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2009-01-18UBI: add ioctl for unmap operationCorentin Chary1-1/+14
This patch adds ioctl for the LEB unmap operation (as a debugging option so far). [Re-named ioctl to make it look the same as the other one and made some minor stylistic changes. Artem Bityutskiy.] Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2009-01-18UBI: add ioctl for map operationCorentin Chary1-0/+14
This patch adds ioctl for the LEB map operation (as a debugging option so far). [Re-named ioctl to make it look the same as the other one and made some minor stylistic changes. Artem Bityutskiy.] Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-12-28UBI: fix checkpatch.pl warningsArtem Bityutskiy1-1/+2
Just minor indentation and "over 80 characters" fixes. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-09-05UBI: remove BKLArtem Bityutskiy1-5/+1
We do not need BKL in UBI because we serialize things properly. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-07-24UBI: fix checkpatch.pl errors and warningsArtem Bityutskiy1-2/+2
Just out or curiousity ran checkpatch.pl for whole UBI, and discovered there are quite a few of stylistic issues. Fix them. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-07-24UBI: implement multiple volumes renameArtem Bityutskiy1-1/+187
Quite useful ioctl which allows to make atomic system upgrades. The idea belongs to Richard Titmuss <richard_titmuss@logitech.com> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-07-24UBI: fix and re-work debugging stuffArtem Bityutskiy1-13/+13
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-07-24UBI: improve mkvol request validationArtem Bityutskiy1-2/+5
Check that volume name is not shorter than 'name_len'. No need to copy the trailing zero byte because whole array was zeroed earlier. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-07-24UBI: fix 64-bit calculationsBruce Leonard1-1/+2
Signed-off-by: Bruce Leonard <brucle@selinc.com> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-07-24UBI: avoid unnecessary division operationsKyungmin Park1-3/+3
UBI already checks that @min io size is the power of 2 at io_init. It is save to use bit operations then. Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-06-20UBI: cdev lock_kernel() pushdownJonathan Corbet1-1/+6
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2008-01-25UBI: implement atomic LEB change ioctlArtem Bityutskiy1-12/+60
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-01-25UBI: simplify internal interfacesArtem Bityutskiy1-2/+2
Instead of passing vol_id to all functions and then find struct ubi_volume, pass struct ubi_volume pointer. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-01-25UBI: do not change file pointer while updatingArtem Bityutskiy1-3/+1
Since we do not change semantics of seek(), changing the file pointer while updating does not make much sense. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2008-01-25UBI: fix warningsArtem Bityutskiy1-5/+5
drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c: In function ‘vol_cdev_read’: drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c:187: warning: unused variable ‘vol_id’ CC [M] drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.o drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c: In function ‘ubi_leb_erase’: drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c:483: warning: unused variable ‘vol_id’ drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c: In function ‘ubi_leb_unmap’: drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c:544: warning: unused variable ‘vol_id’ drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c: In function ‘ubi_leb_map’: drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c:582: warning: unused variable ‘vol_id’ Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-12-26UBI: handle attach ioctlArtem Bityutskiy1-15/+80
Actually implement the MTD device attach/detach handlers. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-12-26UBI: add UBI devices reference countingArtem Bityutskiy1-24/+10
This is one more step on the way to "removable" UBI devices. It adds reference counting for UBI devices. Every time a volume on this device is opened - the device's refcount is increased. It is also increased if someone is reading any sysfs file of this UBI device or of one of its volumes. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-12-26UBI: add UBI control deviceArtem Bityutskiy1-0/+10
This patch is a preparation to make UBI devices dynamic. It adds an UBI control device which has dynamically allocated major number and registers itself as "ubi_ctrl". It does not do anything so far. The idea is that this device will allow to attach/detach MTD devices from userspace. This is symilar to what the Linux device mapper has. The next things to do are: * Fix UBI, because it now assumes UBI devices cannot go away * Implement control device ioctls which will attach/detach MTD devices Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-12-26UBI: tweak volumes locking some moreArtem Bityutskiy1-3/+10
Make the code more consistent by requiring the caller to lock the ubi->volume_mutex, because this is what we do for updates. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-12-26UBI: get device when opening volumeArtem Bityutskiy1-3/+6
When a volume is opened, get its kref via get_device() call. And put the reference when closing the volume. With this, we may have a bit saner volume delete. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-12-26UBI: improve internal interfacesArtem Bityutskiy1-3/+3
Pass volume description object to the EBA function which makes more sense, and EBA function do not have to find the volume description object by volume ID. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-12-26UBI: remove ubi_devices_cntArtem Bityutskiy1-1/+1
This global variablea is not really needed, remove it Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-12-26UBI: improve error messagesArtem Bityutskiy1-1/+2
Always print error code with error messages, sometimes it is extremely helpful info. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-12-26UBI: remove redundant fieldArtem Bityutskiy1-1/+1
Remove redundant ubi->major field - we have it in ubi->cdev.dev already. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-07-18UBI: fix compile warningPaul Mundt1-0/+1
cdev.c whines in current git: drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c: In function `major_to_device': drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c:67: warning: control reaches end of non-void function Shut it up. Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-07-18UBI: cleanup ioctl handlingChristoph Hellwig1-28/+5
- don't do access_ok + get/put user but use the proper macro - remove useless checks Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-07-18UBI: minor comma fixArtem Bityutskiy1-2/+2
Use coma at the the last elements of structure initializer. Daniel Stone's explanation: Because it turns: - .attr = foo + .attr = foo, + .bar = baz into: + .bar = baz, i.e., far less likely to screw up a merge. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-07-18UBI: use vmalloc for large buffersArtem Bityutskiy1-5/+5
UBI allocates temporary buffers of PEB size, which may be 256KiB. Use vmalloc instead of kmalloc for such big temporary buffers. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-07-18UBI: set correct gluebi device sizeArtem Bityutskiy1-0/+1
In case of static volumes, make emulated MTD device size to be equivalent to data size, rather then volume size. Reported-by: John Smith <john@arrows.demon.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2007-04-27UBI: Unsorted Block ImagesArtem B. Bityutskiy1-0/+722
UBI (Latin: "where?") manages multiple logical volumes on a single flash device, specifically supporting NAND flash devices. UBI provides a flexible partitioning concept which still allows for wear-levelling across the whole flash device. In a sense, UBI may be compared to the Logical Volume Manager (LVM). Whereas LVM maps logical sector numbers to physical HDD sector numbers, UBI maps logical eraseblocks to physical eraseblocks. More information may be found at http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/doc/ubi.html Partitioning/Re-partitioning An UBI volume occupies a certain number of erase blocks. This is limited by a configured maximum volume size, which could also be viewed as the partition size. Each individual UBI volume's size can be changed independently of the other UBI volumes, provided that the sum of all volume sizes doesn't exceed a certain limit. UBI supports dynamic volumes and static volumes. Static volumes are read-only and their contents are protected by CRC check sums. Bad eraseblocks handling UBI transparently handles bad eraseblocks. When a physical eraseblock becomes bad, it is substituted by a good physical eraseblock, and the user does not even notice this. Scrubbing On a NAND flash bit flips can occur on any write operation, sometimes also on read. If bit flips persist on the device, at first they can still be corrected by ECC, but once they accumulate, correction will become impossible. Thus it is best to actively scrub the affected eraseblock, by first copying it to a free eraseblock and then erasing the original. The UBI layer performs this type of scrubbing under the covers, transparently to the UBI volume users. Erase Counts UBI maintains an erase count header per eraseblock. This frees higher-level layers (like file systems) from doing this and allows for centralized erase count management instead. The erase counts are used by the wear-levelling algorithm in the UBI layer. The algorithm itself is exchangeable. Booting from NAND For booting directly from NAND flash the hardware must at least be capable of fetching and executing a small portion of the NAND flash. Some NAND flash controllers have this kind of support. They usually limit the window to a few kilobytes in erase block 0. This "initial program loader" (IPL) must then contain sufficient logic to load and execute the next boot phase. Due to bad eraseblocks, which may be randomly scattered over the flash device, it is problematic to store the "secondary program loader" (SPL) statically. Also, due to bit-flips it may become corrupted over time. UBI allows to solve this problem gracefully by storing the SPL in a small static UBI volume. UBI volumes vs. static partitions UBI volumes are still very similar to static MTD partitions: * both consist of eraseblocks (logical eraseblocks in case of UBI volumes, and physical eraseblocks in case of static partitions; * both support three basic operations - read, write, erase. But UBI volumes have the following advantages over traditional static MTD partitions: * there are no eraseblock wear-leveling constraints in case of UBI volumes, so the user should not care about this; * there are no bit-flips and bad eraseblocks in case of UBI volumes. So, UBI volumes may be considered as flash devices with relaxed restrictions. Where can it be found? Documentation, kernel code and applications can be found in the MTD gits. What are the applications for? The applications help to create binary flash images for two purposes: pfi files (partial flash images) for in-system update of UBI volumes, and plain binary images, with or without OOB data in case of NAND, for a manufacturing step. Furthermore some tools are/and will be created that allow flash content analysis after a system has crashed.. Who did UBI? The original ideas, where UBI is based on, were developed by Andreas Arnez, Frank Haverkamp and Thomas Gleixner. Josh W. Boyer and some others were involved too. The implementation of the kernel layer was done by Artem B. Bityutskiy. The user-space applications and tools were written by Oliver Lohmann with contributions from Frank Haverkamp, Andreas Arnez, and Artem. Joern Engel contributed a patch which modifies JFFS2 so that it can be run on a UBI volume. Thomas Gleixner did modifications to the NAND layer. Alexander Schmidt made some testing work as well as core functionality improvements. Signed-off-by: Artem B. Bityutskiy <dedekind@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Frank Haverkamp <haver@vnet.ibm.com>
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