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2018-04-10libmtd: Add support to access OOB available sizeXiaolei Li
This patch exposes OOB available size to user. Then user can use OOB free area according to OOB available size. Steps to get OOB available size: First, access /sys/class/mtd/mtdX/oobavail. If not exist, then try to get ecc layout by ioctl "ECCGETLAYOUT". If none of them work, set OOB available size to 0. Signed-off-by: Xiaolei Li <xiaolei.li@mediatek.com> Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>
2017-03-15Fix libmtd behaviour if MTD is not present on the systemDavid Oberhollenzer
The documentation of libmtd_open says, if it returns NULL and errno is zero, MTD is not present. However, the current version always returns a libmtd_t object. The function internally checks, if it can access the MTD sysfs files and, if not, sets a flag to use the procfs fallback. This patch adds an additional check to libmtd_open, to test if the MTD procfs file can be read and fails with errno cleared if it does not exist. Furhtermore, mtd_get_info is documented to fail with errno set to ENODEV if MTD is not present. First of all, this was broken in the original version. It was implemented to specification for the sysfs code path, but if MTD is not present, that won't be executed, because of the flag set by libmtd_open. This makes the check not only redundant, but masks an actual error (the sysfs paths suddenly not being readable anymore). The legacy path that was used if the sysfs files are not avaible fails with ENOENT if it cannot read the procfs file. With the above changes in addition, we don't have a libmtd_t object if neither sysfs nor procfs is readable, so this error status no longer makes sense. This patch removes the documentation on the ENODEV errno, and makes sure that mtd_get_info always returns with apropriate errno on failure. Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at>
2016-11-17mtd-utils: Add multi-block erase functionDavid Oberhollenzer
Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
2016-11-17Remove unused and broken mtd_write_img function from libmtdDavid Oberhollenzer
The function _tries_ to support short reads but doesn't adjust the pointer into the buffer. If a short read happens, we scrambles the flash contents. Interrupted reads aren't handled. Short or interrupted writes aren't handled at all. Either a write succeeds writing the entire buffer or the function gives up. During an attempt at fixing it, it was discovered, that no mtd-utils program uses this function. Furthermore, its highly specific nature makes it more of a "feature looking for use case". Signed-off-by: David Oberhollenzer <david.oberhollenzer@sigma-star.at> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
2012-02-02libmtd: add `mtd_dev_present()' library functionBrian Norris
Will be used for `mtdinfo --all' Artem: add a temporary stub for pre-2.6.30 kernels. Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>
2011-09-11libmtd: modify `mtd_write' to cover OOB writesBrian Norris
To support the MEMWRITE ioctl, we will need a different sort of libmtd interface for writing to flash. We will expand mtd_write to include more functionality; for now, we just change the function definition and description as we begin to add the actual functionality. Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@intel.com>
2011-06-08libmtd: improve mtd_islocked interfaceArtem Bityutskiy
This patch first of all, re-names 'mtd_islocked()' into 'mtd_is_locked()' since this seems to be the name Mike wanted, and it looks a bit nicer. This patch also makes 'mtd_is_locked()' print an error message if it fails. I'm not sure if it is good idea for a library to do so, but all functions do this, so it certainly _not_ a good idea to be inconsistent. However, for the special case, when the the "is locked" ioctl is not supported or is not valid for this device, we do not print an error message and return ENOTSUPP error code. Thus, the user can distinguish between real errors and non-fatal "not supported" cases. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2011-06-08libmtd: add helper funcs for getting regioninfo and locked infoMike Frysinger
This extends the libmtd with the helper functions: mtd_regioninfo: interface to MEMGETREGIONINFO mtd_islocked: interface to MEMISLOCKED Users of these functions will follow shortly ... Artem: do not print error message in mtd_islocked() Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2010-09-25libmtd: add lock/unlock helpersMike Frysinger
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2010-07-26libmtd: add OOB read and write interfacesArtem Bityutskiy
This patch is based on Kevin Cernekee's patch posted to the MTD mailing list. It adds 'mtd_read_oob()' and 'mtd_write_oob()' interfaces support. The interfaces use MEMREADOOB64/MEMWRITEOOB64 MTD ioctls if possible, and fall-back to MEMREADOOB/MEMWRITEOOB if the 64-bit versions are not supported. The information about ioctls support is then cashed in 'offs64_ioctls' libmtd flag. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2010-07-26libmtd: support MEMERASE64Artem Bityutskiy
This patch is base on Kevin Cernekee's patch posted to the MTD mailing list. It adds MEMERASE64 support to the 'mtd_erase()' call. Now it first tries to use MEMERASE64, and if that is not supported, falls back to the old MEMERASE ioctl. This patch also introduces an 'offs64_ioctl' flag to the libmtd descriptor. However, we cannot initialize it in 'libmtd_open()', because we need an MTD device node, which we do not have in 'libmtd_open()'. Thus, we firs mark this flag as "uninitialized", and at the first invocation of 'mtd_erase()' we initialize it. This also means that we have to pass the limbtd descriptor to 'mtd_erase()', to save the flag value. This, in turn, requires tweaking 'mtd_erase()' users. This is not very nice, but good enough so far. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>
2010-07-13mtd-utils: move libmtd source files to lib/ subdirectoryKevin Cernekee
Source files for libmtd, crc32, and fec are scattered throughout the tree. Move them to a central location so they can be built into a common "libmtd.a" library used by all mtd-utils programs. This patch only renames/deletes files and does not change the content. Also modify the build system and source code so that libmtd.a can be built from a "common" location (lib/). Statically link all utilities at the top level with libmtd.a . Minor changes to mkfs.ubifs to allow using the common crc32 implementation. Signed-off-by: Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@nokia.com>