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Diffstat (limited to 'include/mtd')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/mtd/ubi-header.h | 47 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/mtd/ubi-user.h | 51 |
2 files changed, 91 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-header.h b/include/mtd/ubi-header.h index 74efa7763479..292f916ea564 100644 --- a/include/mtd/ubi-header.h +++ b/include/mtd/ubi-header.h @@ -58,6 +58,43 @@ enum { }; /* + * Volume flags used in the volume table record. + * + * @UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG: auto-resize this volume + * + * %UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG flag can be set only for one volume in the volume + * table. UBI automatically re-sizes the volume which has this flag and makes + * the volume to be of largest possible size. This means that if after the + * initialization UBI finds out that there are available physical eraseblocks + * present on the device, it automatically appends all of them to the volume + * (the physical eraseblocks reserved for bad eraseblocks handling and other + * reserved physical eraseblocks are not taken). So, if there is a volume with + * the %UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG flag set, the amount of available logical + * eraseblocks will be zero after UBI is loaded, because all of them will be + * reserved for this volume. Note, the %UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG bit is cleared + * after the volume had been initialized. + * + * The auto-resize feature is useful for device production purposes. For + * example, different NAND flash chips may have different amount of initial bad + * eraseblocks, depending of particular chip instance. Manufacturers of NAND + * chips usually guarantee that the amount of initial bad eraseblocks does not + * exceed certain percent, e.g. 2%. When one creates an UBI image which will be + * flashed to the end devices in production, he does not know the exact amount + * of good physical eraseblocks the NAND chip on the device will have, but this + * number is required to calculate the volume sized and put them to the volume + * table of the UBI image. In this case, one of the volumes (e.g., the one + * which will store the root file system) is marked as "auto-resizable", and + * UBI will adjust its size on the first boot if needed. + * + * Note, first UBI reserves some amount of physical eraseblocks for bad + * eraseblock handling, and then re-sizes the volume, not vice-versa. This + * means that the pool of reserved physical eraseblocks will always be present. + */ +enum { + UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG = 0x01, +}; + +/* * Compatibility constants used by internal volumes. * * @UBI_COMPAT_DELETE: delete this internal volume before anything is written @@ -262,7 +299,9 @@ struct ubi_vid_hdr { /* The layout volume contains the volume table */ -#define UBI_LAYOUT_VOL_ID UBI_INTERNAL_VOL_START +#define UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_ID UBI_INTERNAL_VOL_START +#define UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_TYPE UBI_VID_DYNAMIC +#define UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_ALIGN 1 #define UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_EBS 2 #define UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_NAME "layout volume" #define UBI_LAYOUT_VOLUME_COMPAT UBI_COMPAT_REJECT @@ -289,7 +328,8 @@ struct ubi_vid_hdr { * @upd_marker: if volume update was started but not finished * @name_len: volume name length * @name: the volume name - * @padding2: reserved, zeroes + * @flags: volume flags (%UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG) + * @padding: reserved, zeroes * @crc: a CRC32 checksum of the record * * The volume table records are stored in the volume table, which is stored in @@ -324,7 +364,8 @@ struct ubi_vtbl_record { __u8 upd_marker; __be16 name_len; __u8 name[UBI_VOL_NAME_MAX+1]; - __u8 padding2[24]; + __u8 flags; + __u8 padding[23]; __be32 crc; } __attribute__ ((packed)); diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h index 4d184a7f80a8..a7421f130cc0 100644 --- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h +++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ * * Volume update should be done via the %UBI_IOCVOLUP IOCTL command of the * corresponding UBI volume character device. A pointer to a 64-bit update - * size should be passed to the IOCTL. After then, UBI expects user to write + * size should be passed to the IOCTL. After this, UBI expects user to write * this number of bytes to the volume character device. The update is finished * when the claimed number of bytes is passed. So, the volume update sequence * is something like: @@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ * ioctl(fd, UBI_IOCVOLUP, &image_size); * write(fd, buf, image_size); * close(fd); + * + * Atomic eraseblock change + * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + * + * Atomic eraseblock change operation is done via the %UBI_IOCEBCH IOCTL + * command of the corresponding UBI volume character device. A pointer to + * &struct ubi_leb_change_req has to be passed to the IOCTL. Then the user is + * expected to write the requested amount of bytes. This is similar to the + * "volume update" IOCTL. */ /* @@ -113,11 +122,30 @@ #define UBI_IOCVOLUP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 0, int64_t) /* An eraseblock erasure command, used for debugging, disabled by default */ #define UBI_IOCEBER _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 1, int32_t) +/* An atomic eraseblock change command */ +#define UBI_IOCEBCH _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 2, int32_t) /* Maximum MTD device name length supported by UBI */ #define MAX_UBI_MTD_NAME_LEN 127 /* + * UBI data type hint constants. + * + * UBI_LONGTERM: long-term data + * UBI_SHORTTERM: short-term data + * UBI_UNKNOWN: data persistence is unknown + * + * These constants are used when data is written to UBI volumes in order to + * help the UBI wear-leveling unit to find more appropriate physical + * eraseblocks. + */ +enum { + UBI_LONGTERM = 1, + UBI_SHORTTERM = 2, + UBI_UNKNOWN = 3, +}; + +/* * UBI volume type constants. * * @UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME: dynamic volume @@ -125,7 +153,7 @@ */ enum { UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME = 3, - UBI_STATIC_VOLUME = 4, + UBI_STATIC_VOLUME = 4, }; /** @@ -137,7 +165,7 @@ enum { * * This data structure is used to specify MTD device UBI has to attach and the * parameters it has to use. The number which should be assigned to the new UBI - * device is passed in @ubi_num. UBI may automatically assing the number if + * device is passed in @ubi_num. UBI may automatically assign the number if * @UBI_DEV_NUM_AUTO is passed. In this case, the device number is returned in * @ubi_num. * @@ -176,7 +204,7 @@ struct ubi_attach_req { * @padding2: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed * @name: volume name * - * This structure is used by userspace programs when creating new volumes. The + * This structure is used by user-space programs when creating new volumes. The * @used_bytes field is only necessary when creating static volumes. * * The @alignment field specifies the required alignment of the volume logical @@ -222,4 +250,19 @@ struct ubi_rsvol_req { int32_t vol_id; } __attribute__ ((packed)); +/** + * struct ubi_leb_change_req - a data structure used in atomic logical + * eraseblock change requests. + * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to change + * @bytes: how many bytes will be written to the logical eraseblock + * @dtype: data type (%UBI_LONGTERM, %UBI_SHORTTERM, %UBI_UNKNOWN) + * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed + */ +struct ubi_leb_change_req { + int32_t lnum; + int32_t bytes; + uint8_t dtype; + uint8_t padding[7]; +} __attribute__ ((packed)); + #endif /* __UBI_USER_H__ */ |