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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2021-06-28 19:57:00 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2021-06-28 19:57:00 -0700 |
| commit | 07bdc0746a5a23c5bdd041feb2fd8cd7b5ee7a97 (patch) | |
| tree | b2b38461cd859f9f764bc4f92a9dea56b09cf547 /Documentation | |
| parent | 616ea5cc4a7b058f8c27e37b9a597d8704c49130 (diff) | |
| parent | 1d1f6cc5818c750ac69473e4951e7165913fbf16 (diff) | |
Merge tag 'pstore-v5.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux
Pull pstore updates from Kees Cook:
"Use normal block device I/O path for pstore/blk. (Christoph Hellwig,
Kees Cook, Pu Lehui)"
* tag 'pstore-v5.14-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kees/linux:
pstore/blk: Include zone in pstore_device_info
pstore/blk: Fix kerndoc and redundancy on blkdev param
pstore/blk: Use the normal block device I/O path
pstore/blk: Move verify_size() macro out of function
pstore/blk: Improve failure reporting
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst index 49d8149f8d32..2d22ead9520e 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pstore-blk.rst @@ -45,15 +45,18 @@ blkdev The block device to use. Most of the time, it is a partition of block device. It's required for pstore/blk. It is also used for MTD device. -It accepts the following variants for block device: +When pstore/blk is built as a module, "blkdev" accepts the following variants: -1. <hex_major><hex_minor> device number in hexadecimal represents itself; no - leading 0x, for example b302. -#. /dev/<disk_name> represents the device number of disk +1. /dev/<disk_name> represents the device number of disk #. /dev/<disk_name><decimal> represents the device number of partition - device number of disk plus the partition number #. /dev/<disk_name>p<decimal> - same as the above; this form is used when disk name of partitioned disk ends with a digit. + +When pstore/blk is built into the kernel, "blkdev" accepts the following variants: + +#. <hex_major><hex_minor> device number in hexadecimal representation, + with no leading 0x, for example b302. #. PARTUUID=00112233-4455-6677-8899-AABBCCDDEEFF represents the unique id of a partition if the partition table provides it. The UUID may be either an EFI/GPT UUID, or refer to an MSDOS partition using the format SSSSSSSS-PP, @@ -227,8 +230,5 @@ For developer reference, here are all the important structures and APIs: .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/pstore_zone.h :internal: -.. kernel-doc:: fs/pstore/blk.c - :internal: - .. kernel-doc:: include/linux/pstore_blk.h :internal: |