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Diffstat (limited to 'include/bootmeth.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/bootmeth.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/bootmeth.h b/include/bootmeth.h index 50ded055f3f..669b14ce81e 100644 --- a/include/bootmeth.h +++ b/include/bootmeth.h @@ -266,6 +266,22 @@ int bootmeth_try_file(struct bootflow *bflow, struct blk_desc *desc, int bootmeth_alloc_file(struct bootflow *bflow, uint size_limit, uint align); /** + * bootmeth_alloc_other() - Allocate and read a file for a bootflow + * + * This reads an arbitrary file in the same directory as the bootflow, + * allocating memory for it. The buffer is one byte larger than the file length, + * so that it can be nul-terminated. + * + * @bflow: Information about file to read + * @fname: Filename to read from (within bootflow->subdir) + * @bufp: Returns a pointer to the allocated buffer + * @sizep: Returns the size of the buffer + * Return: 0 if OK, -ENOMEM if out of memory, other -ve on other error + */ +int bootmeth_alloc_other(struct bootflow *bflow, const char *fname, + void **bufp, uint *sizep); + +/** * bootmeth_common_read_file() - Common handler for reading a file * * Reads a named file from the same location as the bootflow file. |