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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/pstore.h b/include/linux/pstore.h
index eb93a54cff31..638507a3c8ff 100644
--- a/include/linux/pstore.h
+++ b/include/linux/pstore.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
-#include <linux/semaphore.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/time.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ struct pstore_info;
* @size: size of @buf
* @ecc_notice_size:
* ECC information for @buf
+ * @priv: pointer for backend specific use, will be
+ * kfree()d by the pstore core if non-NULL
+ * when the record is freed.
*
* Valid for PSTORE_TYPE_DMESG @type:
*
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ struct pstore_record {
char *buf;
ssize_t size;
ssize_t ecc_notice_size;
+ void *priv;
int count;
enum kmsg_dump_reason reason;
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ struct pstore_record {
* @owner: module which is responsible for this backend driver
* @name: name of the backend driver
*
- * @buf_lock: semaphore to serialize access to @buf
+ * @buf_lock: spinlock to serialize access to @buf
* @buf: preallocated crash dump buffer
* @bufsize: size of @buf available for crash dump bytes (must match
* smallest number of bytes available for writing to a
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@ struct pstore_info {
struct module *owner;
const char *name;
- struct semaphore buf_lock;
+ spinlock_t buf_lock;
char *buf;
size_t bufsize;