@@ -479,6 +479,19 @@ static struct mtd_part *allocate_partition(struct mtd_info *master,
(unsigned long long)cur_offset, (unsigned long long)slave->offset);
}
}
+ if (slave->offset == MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN) {
+ slave->offset = cur_offset;
+ if (master->size - slave->offset >= slave->mtd.size) {
+ slave->mtd.size =
+ master->size - slave->offset - slave->mtd.size;
+ } else {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "mtd partition \"%s\" doesn't have enough space: %#llx < %#llx, disabled\n",
+ part->name,
+ master->size - slave->offset, slave->mtd.size);
+ /* register to preserve ordering */
+ goto out_register;
+ }
+ }
if (slave->mtd.size == MTDPART_SIZ_FULL)
slave->mtd.size = master->size - slave->offset;
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
* will extend to the end of the master MTD device.
* offset: absolute starting position within the master MTD device; if
* defined as MTDPART_OFS_APPEND, the partition will start where the
- * previous one ended; if MTDPART_OFS_NXTBLK, at the next erase block.
+ * previous one ended; if MTDPART_OFS_NXTBLK, at the next erase block;
+ * if MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN, consume as much as possible, leaving size
+ * after the end of partition.
* mask_flags: contains flags that have to be masked (removed) from the
* master MTD flag set for the corresponding MTD partition.
* For example, to force a read-only partition, simply adding
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ struct mtd_partition {
struct nand_ecclayout *ecclayout; /* out of band layout for this partition (NAND only) */
};
+#define MTDPART_OFS_RETAIN (-3)
#define MTDPART_OFS_NXTBLK (-2)
#define MTDPART_OFS_APPEND (-1)
#define MTDPART_SIZ_FULL (0)
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. Signed-off-by: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov <dbaryshkov@gmail.com> --- drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c | 13 +++++++++++++ include/linux/mtd/partitions.h | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)