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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-08 17:25:42 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-04-08 17:26:00 +0200
commit5af8c4e0fac9838428bd718040b664043a05f37c (patch)
tree75a01d98ed244db45fe3c734c4a81c1a3d92ac37 /include/linux/memory.h
parent46e0bb9c12f4bab539736f1714cbf16600f681ec (diff)
parent577c9c456f0e1371cbade38eaf91ae8e8a308555 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.30-rc1' into sched/urgent
Merge reason: update to latest upstream to queue up fix Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/memory.h b/include/linux/memory.h
index 3fdc10806d31..37fa19b34ef5 100644
--- a/include/linux/memory.h
+++ b/include/linux/memory.h
@@ -99,4 +99,21 @@ enum mem_add_context { BOOT, HOTPLUG };
#define hotplug_memory_notifier(fn, pri) do { } while (0)
#endif
+/*
+ * 'struct memory_accessor' is a generic interface to provide
+ * in-kernel access to persistent memory such as i2c or SPI EEPROMs
+ */
+struct memory_accessor {
+ ssize_t (*read)(struct memory_accessor *, char *buf, off_t offset,
+ size_t count);
+ ssize_t (*write)(struct memory_accessor *, const char *buf,
+ off_t offset, size_t count);
+};
+
+/*
+ * Kernel text modification mutex, used for code patching. Users of this lock
+ * can sleep.
+ */
+extern struct mutex text_mutex;
+
#endif /* _LINUX_MEMORY_H_ */