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;
+
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;
+
struct notifier_block reboot_notifier; /* default mode before reboot */
/* ECC status information */
--
1.9.0.138.g2de3478
