[PATCH v9 04/10] nvmem: layouts: Support fixed-layout as the nvmem device node itself

Loic Poulain <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:00:34 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-mmc,org.infradead.lists.ath10k,org.kernel.vger.linux-arm-msm,org.kernel.vger.linux-block,org.kernel.vger.linux-bluetooth,org.kernel.vger.linux-devicetree,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless,org.kernel.vger.netdev
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of_nvmem_layout_get_container() only looks for a child node named
"nvmem-layout" to locate the cell definitions. This does not cover
providers whose device tree node is itself the fixed-layout container,
such as an eMMC boot partition block device whose fwnode points directly
at a "fixed-layout" compatible partitions node.

When no "nvmem-layout" child is present, fall back to returning the nvmem
device node itself if it is compatible with "fixed-layout", so that its
cells are parsed by nvmem_add_cells_from_fixed_layout().

Reviewed-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/nvmem/layouts.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/layouts.c b/drivers/nvmem/layouts.c
index b90584e1b99eab4217cbe7ec48373e18a7caf0dc..efa631ce7283bdd6c8ecda75915911b5e3a33c99 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/layouts.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/layouts.c
@@ -167,7 +167,18 @@ static int nvmem_layout_bus_populate(struct nvmem_device *nvmem,
 
 struct device_node *of_nvmem_layout_get_container(struct nvmem_device *nvmem)
 {
-	return of_get_child_by_name(nvmem->dev.of_node, "nvmem-layout");
+	struct device_node *np;
+
+	/* Search for nvmem-layout child */
+	np = of_get_child_by_name(nvmem->dev.of_node, "nvmem-layout");
+	if (np)
+		return np;
+
+	/* The nvmem of_node is itself a fixed-layout node */
+	if (of_device_is_compatible(nvmem->dev.of_node, "fixed-layout"))
+		return of_node_get(nvmem->dev.of_node);
+
+	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_nvmem_layout_get_container);
 

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