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author | Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> | 2011-08-02 12:32:04 +0100 |
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committer | Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> | 2011-08-02 12:32:04 +0100 |
commit | 498f0103ea13123e007660def9072a0b7dd1c599 (patch) | |
tree | 3940ca8e50f13c3ed3a79c1939bacbc841ecb179 /include/linux | |
parent | a6e50b409d3f9e0833e69c3c9cca822e8fa4adbb (diff) |
dm table: share target argument parsing functions
Move multipath target argument parsing code into dm-table so other
targets can share it.
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r-- | include/linux/device-mapper.h | 43 |
1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h index 4427e0454051..3fa1f3d90ce0 100644 --- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h +++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h @@ -208,6 +208,49 @@ struct dm_target_callbacks { int dm_register_target(struct target_type *t); void dm_unregister_target(struct target_type *t); +/* + * Target argument parsing. + */ +struct dm_arg_set { + unsigned argc; + char **argv; +}; + +/* + * The minimum and maximum value of a numeric argument, together with + * the error message to use if the number is found to be outside that range. + */ +struct dm_arg { + unsigned min; + unsigned max; + char *error; +}; + +/* + * Validate the next argument, either returning it as *value or, if invalid, + * returning -EINVAL and setting *error. + */ +int dm_read_arg(struct dm_arg *arg, struct dm_arg_set *arg_set, + unsigned *value, char **error); + +/* + * Process the next argument as the start of a group containing between + * arg->min and arg->max further arguments. Either return the size as + * *num_args or, if invalid, return -EINVAL and set *error. + */ +int dm_read_arg_group(struct dm_arg *arg, struct dm_arg_set *arg_set, + unsigned *num_args, char **error); + +/* + * Return the current argument and shift to the next. + */ +const char *dm_shift_arg(struct dm_arg_set *as); + +/* + * Move through num_args arguments. + */ +void dm_consume_args(struct dm_arg_set *as, unsigned num_args); + /*----------------------------------------------------------------- * Functions for creating and manipulating mapped devices. * Drop the reference with dm_put when you finish with the object. |