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From: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
To: "Rafał Miłecki" <zajec5@gmail.com>
Cc: "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
	"Boris Brezillon" <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>,
	"Marek Vasut" <marek.vasut@gmail.com>,
	"Richard Weinberger" <richard@nod.at>,
	"Cyrille Pitchen" <cyrille.pitchen@wedev4u.fr>,
	linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, devicetree@vger.kernel.org,
	"Rafał Miłecki" <rafal@milecki.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 2/5] mtd: partitions: rename "master" to the "parent" where appropriate
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:22:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170621012247.GC14148@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170526131415.27186-3-zajec5@gmail.com>

On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 03:14:12PM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
> 
> This prepares mtd subsystem for the new feature: subpartitions. In some
> cases flash device partition can be a container with extra subpartitions
> (volumes).
> 
> So far there was a flat structure implemented. One master (flash device)
> could be partitioned into few partitions. Every partition got its master
> and it was enough to get things running.
> 
> To support subpartitions we need to store pointer to the parent for each
> partition. This is required to implement more natural tree structure and
> handle all recursion and offsets calculation.
> 
> To make code consistent this patch renamed "master" to the "parent" in
> places where we can be dealing with subpartitions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
> ---
> V5: Introduction of this patch to prepare allocate_partition for further
>     modification.
> V6: Rename "master" in more places including callback functions

This patch has some conflicts with l2-mtd.git now. I might end up
working them out, but it'd be easier if you'd rebase.

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From: Brian Norris <computersforpeace-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
To: "Rafał Miłecki" <zajec5-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>,
	"Boris Brezillon"
	<boris.brezillon-wi1+55ScJUtKEb57/3fJTNBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>,
	"Marek Vasut"
	<marek.vasut-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	"Richard Weinberger" <richard-/L3Ra7n9ekc@public.gmane.org>,
	"Cyrille Pitchen"
	<cyrille.pitchen-yU5RGvR974pGWvitb5QawA@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-mtd-IAPFreCvJWM7uuMidbF8XUB+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org,
	devicetree-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	"Rafał Miłecki" <rafal-g1n6cQUeyibVItvQsEIGlw@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V6 2/5] mtd: partitions: rename "master" to the "parent" where appropriate
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 18:22:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170621012247.GC14148@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170526131415.27186-3-zajec5-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>

On Fri, May 26, 2017 at 03:14:12PM +0200, Rafał Miłecki wrote:
> From: Rafał Miłecki <rafal-g1n6cQUeyibVItvQsEIGlw@public.gmane.org>
> 
> This prepares mtd subsystem for the new feature: subpartitions. In some
> cases flash device partition can be a container with extra subpartitions
> (volumes).
> 
> So far there was a flat structure implemented. One master (flash device)
> could be partitioned into few partitions. Every partition got its master
> and it was enough to get things running.
> 
> To support subpartitions we need to store pointer to the parent for each
> partition. This is required to implement more natural tree structure and
> handle all recursion and offsets calculation.
> 
> To make code consistent this patch renamed "master" to the "parent" in
> places where we can be dealing with subpartitions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal-g1n6cQUeyibVItvQsEIGlw@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> V5: Introduction of this patch to prepare allocate_partition for further
>     modification.
> V6: Rename "master" in more places including callback functions

This patch has some conflicts with l2-mtd.git now. I might end up
working them out, but it'd be easier if you'd rebase.
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  reply	other threads:[~2017-06-21  1:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-05-26 13:14 [PATCH V6 0/5] mtd: add support for subpartitions Rafał Miłecki
2017-05-26 13:14 ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-05-26 13:14 ` [PATCH V6 1/5] mtd: partitions: add helper for deleting partition Rafał Miłecki
2017-05-26 13:14   ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-20 22:50   ` Brian Norris
2017-06-20 22:50     ` Brian Norris
2017-06-21  5:33     ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  5:33       ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-05-26 13:14 ` [PATCH V6 2/5] mtd: partitions: rename "master" to the "parent" where appropriate Rafał Miłecki
2017-05-26 13:14   ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  1:22   ` Brian Norris [this message]
2017-06-21  1:22     ` Brian Norris
2017-05-26 13:14 ` [PATCH V6 3/5] mtd: partitions: add support for subpartitions Rafał Miłecki
2017-05-26 13:14   ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-05-26 13:14 ` [PATCH V6 4/5] mtd: partitions: add support for partition parsers Rafał Miłecki
2017-05-26 13:14   ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-05-26 13:14 ` [PATCH V6 5/5] mtd: extract TRX parser out of bcm47xxpart into a separated module Rafał Miłecki
2017-05-26 13:14   ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26 ` [PATCH V7 0/6] mtd: add support for subpartitions Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26   ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26   ` [PATCH V7 1/6] mtd: partitions: add helper for deleting partition Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26     ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26   ` [PATCH V7 2/6] mtd: partitions: remove sysfs files when deleting all master's partitions Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26     ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-22 21:05     ` Brian Norris
2017-06-22 21:05       ` Brian Norris
2017-06-22 21:40       ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-22 21:40         ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-23 17:57         ` Brian Norris
2017-06-23 17:57           ` Brian Norris
2017-06-21  6:26   ` [PATCH V7 3/6] mtd: partitions: rename "master" to the "parent" where appropriate Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26     ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26   ` [PATCH V7 4/6] mtd: partitions: add support for subpartitions Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26     ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26   ` [PATCH V7 5/6] mtd: partitions: add support for partition parsers Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26     ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26   ` [PATCH V7 6/6] mtd: extract TRX parser out of bcm47xxpart into a separated module Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-21  6:26     ` Rafał Miłecki
2017-06-22 21:06   ` [PATCH V7 0/6] mtd: add support for subpartitions Brian Norris
2017-06-22 21:06     ` Brian Norris

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