Re: [PATCH] mtd/physmap_of: Don't add disabled flash devices

[Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>]

On 08/16/2011 04:25 AM, Chunhe Lan wrote:
> Flash(cfi-flash, jedec-flash, and so on) nodes with the
> property status="disabled" are not usable and so avoid
> adding "disabled" flash devices with the system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chunhe Lan <Chunhe.Lan@freescale.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c |    3 +++
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c
> index d251d1d..812e6dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/physmap_of.c
> @@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ static int __devinit of_flash_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
>  	struct mtd_info **mtd_list = NULL;
>  	resource_size_t res_size;
>  
> +	if (!of_device_is_available(dp))
> +		return -ENODEV;
> +
>  	match = of_match_device(of_flash_match, &dev->dev);
>  	if (!match)
>  		return -EINVAL;

Are you actually seeing unavailable devices get probed?  I thought the
upper layers were supposed to prevent that.

-Scott