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-rw-r--r--common/state/backend_storage.c9
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/common/state/backend_storage.c b/common/state/backend_storage.c
index 2e2478cb6f..825db824b3 100644
--- a/common/state/backend_storage.c
+++ b/common/state/backend_storage.c
@@ -357,11 +357,12 @@ static int state_storage_file_buckets_init(struct state_backend_storage *storage
* @param dev_offset Offset in the device to start writing at.
* @param max_size Maximum size of the data. May be 0 for infinite.
* @param stridesize Distance between two copies of the data. Not relevant for MTD
- * @param storagetype Type of the storage backend. This may be NULL where we
- * autoselect some backwardscompatible backend options
+ * @param storagetype Type of the storage backend. May be NULL for autoselection.
* @return 0 on success, -errno otherwise
*
- * Depending on the filetype, we create mtd buckets or normal file buckets.
+ * If the backend memory needs to be erased prior a write, the @b storagetype
+ * defaults to 'circular' storage backend type, for backend memories like RAMs
+ * or EEPROMs @b storagetype defaults to the 'direct' storage backend type.
*/
int state_storage_init(struct state *state, const char *path,
off_t offset, size_t max_size, uint32_t stridesize,
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ int state_storage_init(struct state *state, const char *path,
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&storage->buckets);
storage->dev = &state->dev;
+ storage->name = storagetype;
storage->stridesize = stridesize;
storage->offset = offset;
storage->max_size = max_size;
@@ -387,7 +389,6 @@ int state_storage_init(struct state *state, const char *path,
storage->name = "circular";
circular = true;
} else if (!strcmp(storagetype, "noncircular")) {
- storage->name = "noncircular";
dev_warn(storage->dev, "using old format circular storage type.\n");
circular = false;
} else {