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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/pstore.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/pstore.h | 29 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/pstore.h b/include/linux/pstore.h index 9b85d3eeca83..e2233f50f428 100644 --- a/include/linux/pstore.h +++ b/include/linux/pstore.h @@ -130,27 +130,19 @@ struct pstore_record { * available, or negative on error. * * @write: - * Perform a frontend notification of a write to a backend record. The - * data to be stored has already been written to the registered @buf - * of the @psi structure. + * A newly generated record needs to be written to backend storage. * * @record: - * pointer to record metadata. Note that @buf is NULL, since - * the @buf registered with @psi is what has been written. The - * backend is expected to update @id. + * pointer to record metadata. When @type is PSTORE_TYPE_DMESG, + * @buf will be pointing to the preallocated @psi.buf, since + * memory allocation may be broken during an Oops. Regardless, + * @buf must be proccesed or copied before returning. The + * backend is also expected to write @id with something that + 8 can help identify this record to a future @erase callback. * * Returns 0 on success, and non-zero on error. * - * @write_buf: - * Perform a frontend write to a backend record. The record contains - * all metadata and the buffer to write to backend storage. (Unlike - * @write, this does not use the @psi @buf.) - * - * @record: pointer to record metadata. - * - * Returns 0 on success, and non-zero on error. - * - * @write_buf_user: + * @write_user: * Perform a frontend write to a backend record, using a specified * buffer that is coming directly from userspace, instead of the * @record @buf. @@ -188,9 +180,8 @@ struct pstore_info { int (*close)(struct pstore_info *psi); ssize_t (*read)(struct pstore_record *record); int (*write)(struct pstore_record *record); - int (*write_buf)(struct pstore_record *record); - int (*write_buf_user)(struct pstore_record *record, - const char __user *buf); + int (*write_user)(struct pstore_record *record, + const char __user *buf); int (*erase)(struct pstore_record *record); }; |