pstore: new filesystem interface to platform persistent storage
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1 /*
2 * Persistent Storage - pstore.h
4 * Copyright (C) 2010 Intel Corporation <tony.luck@intel.com>
6 * This code is the generic layer to export data records from platform
7 * level persistent storage via a file system.
9 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
10 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
11 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
13 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
14 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
15 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
16 * GNU General Public License for more details.
18 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
19 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
20 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
22 #ifndef _LINUX_PSTORE_H
23 #define _LINUX_PSTORE_H
25 /* types */
26 enum pstore_type_id {
27 PSTORE_TYPE_DMESG = 0,
28 PSTORE_TYPE_MCE = 1,
29 PSTORE_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 255
32 struct pstore_info {
33 struct module *owner;
34 char *name;
35 struct mutex buf_mutex; /* serialize access to 'buf' */
36 char *buf;
37 size_t bufsize;
38 size_t (*read)(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type,
39 struct timespec *time);
40 u64 (*write)(enum pstore_type_id type, size_t size);
41 int (*erase)(u64 id);
44 #ifdef CONFIG_PSTORE
45 extern int pstore_register(struct pstore_info *);
46 extern int pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type, char *buf, size_t size);
47 #else
48 static inline int
49 pstore_register(struct pstore_info *psi)
51 return -ENODEV;
53 static inline int
54 pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type, char *buf, size_t size)
56 return -ENODEV;
58 #endif
60 #endif /*_LINUX_PSTORE_H*/