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-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c33
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c
index 53a7385e1b4d..3ee1cbc89479 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh.c
@@ -452,6 +452,39 @@ int scsi_dh_activate(struct request_queue *q)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scsi_dh_activate);
/*
+ * scsi_dh_set_params - set the parameters for the device as per the
+ * string specified in params.
+ * @q - Request queue that is associated with the scsi_device for
+ * which the parameters to be set.
+ * @params - parameters in the following format
+ * "no_of_params\0param1\0param2\0param3\0...\0"
+ * for example, string for 2 parameters with value 10 and 21
+ * is specified as "2\010\021\0".
+ */
+int scsi_dh_set_params(struct request_queue *q, const char *params)
+{
+ int err = -SCSI_DH_NOSYS;
+ unsigned long flags;
+ struct scsi_device *sdev;
+ struct scsi_device_handler *scsi_dh = NULL;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(q->queue_lock, flags);
+ sdev = q->queuedata;
+ if (sdev && sdev->scsi_dh_data)
+ scsi_dh = sdev->scsi_dh_data->scsi_dh;
+ if (scsi_dh && scsi_dh->set_params && get_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev))
+ err = 0;
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(q->queue_lock, flags);
+
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ err = scsi_dh->set_params(sdev, params);
+ put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev);
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scsi_dh_set_params);
+
+/*
* scsi_dh_handler_exist - Return TRUE(1) if a device handler exists for
* the given name. FALSE(0) otherwise.
* @name - name of the device handler.
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