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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
index ed57a890c643..2bf6273e6779 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ struct ErrMsg {
};
static DEFINE_MUTEX(aoechr_mutex);
+
+/* A ring buffer of error messages, to be read through
+ * "/dev/etherd/err". When no messages are present,
+ * readers will block waiting for messages to appear.
+ */
static struct ErrMsg emsgs[NMSG];
static int emsgs_head_idx, emsgs_tail_idx;
static struct completion emsgs_comp;