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/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index 8b223c0..a8e69dd 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -676,6 +676,20 @@
break;
}
+ case MEMISLOCKED:
+ {
+ struct erase_info_user einfo;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&einfo, argp, sizeof(einfo)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ if (!mtd->is_locked)
+ ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ else
+ ret = mtd->is_locked(mtd, einfo.start, einfo.length);
+ break;
+ }
+
/* Legacy interface */
case MEMGETOOBSEL:
{
