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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mtd')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mtd/mtd.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h index 783fc983417c..0a13bb35f044 100644 --- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h +++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h @@ -152,6 +152,15 @@ struct mtd_info { int (*read) (struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len, size_t *retlen, u_char *buf); int (*write) (struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len, size_t *retlen, const u_char *buf); + /* In blackbox flight recorder like scenarios we want to make successful + writes in interrupt context. panic_write() is only intended to be + called when its known the kernel is about to panic and we need the + write to succeed. Since the kernel is not going to be running for much + longer, this function can break locks and delay to ensure the write + succeeds (but not sleep). */ + + int (*panic_write) (struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len, size_t *retlen, const u_char *buf); + int (*read_oob) (struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, struct mtd_oob_ops *ops); int (*write_oob) (struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, |