History log of /linux-master/drivers/mtd/ubi/upd.c
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# 1a59d1b8 27-May-2019 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

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

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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>


# 9cd9a21c 22-Feb-2017 Sebastian Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>

ubi/upd: Always flush after prepared for an update

In commit 6afaf8a484cb ("UBI: flush wl before clearing update marker") I
managed to trigger and fix a similar bug. Now here is another version of
which I assumed it wouldn't matter back then but it turns out UBI has a
check for it and will error out like this:

|ubi0 warning: validate_vid_hdr: inconsistent used_ebs
|ubi0 error: validate_vid_hdr: inconsistent VID header at PEB 592

All you need to trigger this is? "ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_0 file" + a
powercut in the middle of the operation.
ubi_start_update() sets the update-marker and puts all EBs on the erase
list. After that userland can proceed to write new data while the old EB
aren't erased completely. A powercut at this point is usually not that
much of a tragedy. UBI won't give read access to the static volume
because it has the update marker. It will most likely set the corrupted
flag because it misses some EBs.
So we are all good. Unless the size of the image that has been written
differs from the old image in the magnitude of at least one EB. In that
case UBI will find two different values for `used_ebs' and refuse to
attach the image with the error message mentioned above.

So in order not to get in the situation, the patch will ensure that we
wait until everything is removed before it tries to write any data.
The alternative would be to detect such a case and remove all EBs at the
attached time after we processed the volume-table and see the
update-marker set. The patch looks bigger and I doubt it is worth it
since usually the write() will wait from time to time for a new EB since
usually there not that many spare EB that can be used.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>


# e4f6daac 21-Feb-2016 Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>

ubi: Fix out of bounds write in volume update code

ubi_start_leb_change() allocates too few bytes.
ubi_more_leb_change_data() will write up to req->upd_bytes +
ubi->min_io_size bytes.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com>


# f38aed97 26-Oct-2014 Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>

UBI: Fix invalid vfree()

The logic of vfree()'ing vol->upd_buf is tied to vol->updating.
In ubi_start_update() vol->updating is set long before vmalloc()'ing
vol->upd_buf. If we encounter a write failure in ubi_start_update()
before vmalloc() the UBI device release function will try to vfree()
vol->upd_buf because vol->updating is set.
Fix this by allocating vol->upd_buf directly after setting vol->updating.

Fixes:
[ 31.559338] UBI warning: vol_cdev_release: update of volume 2 not finished, volume is damaged
[ 31.559340] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 31.559343] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 2747 at mm/vmalloc.c:1446 __vunmap+0xe3/0x110()
[ 31.559344] Trying to vfree() nonexistent vm area (ffffc90001f2b000)
[ 31.559345] Modules linked in:
[ 31.565620] 0000000000000bba ffff88002a0cbdb0 ffffffff818f0497 ffff88003b9ba148
[ 31.566347] ffff88002a0cbde0 ffffffff8156f515 ffff88003b9ba148 0000000000000bba
[ 31.567073] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff88002a0cbe88 ffffffff8156c10a
[ 31.567793] Call Trace:
[ 31.568034] [<ffffffff818f0497>] dump_stack+0x4e/0x7a
[ 31.568510] [<ffffffff8156f515>] ubi_io_write_vid_hdr+0x155/0x160
[ 31.569084] [<ffffffff8156c10a>] ubi_eba_write_leb+0x23a/0x870
[ 31.569628] [<ffffffff81569b36>] vol_cdev_write+0x226/0x380
[ 31.570155] [<ffffffff81179265>] vfs_write+0xb5/0x1f0
[ 31.570627] [<ffffffff81179f8a>] SyS_pwrite64+0x6a/0xa0
[ 31.571123] [<ffffffff818fde12>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>


# d856c13c 23-Nov-2012 Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@gmail.com>

UBI: replace memcpy with struct assignment

This kind of memcpy() is error-prone. Its replacement with a struct
assignment is prefered because it's type-safe and much easier to read.

Found by coccinelle. Hand patched and reviewed.
Tested by compilation only.

A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
identifier struct_name;
struct struct_name to;
struct struct_name from;
expression E;
@@
-memcpy(&(to), &(from), E);
+to = from;
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Peter Senna Tschudin <peter.senna@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <elezegarcia@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>


# 62f38455 20-May-2012 Joel Reardon <joel@clambassador.com>

UBI: modify ubi_wl_flush function to clear work queue for a lnum

This patch modifies ubi_wl_flush to force the erasure of
particular volume id / logical eraseblock number pairs. Previous functionality
is preserved when passing UBI_ALL for both values. The locations where ubi_wl_flush
were called are appropriately changed: ubi_leb_erase only flushes for the
erased LEB, and ubi_create_volume forces only flushing for its volume id.
External code can call this new feature via the new function ubi_flush() added
to kapi.c, which simply passes through to ubi_wl_flush().

This was tested by disabling the call to do_work in ubi thread, which results
in the work queue remaining unless explicitly called to remove. UBIFS was
changed to call ubifs_leb_change 50 times for four different LEBs. Then the
new function was called to clear the queue: passing wrong volume ids / lnum,
correct ones, and finally UBI_ALL for both to ensure it was finally all
cleard. The work queue was dumped each time and the selective removal
of the particular LEB numbers was observed. Extra checks were enabled and
ubifs's integck was also run. Finally, the drive was repeatedly filled and
emptied to ensure that the queue was cleared normally.

Artem: amended the patch.

Signed-off-by: Joel Reardon <reardonj@inf.ethz.ch>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>


# b36a261e 14-May-2012 Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>

UBI: Kill data type hint

We do not need this feature and to our shame it even was not working
and there was a bug found very recently.
-- Artem Bityutskiy

Without the data type hint UBI2 (fastmap) will be easier to implement.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>


# ebddd63b 18-Jan-2010 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: fix memory leak in update path

When truncating an UBI volume, UBI should allocates a PEB-sized
buffer but does not release it, which leads to memory leaks.
This patch fixes the issue.

Reported-by: Marek Skuczynski <mareksk7@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Tested-by: Marek Skuczynski <mareksk7@gmail.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org


# 6afaf8a4 29-Nov-2009 Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>

UBI: flush wl before clearing update marker

ubiupdatevol -t does the following:
- ubi_start_update()
- set_update_marker()
- for all LEBs ubi_eba_unmap_leb()
- clear_update_marker()
- ubi_wl_flush()

ubi_wl_flush() physically erases all PEB, once it returns all PEBs are
empty. clear_update_marker() has the update marker written after return.
If there is a power cut between the last two functions then the UBI
volume has no longer the "update" marker set and may have some valid
LEBs while some of them may be gone.
If that volume in question happens to be a UBIFS volume, then mount
will fail with

|UBIFS error (pid 1361): ubifs_read_node: bad node type (255 but expected 6)
|UBIFS error (pid 1361): ubifs_read_node: bad node at LEB 0:0
|Not a node, first 24 bytes:
|00000000: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff

if there is at least one valid LEB and the wear-leveling worker managed
to clear LEB 0.

The patch waits for the wl worker to finish prior clearing the "update"
marker on flash. The two new LEB which are scheduled for erasing after
clear_update_marker() should not matter because they are only visible to
UBI.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <sebastian@breakpoint.cc>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org


# 95c9c1da 13-May-2009 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: minor serialization fix

The @vol->upd_marker should be protected by the @ubi->device_mutex,
otherwise 'paranoid_check_volume()' complains sometimes because
vol->upd_marker is 1 while vtbl_rec->upd_marker is 0.

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


# f089c0b2 07-May-2009 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: re-name volumes_mutex to device_mutex

The mutex essencially protects the entire UBI device, so the
old @volumes_mutex name is a little misleading.

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


# 3013ee31 16-Jan-2009 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: use nicer 64-bit math

Get rid of 'do_div()' and use more user-friendly primitives from
'linux/math64.h'.

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


# ebaaf1af 18-Jul-2008 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: fix kernel-doc errors and warnings

No functional changes, just tweak comments to make kernel-doc
work fine and stop complaining.

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


# 9c9ec147 18-Jul-2008 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: fix checkpatch.pl errors and warnings

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>


# c8566350 16-Jul-2008 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: fix and re-work debugging stuff

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


# a0fd1efd 21-May-2008 Kyungmin Park <kmpark@infradead.org>

UBI: fix buffer padding

Instead of correctly pad the buffer wich we are writing to the
eraseblock during update, we used weird construct:

memset(buf + len, 0xFF, len - len);

Fix this.

Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kmpark@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>


# e653879c 24-Jan-2008 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: implement atomic LEB change ioctl

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


# 1b68d0ee 24-Jan-2008 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: simplify internal interfaces

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>


# 0411e735 24-Jan-2008 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: do not change file pointer while updating

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>


# cae0a771 16-Dec-2007 Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>

UBI: tweak volumes locking

Transform vtbl_mutex to volumes_mutex - this just makes code
easier to understand.

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>