UBI: implement multiple volumes rename
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>
diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
index a7421f1..e8e57c3 100644
--- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
+++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@
* device should be used. A &struct ubi_rsvol_req object has to be properly
* filled and a pointer to it has to be passed to the IOCTL.
*
+ * UBI volumes re-name
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ * To re-name several volumes atomically at one go, the %UBI_IOCRNVOL command
+ * of the UBI character device should be used. A &struct ubi_rnvol_req object
+ * has to be properly filled and a pointer to it has to be passed to the IOCTL.
+ *
* UBI volume update
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*
@@ -104,6 +111,8 @@
#define UBI_IOCRMVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 1, int32_t)
/* Re-size an UBI volume */
#define UBI_IOCRSVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 2, struct ubi_rsvol_req)
+/* Re-name volumes */
+#define UBI_IOCRNVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 3, struct ubi_rnvol_req)
/* IOCTL commands of the UBI control character device */
@@ -128,6 +137,9 @@
/* Maximum MTD device name length supported by UBI */
#define MAX_UBI_MTD_NAME_LEN 127
+/* Maximum amount of UBI volumes that can be re-named at one go */
+#define UBI_MAX_RNVOL 32
+
/*
* UBI data type hint constants.
*
@@ -189,7 +201,7 @@
int32_t ubi_num;
int32_t mtd_num;
int32_t vid_hdr_offset;
- uint8_t padding[12];
+ int8_t padding[12];
};
/**
@@ -251,6 +263,48 @@
} __attribute__ ((packed));
/**
+ * struct ubi_rnvol_req - volumes re-name request.
+ * @count: count of volumes to re-name
+ * @padding1: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
+ * @vol_id: ID of the volume to re-name
+ * @name_len: name length
+ * @padding2: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
+ * @name: new volume name
+ *
+ * UBI allows to re-name up to %32 volumes at one go. The count of volumes to
+ * re-name is specified in the @count field. The ID of the volumes to re-name
+ * and the new names are specified in the @vol_id and @name fields.
+ *
+ * The UBI volume re-name operation is atomic, which means that should power cut
+ * happen, the volumes will have either old name or new name. So the possible
+ * use-cases of this command is atomic upgrade. Indeed, to upgrade, say, volumes
+ * A and B one may create temporary volumes %A1 and %B1 with the new contents,
+ * then atomically re-name A1->A and B1->B, in which case old %A and %B will
+ * be removed.
+ *
+ * If it is not desirable to remove old A and B, the re-name request has to
+ * contain 4 entries: A1->A, A->A1, B1->B, B->B1, in which case old A1 and B1
+ * become A and B, and old A and B will become A1 and B1.
+ *
+ * It is also OK to request: A1->A, A1->X, B1->B, B->Y, in which case old A1
+ * and B1 become A and B, and old A and B become X and Y.
+ *
+ * In other words, in case of re-naming into an existing volume name, the
+ * existing volume is removed, unless it is re-named as well at the same
+ * re-name request.
+ */
+struct ubi_rnvol_req {
+ int32_t count;
+ int8_t padding1[12];
+ struct {
+ int32_t vol_id;
+ int16_t name_len;
+ int8_t padding2[2];
+ char name[UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME + 1];
+ } ents[UBI_MAX_RNVOL];
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+/**
* struct ubi_leb_change_req - a data structure used in atomic logical
* eraseblock change requests.
* @lnum: logical eraseblock number to change
@@ -261,8 +315,8 @@
struct ubi_leb_change_req {
int32_t lnum;
int32_t bytes;
- uint8_t dtype;
- uint8_t padding[7];
+ int8_t dtype;
+ int8_t padding[7];
} __attribute__ ((packed));
#endif /* __UBI_USER_H__ */