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authorBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2010-07-29 15:28:20 +1000
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2010-11-30 15:31:51 +1100
commit4e7c77a385efac81d6677a4a761b1b66cd2cb59e (patch)
tree1335c5cdf9529e656043fc6f92bffdb67e2f2532 /arch/powerpc/kernel
parent74d51d029818eca9d1aec22dd2895e269c0044b1 (diff)
powerpc/nvram: More flexible nvram_create_partition()
Replace nvram_create_os_partition() with a variant that takes the partition name, signature and size as arguments. Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/kernel')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c46
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
index a8154f1813d..9e133355f74 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
@@ -307,13 +307,15 @@ static int __init nvram_remove_os_partition(void)
return 0;
}
-/* nvram_create_os_partition
- *
- * Create a OS linux partition to buffer error logs.
- * Will create a partition starting at the first free
- * space found if space has enough room.
+/**
+ * nvram_create_partition - Create a partition in nvram
+ * @name: name of the partition to create
+ * @sig: signature of the partition to create
+ * @req_size: size to allocate preferrably
+ * @min_size: minimum acceptable size (0 means req_size)
*/
-static int __init nvram_create_os_partition(void)
+static int __init nvram_create_partition(const char *name, int sig,
+ int req_size, int min_size)
{
struct nvram_partition *part;
struct nvram_partition *new_part;
@@ -322,20 +324,27 @@ static int __init nvram_create_os_partition(void)
loff_t tmp_index;
long size = 0;
int rc;
-
+
+ /* If no minimum size specified, make it the same as the
+ * requested size
+ */
+ if (min_size == 0)
+ min_size = req_size;
+
/* Find a free partition that will give us the maximum needed size
If can't find one that will give us the minimum size needed */
list_for_each_entry(part, &nvram_part->partition, partition) {
if (part->header.signature != NVRAM_SIG_FREE)
continue;
- if (part->header.length >= NVRAM_MAX_REQ) {
- size = NVRAM_MAX_REQ;
+ if (part->header.length >= req_size) {
+ size = req_size;
free_part = part;
break;
}
- if (!size && part->header.length >= NVRAM_MIN_REQ) {
- size = NVRAM_MIN_REQ;
+ if (part->header.length > size &&
+ part->header.length >= min_size) {
+ size = part->header.length;
free_part = part;
}
}
@@ -350,9 +359,9 @@ static int __init nvram_create_os_partition(void)
}
new_part->index = free_part->index;
- new_part->header.signature = NVRAM_SIG_OS;
+ new_part->header.signature = sig;
new_part->header.length = size;
- strcpy(new_part->header.name, "ppc64,linux");
+ strncpy(new_part->header.name, name, 12);
new_part->header.checksum = nvram_checksum(&new_part->header);
rc = nvram_write_header(new_part);
@@ -451,10 +460,10 @@ static int __init nvram_setup_partition(void)
}
/* try creating a partition with the free space we have */
- rc = nvram_create_partition("ppc64,linux", );
- if (!rc) {
+ rc = nvram_create_partition("ppc64,linux", NVRAM_SIG_OS,
+ NVRAM_MAX_REQ, NVRAM_MIN_REQ);
+ if (!rc)
return 0;
- }
/* need to free up some space */
rc = nvram_remove_os_partition();
@@ -463,9 +472,10 @@ static int __init nvram_setup_partition(void)
}
/* create a partition in this new space */
- rc = nvram_create_os_partition();
+ rc = nvram_create_partition("ppc64,linux", NVRAM_SIG_OS,
+ NVRAM_MAX_REQ, NVRAM_MIN_REQ);
if (rc) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "nvram_create_os_partition: Could not find a "
+ printk(KERN_ERR "nvram_create_partition: Could not find a "
"NVRAM partition large enough\n");
return rc;
}