mtd: implement proper partition handling

Instead of collecting partitions in a flat list, create a hierarchy
within the mtd_info structure: use a partitions list to keep track of
the partitions of an MTD device (which might be itself a partition of
another MTD device), a pointer to the parent device (NULL when the MTD
device is the root one, not a partition).

By also saving directly in mtd_info the offset of the partition, we
can get rid of the mtd_part structure.

While at it, be consistent in the naming of the mtd_info structures to
ease the understanding of the new hierarchy: these structures are
usually called 'mtd', unless there are multiple instances of the same
structure. In this case, there is usually a parent/child bound so we
will call them 'parent' and 'child'.

Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20200114090952.11232-1-miquel.raynal@bootlin.com

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
index 11cb0c50cd84..e545c050d3e8 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ extern void deregister_mtd_parser(struct mtd_part_parser *parser);
 	module_driver(__mtd_part_parser, register_mtd_parser, \
 		      deregister_mtd_parser)
 
-int mtd_is_partition(const struct mtd_info *mtd);
 int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, const char *name,
 		      long long offset, long long length);
 int mtd_del_partition(struct mtd_info *master, int partno);