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authorMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-11-23 19:42:09 -0200
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>2011-11-23 19:42:09 -0200
commit12cbfd0a3c52a52c2948c91b9e62e73c468d1572 (patch)
tree9252b3929159a83fc81ca0a48706bfa959660967 /include/linux/dm-log-userspace.h
parentb32e724308300a6ecead0f4895f0452a06a4291d (diff)
parentcfcfc9eca2bcbd26a8e206baeb005b055dbf8e37 (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.2-rc2' into staging/for_v3.3
* tag 'v3.2-rc2': (3068 commits) Linux 3.2-rc2 hfs: add sanity check for file name length fsl-rio: fix compile error blackfin: Fixup export.h includes Blackfin: add serial TX IRQ in individual platform resource virtio-pci: fix use after free ACPI / cpuidle: Remove acpi_idle_suspend (to fix suspend regression) drm/radeon/kms/combios: fix dynamic allocation of PM clock modes [CPUFREQ] db8500: fix build error due to undeclared i variable bma023: Add SFI translation for this device vrtc: change its year offset from 1960 to 1972 ce4100: fix a build error arm/imx: fix imx6q mmc error when mounting rootfs arm/imx: fix AUTO_ZRELADDR selection arm/imx: fix the references to ARCH_MX3 ARM: mx51/53: set pwm clock parent to ipg_perclk btrfs: rename the option to nospace_cache drm/radeon/kms/pm: switch to dynamically allocating clock mode array drm/radeon/kms: optimize r600_pm_profile_init drm/radeon/kms/pm: add a proper pm profile init function for fusion ... Conflicts: drivers/media/radio/Kconfig
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/dm-log-userspace.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/dm-log-userspace.h18
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/dm-log-userspace.h b/include/linux/dm-log-userspace.h
index eeace7d3ff1..0678c2adc42 100644
--- a/include/linux/dm-log-userspace.h
+++ b/include/linux/dm-log-userspace.h
@@ -52,15 +52,20 @@
* Payload-to-userspace:
* A single string containing all the argv arguments separated by ' 's
* Payload-to-kernel:
- * None. ('data_size' in the dm_ulog_request struct should be 0.)
+ * A NUL-terminated string that is the name of the device that is used
+ * as the backing store for the log data. 'dm_get_device' will be called
+ * on this device. ('dm_put_device' will be called on this device
+ * automatically after calling DM_ULOG_DTR.) If there is no device needed
+ * for log data, 'data_size' in the dm_ulog_request struct should be 0.
*
* The UUID contained in the dm_ulog_request structure is the reference that
* will be used by all request types to a specific log. The constructor must
- * record this assotiation with instance created.
+ * record this association with the instance created.
*
* When the request has been processed, user-space must return the
- * dm_ulog_request to the kernel - setting the 'error' field and
- * 'data_size' appropriately.
+ * dm_ulog_request to the kernel - setting the 'error' field, filling the
+ * data field with the log device if necessary, and setting 'data_size'
+ * appropriately.
*/
#define DM_ULOG_CTR 1
@@ -377,8 +382,11 @@
* dm_ulog_request or a change in the way requests are
* issued/handled. Changes are outlined here:
* version 1: Initial implementation
+ * version 2: DM_ULOG_CTR allowed to return a string containing a
+ * device name that is to be registered with DM via
+ * 'dm_get_device'.
*/
-#define DM_ULOG_REQUEST_VERSION 1
+#define DM_ULOG_REQUEST_VERSION 2
struct dm_ulog_request {
/*