From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Cc: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH] fixup! cdev: export cdevfs_add_partition for general use
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2024 09:51:35 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240104085135.519786-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240103101629.2629497-4-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Now that we export the function, some documentation can be useful.
Suggested-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
---
fs/devfs-core.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/devfs-core.c b/fs/devfs-core.c
index 912bfeede8dc..060a24795c47 100644
--- a/fs/devfs-core.c
+++ b/fs/devfs-core.c
@@ -474,6 +474,17 @@ static struct cdev *check_overlap(struct cdev *cdev, const char *name, loff_t of
return ret ? ERR_PTR(ret) : cpart;
}
+/**
+ * cdevfs_add_partition() - add partition to already registered cdev
+ * @cdev: parent cdev
+ * @partinfo: new partition information
+ * @end: If not NULL, will hold the the (non-inclusive) end offset of the newly
+ * created partition.
+ *
+ * Return: the newly registered cdev or an error pointer if the new partition
+ * would clash with exisiting partitions or overflow the cdev.
+ * A valid cdev can be freed with cdevfs_del_partition()
+ */
struct cdev *cdevfs_add_partition(struct cdev *cdev,
const struct devfs_partition *partinfo, loff_t *end)
{
--
2.39.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-01-04 8:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-03 10:16 [PATCH 0/6] cdev: delete partitions when deleting master cdev Ahmad Fatoum
2024-01-03 10:16 ` [PATCH 1/6] cdev: make __devfs_add_partition's last argument optional Ahmad Fatoum
2024-01-03 10:16 ` [PATCH 2/6] driver.h: move devfs_add/del_partition later in file Ahmad Fatoum
2024-01-03 10:16 ` [PATCH 3/6] cdev: export cdevfs_add_partition for general use Ahmad Fatoum
2024-01-04 8:22 ` Sascha Hauer
2024-01-04 8:51 ` Ahmad Fatoum [this message]
2024-01-03 10:16 ` [PATCH 4/6] partition: switch to using cdevfs_add_partition Ahmad Fatoum
2024-01-03 10:16 ` [PATCH 5/6] cdev: export and use cdevfs_del_partition Ahmad Fatoum
2024-01-03 10:16 ` [PATCH 6/6] cdev: delete partitions when deleting master cdev Ahmad Fatoum
2024-01-08 9:59 ` [PATCH 0/6] " Sascha Hauer
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