[PATCH 08/11] powerpc/nvram: Add nvram_find_partition()

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Mon Aug 2 10:55:19 EST 2010


Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
index c934b5a..fd0d12d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
@@ -429,6 +429,28 @@ static int nvram_get_partition_size(loff_t data_index)
 }
 
 
+/**
+ * nvram_find_partition - Find an nvram partition by signature and name
+ * @name: Name of the partition or NULL for any name
+ * @sig: Signature to test against
+ * @out_size: if non-NULL, returns the size of the data part of the partition
+ */
+loff_t nvram_find_partition(const char *name, int sig, int *out_size)
+{
+	struct nvram_partition *p;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(p, &nvram_part->partition, partition) {
+		if (p->header.signature == sig &&
+		    (!name || !strncmp(p->header.name, name, 12))) {
+			if (out_size)
+				*out_size = (p->header.length - 1) *
+					NVRAM_BLOCK_LEN;
+			return p->index + NVRAM_HEADER_LEN;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* nvram_setup_partition
  *
  * This will setup the partition we need for buffering the
-- 
1.6.3.3



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