1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index cc58e2d7c032..98f34b886f95 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -173,6 +173,13 @@ struct target_type {
 #define dm_target_always_writeable(type) \
                 ((type)->features & DM_TARGET_ALWAYS_WRITEABLE)
 
+/*
+ * Any device that contains a table with an instance of this target may never
+ * have tables containing any different target type.
+ */
+#define DM_TARGET_IMMUTABLE             0x00000004
+#define dm_target_is_immutable(type)    ((type)->features & DM_TARGET_IMMUTABLE)
+
 struct dm_target {
         struct dm_table *table;
         struct target_type *type;