Merge git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6

* git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6:
  UBIFS: fix return code in check_leaf
  UBI: flush wl before clearing update marker
  MAINTAINERS: change e-mail of Artem Bityutskiy
  UBIFS: remove manual O_SYNC handling
  UBIFS: support mounting of UBI volume character devices
  UBI: Add ubi_open_volume_path

2 files changed, 51 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c
index 88a72e9c8beb..277786ebaa2c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
 #include "ubi.h"
 
@@ -280,6 +282,44 @@ struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi_open_volume_nm(int ubi_num, const char *name,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ubi_open_volume_nm);
 
 /**
+ * ubi_open_volume_path - open UBI volume by its character device node path.
+ * @pathname: volume character device node path
+ * @mode: open mode
+ *
+ * This function is similar to 'ubi_open_volume()', but opens a volume the path
+ * to its character device node.
+ */
+struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi_open_volume_path(const char *pathname, int mode)
+{
+        int error, ubi_num, vol_id;
+        struct ubi_volume_desc *ret;
+        struct inode *inode;
+        struct path path;
+
+        dbg_gen("open volume %s, mode %d", pathname, mode);
+
+        if (!pathname || !*pathname)
+                return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+        error = kern_path(pathname, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
+        if (error)
+                return ERR_PTR(error);
+
+        inode = path.dentry->d_inode;
+        ubi_num = ubi_major2num(imajor(inode));
+        vol_id = iminor(inode) - 1;
+
+        if (vol_id >= 0 && ubi_num >= 0)
+                ret = ubi_open_volume(ubi_num, vol_id, mode);
+        else
+                ret = ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+
+        path_put(&path);
+        return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ubi_open_volume_path);
+
+/**
  * ubi_close_volume - close UBI volume.
  * @desc: volume descriptor
  */
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/upd.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/upd.c
index 74fdc40c8627..c1d7b880c795 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/upd.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/upd.c
@@ -147,12 +147,14 @@ int ubi_start_update(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_volume *vol,
         }
 
         if (bytes == 0) {
+                err = ubi_wl_flush(ubi);
+                if (err)
+                        return err;
+
                 err = clear_update_marker(ubi, vol, 0);
                 if (err)
                         return err;
-                err = ubi_wl_flush(ubi);
-                if (!err)
-                        vol->updating = 0;
+                vol->updating = 0;
         }
 
         vol->upd_buf = vmalloc(ubi->leb_size);
@@ -362,16 +364,16 @@ int ubi_more_update_data(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_volume *vol,
 
         ubi_assert(vol->upd_received <= vol->upd_bytes);
         if (vol->upd_received == vol->upd_bytes) {
+                err = ubi_wl_flush(ubi);
+                if (err)
+                        return err;
                 /* The update is finished, clear the update marker */
                 err = clear_update_marker(ubi, vol, vol->upd_bytes);
                 if (err)
                         return err;
-                err = ubi_wl_flush(ubi);
-                if (err == 0) {
-                        vol->updating = 0;
-                        err = to_write;
-                        vfree(vol->upd_buf);
-                }
+                vol->updating = 0;
+                err = to_write;
+                vfree(vol->upd_buf);
         }
 
         return err;