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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index 06d5b9d8853a..02ce38fb1fc3 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -356,6 +356,11 @@ static struct mtd_part *add_one_partition(struct mtd_info *master,
356 slave->mtd.owner = master->owner; 356 slave->mtd.owner = master->owner;
357 slave->mtd.backing_dev_info = master->backing_dev_info; 357 slave->mtd.backing_dev_info = master->backing_dev_info;
358 358
359 /* NOTE: we don't arrange MTDs as a tree; it'd be error-prone
360 * to have the same data be in two different partitions.
361 */
362 slave->mtd.dev.parent = master->dev.parent;
363
359 slave->mtd.read = part_read; 364 slave->mtd.read = part_read;
360 slave->mtd.write = part_write; 365 slave->mtd.write = part_write;
361 366
@@ -508,7 +513,9 @@ out_register:
508 * This function, given a master MTD object and a partition table, creates 513 * This function, given a master MTD object and a partition table, creates
509 * and registers slave MTD objects which are bound to the master according to 514 * and registers slave MTD objects which are bound to the master according to
510 * the partition definitions. 515 * the partition definitions.
511 * (Q: should we register the master MTD object as well?) 516 *
517 * We don't register the master, or expect the caller to have done so,
518 * for reasons of data integrity.
512 */ 519 */
513 520
514int add_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, 521int add_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,