[PATCH v3 1/2] mtd: Add flag to indicate panic_write

[Kamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.kdev@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 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


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