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-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c3
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/mtdcore.h2
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c35
-rw-r--r--include/linux/mtd/partitions.h1
4 files changed, 37 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 20b2b38..89d811e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -630,8 +630,7 @@ int mtd_device_parse_register(struct mtd_info *mtd, const char * const *types,
out:
/* Cleanup any parsed partitions */
- if (parsed.parser)
- kfree(parsed.parts);
+ mtd_part_parser_cleanup(&parsed);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_device_parse_register);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.h b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.h
index ce81cc2..55fdb8e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ int parse_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, const char * const *types,
struct mtd_partitions *pparts,
struct mtd_part_parser_data *data);
+void mtd_part_parser_cleanup(struct mtd_partitions *parts);
+
int __init init_mtdchar(void);
void __exit cleanup_mtdchar(void);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index 53517d7..10bf304 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -709,10 +709,23 @@ 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);
@@ -756,7 +769,9 @@ static const char * const default_mtd_part_types[] = {
* This function may return:
* o a negative error code in case of failure
* o zero otherwise, and @pparts will describe the partitions, number of
- * partitions, and the parser which parsed them
+ * 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_partitions *pparts,
@@ -780,7 +795,6 @@ int parse_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, const char *const *types,
ret = (*parser->parse_fn)(master, &pparts->parts, data);
pr_debug("%s: parser %s: %i\n",
master->name, parser->name, ret);
- mtd_part_parser_put(parser);
if (ret > 0) {
printk(KERN_NOTICE "%d %s partitions found on MTD device %s\n",
ret, parser->name, master->name);
@@ -788,6 +802,7 @@ int parse_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, const char *const *types,
pparts->parser = parser;
return 0;
}
+ mtd_part_parser_put(parser);
/*
* Stash the first error we see; only report it if no parser
* succeeds
@@ -798,6 +813,22 @@ int parse_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, const char *const *types,
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;
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
index cceaf7b..70736e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct mtd_part_parser {
const char *name;
int (*parse_fn)(struct mtd_info *, const struct mtd_partition **,
struct mtd_part_parser_data *);
+ void (*cleanup)(const struct mtd_partition *pparts, int nr_parts);
};
/* Container for passing around a set of parsed partitions */
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