Re: [PATCH 3/8] block: add new genhd flag GENHD_FL_NVMEM

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On 3/21/24 12:33, Daniel Golle wrote:
Add new flag to destinguish block devices which may act as an NVMEM
provider.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
  include/linux/blkdev.h | 2 ++
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index c3e8f7cf96be9..f2c4f280d7619 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -81,11 +81,13 @@ struct partition_meta_info {
   * ``GENHD_FL_NO_PART``: partition support is disabled.  The kernel will not
   * scan for partitions from add_disk, and users can't add partitions manually.
   *
+ * ``GENHD_FL_NVMEM``: the block device should be considered as NVMEM provider.
   */
  enum {
  	GENHD_FL_REMOVABLE			= 1 << 0,
  	GENHD_FL_HIDDEN				= 1 << 1,
  	GENHD_FL_NO_PART			= 1 << 2,
+	GENHD_FL_NVMEM				= 1 << 3,
  };

What would break if this flag wouldn't exist?

Thanks,

Bart.





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