module_param(pgcnt, int, S_IRUGO);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(pgcnt, "number of pages per eraseblock to torture (0 => all)");
-static int dev;
+static int dev = -EINVAL;
module_param(dev, int, S_IRUGO);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(dev, "MTD device number to use");
printk(KERN_INFO "=================================================\n");
printk(PRINT_PREF "Warning: this program is trying to wear out your "
"flash, stop it if this is not wanted.\n");
+
+ if (dev < 0) {
+ printk(PRINT_PREF "Please specify a valid mtd-device via module paramter\n");
+ printk(KERN_CRIT "CAREFUL: This test wipes all data on the specified MTD device!\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
printk(PRINT_PREF "MTD device: %d\n", dev);
printk(PRINT_PREF "torture %d eraseblocks (%d-%d) of mtd%d\n",
ebcnt, eb, eb + ebcnt - 1, dev);