside parameter list
include/linux/mtd/partitions.h:67: warning: 'struct mtd_info' declared inside parameter list
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
This breaks the dilnetpc map driver, but it could be fixed not to use
that option. We want to simplify the partition handling, and this is a
step towards that.
Remove superfluous 'index' field from private struct mtd_part too, while
we're at it.
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Move mtd_has_partitions() and mtd_has_cmdlinepart() inlines from a
DaVinci-specific driver to the <linux/mtd/partitions.h> header.
Use those to eliminate #ifdefs in two drivers which had their own
definitions of mtd_has_partitions().
Quite a lot of other MTD drivers could benefit from using use one or both
of these to remove #ifdeffery. Maybe some Janitors would like to help.
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
MTD internal API presently uses 32-bit values to represent
device size. This patch updates them to 64-bits but leaves
the external API unchanged. Extending the external API
is a separate issue for several reasons. First, no one
needs it at the moment. Secondly, whether the implementation
is done with IOCTLs, sysfs or both is still debated. Thirdly
external API changes require the internal API to be accepted
first.
Note that although the MTD API will be able to support 64-bit
device sizes, existing drivers do not and are not required
to do so, although NAND base has been updated.
In general, changing from 32-bit to 64-bit values cause little
or no changes to the majority of the code with the following
exceptions:
- printk message formats
- division and modulus of 64-bit values
- NAND base support
- 32-bit local variables used by mtdpart and mtdconcat
- naughtily assuming one structure maps to another
in MEMERASE ioctl
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <ext-adrian.hunter@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
Once upon a time, the MTD repository was using CVS.
This patch therefore removes all usages of the no longer updated CVS
keywords from the MTD code.
This also includes code that printed them to the user.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
The nand_oobinfo structure is not fitting the newer error correction
demands anymore. Replace it by struct nand_ecclayout and fixup the users
all over the place. Keep the nand_oobinfo based ioctl for user space
compability reasons.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
infrastructure for it.
Let it rip!
Rafał Miłecki