On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 6:42 PM Kamal Dasu <kdasu.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Added a flag to indicate a panic_write so that low level drivers can
> use it to take required action where applicable, to ensure oops data
> gets written to assigned mtd device.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kamal Dasu <kdasu.k...@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c | 3 +++
> include/linux/mtd/mtd.h | 6 ++++++
> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
> index 76b4264..a83decd 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
> @@ -1138,6 +1138,9 @@ int mtd_panic_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to,
> size_t len, size_t *retlen,
> return -EROFS;
> if (!len)
> return 0;
> + if (!mtd->oops_panic_write)
> + mtd->oops_panic_write = true;
> +
You can set the flag unconditionally.
If it is set, it will stay so, and setting it again, won't hurt.
> return mtd->_panic_write(mtd, to, len, retlen, buf);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_panic_write);
> diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
> index 677768b..791c34d 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
> @@ -330,6 +330,12 @@ struct mtd_info {
> int (*_get_device) (struct mtd_info *mtd);
> void (*_put_device) (struct mtd_info *mtd);
>
> + /*
> + * flag indicates a panic write, low level drivers can take
> appropriate
> + * action if required to ensure writes go through
> + */
> + bool oops_panic_write;
> +
Maybe we find a better name for it.
panic_write_triggered?
--
Thanks,
//richard
