powerpc/opal: Add opal_async_wait_response_interruptible() to opal-async

This patch adds an _interruptible version of opal_async_wait_response().
This is useful when a long running OPAL call is performed on behalf of
a userspace thread, for example, the opal_flash_{read,write,erase}
functions performed by the powernv-flash MTD driver.

It is foreseeable that these functions would take upwards of two
minutes causing the wait_event() to block long enough to cause hung
task warnings. Furthermore, wait_event_interruptible() is preferable
as otherwise there is no way for signals to stop the process which is
going to be confusing in userspace.

Signed-off-by: Cyril Bur <cyrilbur@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
index 00aae3189311..0c545f7fc77b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/opal.h
@@ -309,6 +309,8 @@ extern void opal_notifier_update_evt(uint64_t evt_mask, uint64_t evt_val);
 extern int opal_async_get_token_interruptible(void);
 extern int opal_async_release_token(int token);
 extern int opal_async_wait_response(uint64_t token, struct opal_msg *msg);
+extern int opal_async_wait_response_interruptible(uint64_t token,
+		struct opal_msg *msg);
 extern int opal_get_sensor_data(u32 sensor_hndl, u32 *sensor_data);
 
 struct rtc_time;