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| author | Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2007-02-17 15:09:59 -0500 |
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| committer | Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2007-02-17 15:09:59 -0500 |
| commit | 48c871c1f6a7c7044dd76774fb469e65c7e2e4e8 (patch) | |
| tree | da3aa535c98cc0957851354ceb0fbff7482d7a9d /Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt | |
| parent | 1a1689344add3333d28d1b5495d8043a3877d01c (diff) | |
| parent | 4409d28140d9a6e6e3f4f1fdaf7234c4b965d954 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'gfar' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/galak/powerpc into upstream
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt index d6788dae034..7fbb6ffe576 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/relay.txt @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ TBD(curr. line MT:/API/) channel management functions: relay_open(base_filename, parent, subbuf_size, n_subbufs, - callbacks) + callbacks, private_data) relay_close(chan) relay_flush(chan) relay_reset(chan) @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static struct rchan_callbacks relay_callbacks = And an example relay_open() invocation using them: - chan = relay_open("cpu", NULL, SUBBUF_SIZE, N_SUBBUFS, &relay_callbacks); + chan = relay_open("cpu", NULL, SUBBUF_SIZE, N_SUBBUFS, &relay_callbacks, NULL); If the create_buf_file() callback fails, or isn't defined, channel creation and thus relay_open() will fail. @@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ they use the proper locking for such a buffer, either by wrapping writes in a spinlock, or by copying a write function from relay.h and creating a local version that internally does the proper locking. +The private_data passed into relay_open() allows clients to associate +user-defined data with a channel, and is immediately available +(including in create_buf_file()) via chan->private_data or +buf->chan->private_data. + Channel 'modes' --------------- |