History log of /linux-master/drivers/mtd/ubi/misc.c
Revision Date Author Comments
# 0b3bc49c 12-Jan-2023 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>

ubi: use correct names in function kernel-doc comments

Fix kernel-doc warnings by using the correct function names in
their kernel-doc notation:

drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c:72: warning: expecting prototype for next_sqnum(). Prototype was for ubi_next_sqnum() instead
drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c:176: warning: expecting prototype for wl_tree_destroy(). Prototype was for wl_entry_destroy() instead
drivers/mtd/ubi/misc.c:24: warning: expecting prototype for calc_data_len(). Prototype was for ubi_calc_data_len() instead

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Cc: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Cc: Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@ti.com>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>


# 1a59d1b8 27-May-2019 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - rule 156

Based on 1 normalized pattern(s):

this program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify
it under the terms of the gnu general public license as published by
the free software foundation either version 2 of the license or at
your option any later version this program is distributed in the
hope that it will be useful but without any warranty without even
the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular
purpose see the gnu general public license for more details you
should have received a copy of the gnu general public license along
with this program if not write to the free software foundation inc
59 temple place suite 330 boston ma 02111 1307 usa

extracted by the scancode license scanner the SPDX license identifier

GPL-2.0-or-later

has been chosen to replace the boilerplate/reference in 1334 file(s).

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Allison Randal <allison@lohutok.net>
Reviewed-by: Richard Fontana <rfontana@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190527070033.113240726@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>


# 58d303de 25-Feb-2016 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>

mtd: ubi: Add logging functions ubi_msg, ubi_warn and ubi_err

Using logging functions instead of macros can reduce overall object size.

$ size drivers/mtd/ubi/built-in.o*
text data bss dec hex filename
271620 163364 73696 508680 7c308 drivers/mtd/ubi/built-in.o.allyesconfig.new
287638 165380 73504 526522 808ba drivers/mtd/ubi/built-in.o.allyesconfig.old
87728 3780 504 92012 1676c drivers/mtd/ubi/built-in.o.defconfig.new
97084 3780 504 101368 18bf8 drivers/mtd/ubi/built-in.o.defconfig.old

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>


# 9aa272b4 29-Dec-2014 hujianyang <hujianyang@huawei.com>

UBI: fix soft lockup in ubi_check_volume()

Running mtd-utils/tests/ubi-tests/io_basic.c could cause
soft lockup or watchdog reset. It is because *updatevol*
will perform ubi_check_volume() after updating finish
and this function will full scan the updated lebs if the
volume is initialized as STATIC_VOLUME.

This patch adds *cond_resched()* in the loop of lebs scan
to avoid soft lockup.

Helped by Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>

[ 2158.067096] INFO: rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU { 1} (t=2101 jiffies g=1606 c=1605 q=56)
[ 2158.172867] CPU: 1 PID: 2073 Comm: io_basic Tainted: G O 3.10.53 #21
[ 2158.172898] [<c000f624>] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0x120) from [<c000c294>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
[ 2158.172918] [<c000c294>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14) from [<c008ac3c>] (rcu_check_callbacks+0x1c0/0x660)
[ 2158.172936] [<c008ac3c>] (rcu_check_callbacks+0x1c0/0x660) from [<c002b480>] (update_process_times+0x38/0x64)
[ 2158.172953] [<c002b480>] (update_process_times+0x38/0x64) from [<c005ff38>] (tick_sched_handle+0x54/0x60)
[ 2158.172966] [<c005ff38>] (tick_sched_handle+0x54/0x60) from [<c00601ac>] (tick_sched_timer+0x44/0x74)
[ 2158.172978] [<c00601ac>] (tick_sched_timer+0x44/0x74) from [<c003f348>] (__run_hrtimer+0xc8/0x1b8)
[ 2158.172992] [<c003f348>] (__run_hrtimer+0xc8/0x1b8) from [<c003fd9c>] (hrtimer_interrupt+0x128/0x2a4)
[ 2158.173007] [<c003fd9c>] (hrtimer_interrupt+0x128/0x2a4) from [<c0246f1c>] (arch_timer_handler_virt+0x28/0x30)
[ 2158.173022] [<c0246f1c>] (arch_timer_handler_virt+0x28/0x30) from [<c0086214>] (handle_percpu_devid_irq+0x9c/0x124)
[ 2158.173036] [<c0086214>] (handle_percpu_devid_irq+0x9c/0x124) from [<c0082bd8>] (generic_handle_irq+0x20/0x30)
[ 2158.173049] [<c0082bd8>] (generic_handle_irq+0x20/0x30) from [<c000969c>] (handle_IRQ+0x64/0x8c)
[ 2158.173060] [<c000969c>] (handle_IRQ+0x64/0x8c) from [<c0008544>] (gic_handle_irq+0x3c/0x60)
[ 2158.173074] [<c0008544>] (gic_handle_irq+0x3c/0x60) from [<c02f0f80>] (__irq_svc+0x40/0x50)
[ 2158.173083] Exception stack(0xc4043c98 to 0xc4043ce0)
[ 2158.173092] 3c80: c4043ce4 00000019
[ 2158.173102] 3ca0: 1f8a865f c050ad10 1f8a864c 00000031 c04b5970 0003ebce 00000000 f3550000
[ 2158.173113] 3cc0: bf00bc68 00000800 0003ebce c4043ce0 c0186d14 c0186cb8 80000013 ffffffff
[ 2158.173130] [<c02f0f80>] (__irq_svc+0x40/0x50) from [<c0186cb8>] (read_current_timer+0x4/0x38)
[ 2158.173145] [<c0186cb8>] (read_current_timer+0x4/0x38) from [<1f8a865f>] (0x1f8a865f)
[ 2183.927097] BUG: soft lockup - CPU#1 stuck for 22s! [io_basic:2073]
[ 2184.002229] Modules linked in: nandflash(O) [last unloaded: nandflash]

Signed-off-by: Wang Kai <morgan.wang@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: hujianyang <hujianyang@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>


# 32608703 20-Oct-2014 Tanya Brokhman <tlinder@codeaurora.org>

UBI: Extend UBI layer debug/messaging capabilities

If there is more then one UBI device mounted, there is no way to
distinguish between messages from different UBI devices.
Add device number to all ubi layer message types.

The R/O block driver messages were replaced by pr_* since
ubi_device structure is not used by it.

Amended a bit by Artem.

Signed-off-by: Tanya Brokhman <tlinder@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>


# 049333ce 27-Aug-2012 Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>

UBI: comply with coding style

Join all the split printk lines in order to stop checkpatch complaining.

Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>


# 37f758a0 04-Jul-2012 Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@gmail.com>

UBI: limit amount of reserved eraseblocks for bad PEB handling

The existing mechanism of reserving PEBs for bad PEB handling has two
flaws:
- It is calculated as a percentage of good PEBs instead of total PEBs.
- There's no limit on the amount of PEBs UBI reserves for future bad
eraseblock handling.

This patch changes the mechanism to overcome these flaws.

The desired level of PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling (beb_rsvd_level)
is set to the maximum expected bad eraseblocks (bad_peb_limit) minus the
existing number of bad eraseblocks (bad_peb_count).

The actual amount of PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling is usually set
to the desired level (but in some circumstances may be lower than the
desired level, e.g. when attaching to a device that has too few
available PEBs to satisfy the desired level).

In the case where the device has too many bad PEBs (above the expected
limit), then the desired level, and the actual amount of PEBs reserved
are set to zero. No PEBs will be set aside for future bad eraseblock
handling - even if some PEBs are made available (e.g. by shrinking a
volume).
If another PEB goes bad, and there are available PEBs, then the
eraseblock will be marked bad (consuming one available PEB). But if
there are no available PEBs, ubi will go into readonly mode.

Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@gmail.com>


# 87e773c9 04-Jul-2012 Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@gmail.com>

UBI: harmonize the update of ubi->beb_rsvd_pebs

Currently, there are several locations where an attempt to reserve more
PEBs for bad PEB handling is made, with the same code being duplicated.

Harmonize it by introducing 'ubi_update_reserved()'.

Also, improve the debug message issued, making it more descriptive.

Artem: amended the patch a little.

Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>


# 5c669a5b 04-Jul-2012 Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@gmail.com>

UBI: trivial: fix comment of ubi_calculate_reserved function

The function name within the comment was not aligned with the actual
function name.

Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>


# d57f4054 20-Sep-2011 Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>

mtd: utilize `mtd_is_*()' functions

Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@intel.com>


# bb00e180 31-Jul-2010 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: make check_pattern function non-static

This patch turns static function 'check_pattern()' into a non-static
'ubi_check_pattern()'. This is just a preparation for the chages which
are coming in the next patches.

Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>


# cadb40cc 21-May-2008 Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com>

UBI: avoid unnecessary division operations

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>


# 89b96b69 16-Dec-2007 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: improve internal interfaces

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>


# 92ad8f37 06-May-2007 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: use vmalloc for large buffers

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>


# 801c135c 26-Jun-2006 Artem B. Bityutskiy <dedekind@linutronix.de>

UBI: Unsorted Block Images

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>