Re: [PATCH v2 02/46] mtd: nand: Provide nand_cleanup() function to free NAND related resources

From: Daniel Walter
Date: Wed Sep 21 2016 - 10:47:25 EST


Boris,

On 09/21/2016 04:25 PM, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> Daniel, Richard,
>
> On Wed, 21 Sep 2016 11:44:41 +0200
> Daniel Walter <dwalter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
>>
>> Provide a nand_cleanup() function to free all nand related resources
>> without unregistering the mtd device.
>> This should allow drivers to call mtd_device_unregister() and handle
>> its return value and still being able to cleanup all nand related
>> resources.
>>
>
> Can you check this version?

looks good to me.
I'll incooperate the change in v3 (AFAIR this change will break the last
patch of the series).



>
> --->8---
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
> index 0cd663040a9c..9ee50189f98a 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
> @@ -4798,19 +4798,15 @@ int nand_scan(struct mtd_info *mtd, int maxchips)
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(nand_scan);
>
> /**
> - * nand_release - [NAND Interface] Free resources held by the NAND device
> - * @mtd: MTD device structure
> + * nand_cleanup - [NAND Interface] Free resources held by the NAND device
> + * @chip: NAND chip object
> */
> -void nand_release(struct mtd_info *mtd)
> +void nand_cleanup(struct nand_chip *chip)
> {
> - struct nand_chip *chip = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
> -
> if (chip->ecc.mode == NAND_ECC_SOFT &&
> chip->ecc.algo == NAND_ECC_BCH)
> nand_bch_free((struct nand_bch_control *)chip->ecc.priv);
>
> - mtd_device_unregister(mtd);
> -
> nand_release_data_interface(chip);
>
> /* Free bad block table memory */
> @@ -4823,6 +4819,18 @@ void nand_release(struct mtd_info *mtd)
> & NAND_BBT_DYNAMICSTRUCT)
> kfree(chip->badblock_pattern);
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nand_cleanup);
> +
> +/**
> + * nand_release - [NAND Interface] Unregister the MTD device and free resources
> + * held by the NAND device
> + * @mtd: MTD device structure
> + */
> +void nand_release(struct mtd_info *mtd)
> +{
> + mtd_device_unregister(mtd);
> + nand_cleanup(mtd_to_nand(mtd));
> +}
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nand_release);
>
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
> index 331caf987b16..c5d3d5024fc8 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int nand_scan_ident(struct mtd_info *mtd, int max_chips,
> struct nand_flash_dev *table);
> int nand_scan_tail(struct mtd_info *mtd);
>
> -/* Free resources held by the NAND device */
> +/* Unregister the MTD device and free resources held by the NAND device */
> void nand_release(struct mtd_info *mtd);
>
> /* Internal helper for board drivers which need to override command function */
> @@ -1186,4 +1186,7 @@ int nand_read_oob_syndrome(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
> /* Reset and initialize a NAND device */
> int nand_reset(struct nand_chip *chip);
>
> +/* Free resources held by the NAND device */
> +void nand_cleanup(struct nand_chip *chip);
> +
> #endif /* __LINUX_MTD_NAND_H */
>

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