[RFC 08/24] char/nvram: Allow the set_checksum and initialize ioctls to be omitted

From: Finn Thain
Date: Sat May 30 2015 - 21:20:34 EST


The drivers/char/nvram module has previously only supported RTC "CMOS"
NVRAM, for which it provides appropriate checksum ioctls. Make these
ioctls optional so the module can be re-used with other kinds of NVRAM.

The ops struct methods that implement the ioctls now return error
codes so that a multi-platform kernel binary can do the right thing when
running on hardware without suitable NVRAM.

Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/char/nvram.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
include/linux/nvram.h | 2 +
2 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

Index: linux/drivers/char/nvram.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/char/nvram.c 2015-05-31 11:01:06.000000000 +1000
+++ linux/drivers/char/nvram.c 2015-05-31 11:01:08.000000000 +1000
@@ -153,16 +153,25 @@ static void __nvram_set_checksum(void)
__nvram_write_byte(sum & 0xff, PC_CKS_LOC + 1);
}

-#if 0
-void nvram_set_checksum(void)
+static long nvram_set_checksum(void)
{
- unsigned long flags;
+ spin_lock_irq(&rtc_lock);
+ __nvram_set_checksum();
+ spin_unlock_irq(&rtc_lock);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static long nvram_initialize(void)
+{
+ ssize_t i;

- spin_lock_irqsave(&rtc_lock, flags);
+ spin_lock_irq(&rtc_lock);
+ for (i = 0; i < NVRAM_BYTES; ++i)
+ __nvram_write_byte(0, i);
__nvram_set_checksum();
- spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rtc_lock, flags);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&rtc_lock);
+ return 0;
}
-#endif /* 0 */

static ssize_t nvram_get_size(void)
{
@@ -173,6 +182,8 @@ const struct nvram_ops arch_nvram_ops =
.read_byte = nvram_read_byte,
.write_byte = nvram_write_byte,
.get_size = nvram_get_size,
+ .set_checksum = nvram_set_checksum,
+ .initialize = nvram_initialize,
};
EXPORT_SYMBOL(arch_nvram_ops);

@@ -272,26 +283,19 @@ checksum_err:
static long nvram_misc_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
unsigned long arg)
{
- int i;
+ long ret = -ENOTTY;

switch (cmd) {
-
case NVRAM_INIT:
/* initialize NVRAM contents and checksum */
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EACCES;

mutex_lock(&nvram_mutex);
- spin_lock_irq(&rtc_lock);
-
- for (i = 0; i < NVRAM_BYTES; ++i)
- __nvram_write_byte(0, i);
- __nvram_set_checksum();
-
- spin_unlock_irq(&rtc_lock);
+ if (arch_nvram_ops.initialize != NULL)
+ ret = arch_nvram_ops.initialize();
mutex_unlock(&nvram_mutex);
- return 0;
-
+ break;
case NVRAM_SETCKS:
/* just set checksum, contents unchanged (maybe useful after
* checksum garbaged somehow...) */
@@ -299,24 +303,29 @@ static long nvram_misc_ioctl(struct file
return -EACCES;

mutex_lock(&nvram_mutex);
- spin_lock_irq(&rtc_lock);
- __nvram_set_checksum();
- spin_unlock_irq(&rtc_lock);
+ if (arch_nvram_ops.set_checksum != NULL)
+ ret = arch_nvram_ops.set_checksum();
mutex_unlock(&nvram_mutex);
- return 0;
-
- default:
- return -ENOTTY;
+ break;
}
+ return ret;
}

static int nvram_misc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
spin_lock(&nvram_state_lock);

+ /* Prevent multiple readers/writers if desired. */
if ((nvram_open_cnt && (file->f_flags & O_EXCL)) ||
- (nvram_open_mode & NVRAM_EXCL) ||
- ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) && (nvram_open_mode & NVRAM_WRITE))) {
+ (nvram_open_mode & NVRAM_EXCL)) {
+ spin_unlock(&nvram_state_lock);
+ return -EBUSY;
+ }
+
+ /* Prevent multiple writers if the set_checksum ioctl is implemented. */
+ if ((arch_nvram_ops.set_checksum != NULL) &&
+ (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
+ (nvram_open_mode & NVRAM_WRITE)) {
spin_unlock(&nvram_state_lock);
return -EBUSY;
}
Index: linux/include/linux/nvram.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/linux/nvram.h 2015-05-31 11:01:06.000000000 +1000
+++ linux/include/linux/nvram.h 2015-05-31 11:01:08.000000000 +1000
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ struct nvram_ops {
unsigned char (*read_byte)(int);
void (*write_byte)(unsigned char, int);
ssize_t (*get_size)(void);
+ long (*set_checksum)(void);
+ long (*initialize)(void);
};

extern const struct nvram_ops arch_nvram_ops;


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