From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_2 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 336C3C3A5A9 for ; Sat, 2 May 2020 18:08:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14F5C206CD for ; Sat, 2 May 2020 18:08:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728263AbgEBSIK convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 May 2020 14:08:10 -0400 Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.198]:36369 "EHLO relay6-d.mail.gandi.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727997AbgEBSIJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 May 2020 14:08:09 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 91.224.148.103 Received: from xps13 (unknown [91.224.148.103]) (Authenticated sender: miquel.raynal@bootlin.com) by relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 52B56C0005; Sat, 2 May 2020 18:08:07 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 20:08:06 +0200 From: Miquel Raynal To: Kamal Dasu Cc: Vignesh Raghavendra , Kamal Dasu , Richard Weinberger , linux-kernel , Marek Vasut , bcm-kernel-feedback-list , linux-mtd , Brian Norris , David Woodhouse Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: set mtd partition panic write flag Message-ID: <20200502200806.1d6b1cba@xps13> In-Reply-To: <20200109182807.04c8866a@xps13> References: <20191021193343.41320-1-kdasu.kdev@gmail.com> <20191105200344.1e8c3eab@xps13> <1718371158.75883.1572995022606.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at> <20200109160352.6080e1e5@xps13> <20200109182807.04c8866a@xps13> Organization: Bootlin X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.4 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Kamal, Miquel Raynal wrote on Thu, 9 Jan 2020 18:28:07 +0100: > Hi Kamal, > > Kamal Dasu wrote on Thu, 9 Jan 2020 10:25:59 > -0500: > > > Miquel, > > > > Yes the issue is still open. I was trying to understand the suggestion > > and did not get a reply on the question I had > > > > Richard wrote : > > "So the right fix would be setting the parent's oops_panic_write in > > mtd_panic_write(). > > Then we don't have to touch mtdpart.c" > > > > How do I get access to the parts parent in the core ?. Maybe I am > > missing something. > > I think the solution is to set the oops_panic_write of the root parent, instead of updating the flag of the mtd device itself (which is maybe a partition). > > Would this help? > > https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-mtd/msg10454.html I'm pinging you here as well, as I think you raise a real issue, and we agreed on a solution, which can now be easily setup with the above change which has been applied and support for functions like: static inline struct mtd_info *mtd_get_master(struct mtd_info *mtd) static inline u64 mtd_get_master_ofs(struct mtd_info *mtd, u64 ofs) static inline bool mtd_is_partition(const struct mtd_info *mtd) static inline bool mtd_has_partitions(const struct mtd_info *mtd) Thanks, Miquèl