mtd: add an ioctl to query the lock status of a flash sector
This patchs adds a way for user space programs to find out whether a
flash sector is locked. An optional driver method in the mtd_info struct
provides the information.
Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richard.cochran@omicron.at>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
index 5326435..43b7d72 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@
/* Chip-supported device locking */
int (*lock) (struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len);
int (*unlock) (struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len);
+ int (*is_locked) (struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len);
/* Power Management functions */
int (*suspend) (struct mtd_info *mtd);
diff --git a/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h b/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
index be51ae2..e12872e 100644
--- a/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
+++ b/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
#define MEMERASE64 _IOW('M', 20, struct erase_info_user64)
#define MEMWRITEOOB64 _IOWR('M', 21, struct mtd_oob_buf64)
#define MEMREADOOB64 _IOWR('M', 22, struct mtd_oob_buf64)
+#define MEMISLOCKED _IOR('M', 23, struct erase_info_user)
/*
* Obsolete legacy interface. Keep it in order not to break userspace