---

yaml
---
r: 231687
b: refs/heads/master
c: a7e93dc
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  231685: e2eee57
  231683: 706d067
  231679: 3390df4
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: e14feafbe0d5c6d64bb6fe4eba928cb57ac9a4c8
+refs/heads/master: a7e93dcd9aacb3ef4acfcc4310577f3ae0741821

trunk/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c

@@ -522,10 +522,6 @@ static int mtd_blkpg_ioctl(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;
 
-	/* Only master mtd device must be used to control partitions */
-	if (!mtd_is_master(mtd))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (copy_from_user(&a, arg, sizeof(struct blkpg_ioctl_arg)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
@@ -535,6 +531,10 @@ static int mtd_blkpg_ioctl(struct mtd_info *mtd,
 	switch (a.op) {
 	case BLKPG_ADD_PARTITION:
 
+		/* Only master mtd device must be used to add partitions */
+		if (mtd_is_partition(mtd))
+			return -EINVAL;
+
 		return mtd_add_partition(mtd, p.devname, p.start, p.length);
 
 	case BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION:

trunk/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c

@@ -720,19 +720,19 @@ int parse_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, const char **types,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(parse_mtd_partitions);
 
-int mtd_is_master(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+int mtd_is_partition(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
 	struct mtd_part *part;
-	int nopart = 0;
+	int ispart = 0;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(part, &mtd_partitions, list)
 		if (&part->mtd == mtd) {
-			nopart = 1;
+			ispart = 1;
 			break;
 		}
 	mutex_unlock(&mtd_partitions_mutex);
 
-	return nopart;
+	return ispart;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_is_master);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_is_partition);

trunk/include/linux/mtd/partitions.h

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static inline int mtd_has_cmdlinepart(void) { return 1; }
 static inline int mtd_has_cmdlinepart(void) { return 0; }
 #endif
 
-int mtd_is_master(struct mtd_info *mtd);
+int mtd_is_partition(struct mtd_info *mtd);
 int mtd_add_partition(struct mtd_info *master, char *name,
 		      long long offset, long long length);
 int mtd_del_partition(struct mtd_info *master, int partno);