Re: [PATCH v10 04/10] nvmem: layouts: Support fixed-layout as the nvmem device node itself

From: Srinivas Kandagatla

Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 05:32:28 EST




On 8/6/26 3:38 PM, Loic Poulain wrote:
> 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 <bartosz.golaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/nvmem/layouts.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>

This change looks independent, applied to nvmem-next.

--srini
> 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);
>
>