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-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index 3a49e6de5e60..70fa70a8318f 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -711,6 +711,8 @@ static const char *default_mtd_part_types[] = {
* partition parsers, specified in @types. However, if @types is %NULL, then
* the default list of parsers is used. The default list contains only the
* "cmdlinepart" and "ofpart" parsers ATM.
+ * Note: If there are more then one parser in @types, the kernel only takes the
+ * partitions parsed out by the first parser.
*
* This function may return:
* o a negative error code in case of failure
@@ -735,11 +737,12 @@ int parse_mtd_partitions(struct mtd_info *master, const char **types,
if (!parser)
continue;
ret = (*parser->parse_fn)(master, pparts, data);
+ put_partition_parser(parser);
if (ret > 0) {
printk(KERN_NOTICE "%d %s partitions found on MTD device %s\n",
ret, parser->name, master->name);
+ break;
}
- put_partition_parser(parser);
}
return ret;
}