static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(part_parser_lock);
static LIST_HEAD(part_parsers);
-static struct mtd_part_parser *get_partition_parser(const char *name)
+static struct mtd_part_parser *mtd_part_parser_get(const char *name)
{
struct mtd_part_parser *p, *ret = NULL;
return ret;
}
-#define put_partition_parser(p) do { module_put((p)->owner); } while (0)
+static inline void mtd_part_parser_put(const struct mtd_part_parser *p)
+{
+ module_put(p->owner);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Many partition parsers just expected the core to kfree() all their data in
+ * one chunk. Do that by default.
+ */
+static void mtd_part_parser_cleanup_default(const struct mtd_partition *pparts,
+ int nr_parts)
+{
+ kfree(pparts);
+}
int __register_mtd_parser(struct mtd_part_parser *p, struct module *owner)
{
p->owner = owner;
+ if (!p->cleanup)
+ p->cleanup = &mtd_part_parser_cleanup_default;
+
spin_lock(&part_parser_lock);
list_add(&p->list, &part_parsers);
spin_unlock(&part_parser_lock);
* parse_mtd_partitions - parse MTD partitions
* @master: the master partition (describes whole MTD device)
* @types: names of partition parsers to try or %NULL
- * @pparts: array of partitions found is returned here
+ * @pparts: info about partitions found is returned here
* @data: MTD partition parser-specific data
*
* This function tries to find partition on MTD device @master. It uses MTD
*
* This function may return:
* o a negative error code in case of failure
- * o zero if no partitions were found
- * o a positive number of found partitions, in which case on exit @pparts will
- * point to an array containing this number of &struct mtd_info objects.
+ * o zero otherwise, and @pparts will describe the partitions, number of
+ * partitions, and the parser which parsed them. Caller must release
+ * resources with mtd_part_parser_cleanup() when finished with the returned
+ * data.
*/
int parse_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, const char *const *types,
- struct mtd_partition **pparts,
+ struct mtd_partitions *pparts,
struct mtd_part_parser_data *data)
{
struct mtd_part_parser *parser;
for ( ; *types; types++) {
pr_debug("%s: parsing partitions %s\n", master->name, *types);
- parser = get_partition_parser(*types);
+ parser = mtd_part_parser_get(*types);
if (!parser && !request_module("%s", *types))
- parser = get_partition_parser(*types);
+ parser = mtd_part_parser_get(*types);
pr_debug("%s: got parser %s\n", master->name,
parser ? parser->name : NULL);
if (!parser)
continue;
- ret = (*parser->parse_fn)(master, pparts, data);
+ ret = (*parser->parse_fn)(master, &pparts->parts, data);
pr_debug("%s: parser %s: %i\n",
master->name, parser->name, ret);
- put_partition_parser(parser);
if (ret > 0) {
printk(KERN_NOTICE "%d %s partitions found on MTD device %s\n",
ret, parser->name, master->name);
- return ret;
+ pparts->nr_parts = ret;
+ pparts->parser = parser;
+ return 0;
}
+ mtd_part_parser_put(parser);
/*
* Stash the first error we see; only report it if no parser
* succeeds
return err;
}
+void mtd_part_parser_cleanup(struct mtd_partitions *parts)
+{
+ const struct mtd_part_parser *parser;
+
+ if (!parts)
+ return;
+
+ parser = parts->parser;
+ if (parser) {
+ if (parser->cleanup)
+ parser->cleanup(parts->parts, parts->nr_parts);
+
+ mtd_part_parser_put(parser);
+ }
+}
+
int mtd_is_partition(const struct mtd_info *mtd)
{
struct mtd_part *part;