On Wed, Nov 07, 2012 at 11:48:24PM -0700, Anthony Foiani wrote: > > mtd: check partition count not partition array pointer > > The documentation claims that "nr_parts" is the determining factor, > while the code originally tested whether "parts" is non-null. > > In at least one driver (fsl_elbc_nand), parts is never initialized to > 0; even though nr_parts is correctly 0, add_mtd_partitions still tries > to create 0 partitions.) > > Make the code adhere to the documentation. > > A quick scan of all uses in the 3.0.51 kernel show that they correctly > rely on nr_parts rather than parts. > > The current kernel has retired this function; I have not examined its > replacement to see if it has the same issue. > > Signed-Off-By: Anthony Foiani <anthony.foi...@gmail.com> > --- > drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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