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authorSrikant Patnaik2015-01-11 12:28:04 +0530
committerSrikant Patnaik2015-01-11 12:28:04 +0530
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+#ifndef _LINUX_BLKPG_H
+#define _LINUX_BLKPG_H
+
+/*
+ * Partition table and disk geometry handling
+ *
+ * A single ioctl with lots of subfunctions:
+ *
+ * Device number stuff:
+ * get_whole_disk() (given the device number of a partition,
+ * find the device number of the encompassing disk)
+ * get_all_partitions() (given the device number of a disk, return the
+ * device numbers of all its known partitions)
+ *
+ * Partition stuff:
+ * add_partition()
+ * delete_partition()
+ * test_partition_in_use() (also for test_disk_in_use)
+ *
+ * Geometry stuff:
+ * get_geometry()
+ * set_geometry()
+ * get_bios_drivedata()
+ *
+ * For today, only the partition stuff - aeb, 990515
+ */
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+
+#define BLKPG _IO(0x12,105)
+
+/* The argument structure */
+struct blkpg_ioctl_arg {
+ int op;
+ int flags;
+ int datalen;
+ void __user *data;
+};
+
+/* The subfunctions (for the op field) */
+#define BLKPG_ADD_PARTITION 1
+#define BLKPG_DEL_PARTITION 2
+
+/* Sizes of name fields. Unused at present. */
+#define BLKPG_DEVNAMELTH 64
+#define BLKPG_VOLNAMELTH 64
+
+/* The data structure for ADD_PARTITION and DEL_PARTITION */
+struct blkpg_partition {
+ long long start; /* starting offset in bytes */
+ long long length; /* length in bytes */
+ int pno; /* partition number */
+ char devname[BLKPG_DEVNAMELTH]; /* partition name, like sda5 or c0d1p2,
+ to be used in kernel messages */
+ char volname[BLKPG_VOLNAMELTH]; /* volume label */
+};
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_BLKPG_H */