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18 * Author: Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)
21 #ifndef __UBI_USER_H__
22 #define __UBI_USER_H__
25 * UBI device creation (the same as MTD device attachment)
26 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
28 * MTD devices may be attached using %UBI_IOCATT ioctl command of the UBI
29 * control device. The caller has to properly fill and pass
30 * &struct ubi_attach_req object - UBI will attach the MTD device specified in
31 * the request and return the newly created UBI device number as the ioctl
34 * UBI device deletion (the same as MTD device detachment)
35 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
37 * An UBI device maybe deleted with %UBI_IOCDET ioctl command of the UBI
43 * UBI volumes are created via the %UBI_IOCMKVOL IOCTL command of UBI character
44 * device. A &struct ubi_mkvol_req object has to be properly filled and a
45 * pointer to it has to be passed to the IOCTL.
50 * To delete a volume, the %UBI_IOCRMVOL IOCTL command of the UBI character
51 * device should be used. A pointer to the 32-bit volume ID hast to be passed
57 * To re-size a volume, the %UBI_IOCRSVOL IOCTL command of the UBI character
58 * device should be used. A &struct ubi_rsvol_req object has to be properly
59 * filled and a pointer to it has to be passed to the IOCTL.
64 * To re-name several volumes atomically at one go, the %UBI_IOCRNVOL command
65 * of the UBI character device should be used. A &struct ubi_rnvol_req object
66 * has to be properly filled and a pointer to it has to be passed to the IOCTL.
71 * Volume update should be done via the %UBI_IOCVOLUP IOCTL command of the
72 * corresponding UBI volume character device. A pointer to a 64-bit update
73 * size should be passed to the IOCTL. After this, UBI expects user to write
74 * this number of bytes to the volume character device. The update is finished
75 * when the claimed number of bytes is passed. So, the volume update sequence
78 * fd = open("/dev/my_volume");
79 * ioctl(fd, UBI_IOCVOLUP, &image_size);
80 * write(fd, buf, image_size);
83 * Atomic eraseblock change
84 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
86 * Atomic eraseblock change operation is done via the %UBI_IOCEBCH IOCTL
87 * command of the corresponding UBI volume character device. A pointer to
88 * &struct ubi_leb_change_req has to be passed to the IOCTL. Then the user is
89 * expected to write the requested amount of bytes. This is similar to the
90 * "volume update" IOCTL.
94 * When a new UBI volume or UBI device is created, users may either specify the
95 * volume/device number they want to create or to let UBI automatically assign
96 * the number using these constants.
98 #define UBI_VOL_NUM_AUTO (-1)
99 #define UBI_DEV_NUM_AUTO (-1)
101 /* Maximum volume name length */
102 #define UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME 127
104 /* IOCTL commands of UBI character devices */
106 #define UBI_IOC_MAGIC 'o'
108 /* Create an UBI volume */
109 #define UBI_IOCMKVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 0, struct ubi_mkvol_req)
110 /* Remove an UBI volume */
111 #define UBI_IOCRMVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 1, int32_t)
112 /* Re-size an UBI volume */
113 #define UBI_IOCRSVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 2, struct ubi_rsvol_req)
114 /* Re-name volumes */
115 #define UBI_IOCRNVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 3, struct ubi_rnvol_req)
117 /* IOCTL commands of the UBI control character device */
119 #define UBI_CTRL_IOC_MAGIC 'o'
121 /* Attach an MTD device */
122 #define UBI_IOCATT _IOW(UBI_CTRL_IOC_MAGIC, 64, struct ubi_attach_req)
123 /* Detach an MTD device */
124 #define UBI_IOCDET _IOW(UBI_CTRL_IOC_MAGIC, 65, int32_t)
126 /* IOCTL commands of UBI volume character devices */
128 #define UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC 'O'
130 /* Start UBI volume update */
131 #define UBI_IOCVOLUP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 0, int64_t)
132 /* An eraseblock erasure command, used for debugging, disabled by default */
133 #define UBI_IOCEBER _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 1, int32_t)
134 /* An atomic eraseblock change command */
135 #define UBI_IOCEBCH _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 2, int32_t)
136 /* Map an eraseblock, used for debugging, disabled by default */
137 #define UBI_IOCEBMAP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 3, struct ubi_map_req)
138 /* Unmap an eraseblock, used for debugging, disabled by default */
139 #define UBI_IOCEBUNMAP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 4, int32_t)
140 /* Check if an eraseblock is mapped, used for debugging, disabled by default */
141 #define UBI_IOCEBISMAP _IOR(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 5, int32_t)
143 /* Maximum MTD device name length supported by UBI */
144 #define MAX_UBI_MTD_NAME_LEN 127
146 /* Maximum amount of UBI volumes that can be re-named at one go */
147 #define UBI_MAX_RNVOL 32
150 * UBI data type hint constants.
152 * UBI_LONGTERM: long-term data
153 * UBI_SHORTTERM: short-term data
154 * UBI_UNKNOWN: data persistence is unknown
156 * These constants are used when data is written to UBI volumes in order to
157 * help the UBI wear-leveling unit to find more appropriate physical
167 * UBI volume type constants.
169 * @UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME: dynamic volume
170 * @UBI_STATIC_VOLUME: static volume
173 UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME = 3,
174 UBI_STATIC_VOLUME = 4,
178 * struct ubi_attach_req - attach MTD device request.
179 * @ubi_num: UBI device number to create
180 * @mtd_num: MTD device number to attach
181 * @vid_hdr_offset: VID header offset (use defaults if %0)
182 * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
184 * This data structure is used to specify MTD device UBI has to attach and the
185 * parameters it has to use. The number which should be assigned to the new UBI
186 * device is passed in @ubi_num. UBI may automatically assign the number if
187 * @UBI_DEV_NUM_AUTO is passed. In this case, the device number is returned in
190 * Most applications should pass %0 in @vid_hdr_offset to make UBI use default
191 * offset of the VID header within physical eraseblocks. The default offset is
192 * the next min. I/O unit after the EC header. For example, it will be offset
193 * 512 in case of a 512 bytes page NAND flash with no sub-page support. Or
194 * it will be 512 in case of a 2KiB page NAND flash with 4 512-byte sub-pages.
196 * But in rare cases, if this optimizes things, the VID header may be placed to
197 * a different offset. For example, the boot-loader might do things faster if
198 * the VID header sits at the end of the first 2KiB NAND page with 4 sub-pages.
199 * As the boot-loader would not normally need to read EC headers (unless it
200 * needs UBI in RW mode), it might be faster to calculate ECC. This is weird
201 * example, but it real-life example. So, in this example, @vid_hdr_offer would
202 * be 2KiB-64 bytes = 1984. Note, that this position is not even 512-bytes
203 * aligned, which is OK, as UBI is clever enough to realize this is 4th
204 * sub-page of the first page and add needed padding.
206 struct ubi_attach_req {
209 int32_t vid_hdr_offset;
214 * struct ubi_mkvol_req - volume description data structure used in
215 * volume creation requests.
216 * @vol_id: volume number
217 * @alignment: volume alignment
218 * @bytes: volume size in bytes
219 * @vol_type: volume type (%UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME or %UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
220 * @padding1: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
221 * @name_len: volume name length
222 * @padding2: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
225 * This structure is used by user-space programs when creating new volumes. The
226 * @used_bytes field is only necessary when creating static volumes.
228 * The @alignment field specifies the required alignment of the volume logical
229 * eraseblock. This means, that the size of logical eraseblocks will be aligned
230 * to this number, i.e.,
231 * (UBI device logical eraseblock size) mod (@alignment) = 0.
233 * To put it differently, the logical eraseblock of this volume may be slightly
234 * shortened in order to make it properly aligned. The alignment has to be
235 * multiple of the flash minimal input/output unit, or %1 to utilize the entire
236 * available space of logical eraseblocks.
238 * The @alignment field may be useful, for example, when one wants to maintain
239 * a block device on top of an UBI volume. In this case, it is desirable to fit
240 * an integer number of blocks in logical eraseblocks of this UBI volume. With
241 * alignment it is possible to update this volume using plane UBI volume image
242 * BLOBs, without caring about how to properly align them.
244 struct ubi_mkvol_req {
252 char name[UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME + 1];
253 } __attribute__ ((packed));
256 * struct ubi_rsvol_req - a data structure used in volume re-size requests.
257 * @vol_id: ID of the volume to re-size
258 * @bytes: new size of the volume in bytes
260 * Re-sizing is possible for both dynamic and static volumes. But while dynamic
261 * volumes may be re-sized arbitrarily, static volumes cannot be made to be
262 * smaller than the number of bytes they bear. To arbitrarily shrink a static
263 * volume, it must be wiped out first (by means of volume update operation with
264 * zero number of bytes).
266 struct ubi_rsvol_req {
269 } __attribute__ ((packed));
272 * struct ubi_rnvol_req - volumes re-name request.
273 * @count: count of volumes to re-name
274 * @padding1: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
275 * @vol_id: ID of the volume to re-name
276 * @name_len: name length
277 * @padding2: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
278 * @name: new volume name
280 * UBI allows to re-name up to %32 volumes at one go. The count of volumes to
281 * re-name is specified in the @count field. The ID of the volumes to re-name
282 * and the new names are specified in the @vol_id and @name fields.
284 * The UBI volume re-name operation is atomic, which means that should power cut
285 * happen, the volumes will have either old name or new name. So the possible
286 * use-cases of this command is atomic upgrade. Indeed, to upgrade, say, volumes
287 * A and B one may create temporary volumes %A1 and %B1 with the new contents,
288 * then atomically re-name A1->A and B1->B, in which case old %A and %B will
291 * If it is not desirable to remove old A and B, the re-name request has to
292 * contain 4 entries: A1->A, A->A1, B1->B, B->B1, in which case old A1 and B1
293 * become A and B, and old A and B will become A1 and B1.
295 * It is also OK to request: A1->A, A1->X, B1->B, B->Y, in which case old A1
296 * and B1 become A and B, and old A and B become X and Y.
298 * In other words, in case of re-naming into an existing volume name, the
299 * existing volume is removed, unless it is re-named as well at the same
302 struct ubi_rnvol_req {
309 char name[UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME + 1];
310 } ents[UBI_MAX_RNVOL];
311 } __attribute__ ((packed));
314 * struct ubi_leb_change_req - a data structure used in atomic logical
315 * eraseblock change requests.
316 * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to change
317 * @bytes: how many bytes will be written to the logical eraseblock
318 * @dtype: data type (%UBI_LONGTERM, %UBI_SHORTTERM, %UBI_UNKNOWN)
319 * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
321 struct ubi_leb_change_req {
326 } __attribute__ ((packed));
329 * struct ubi_map_req - a data structure used in map eraseblock requests.
330 * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to unmap
331 * @dtype: data type (%UBI_LONGTERM, %UBI_SHORTTERM, %UBI_UNKNOWN)
332 * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
338 } __attribute__ ((packed));
340 #endif /* __UBI_USER_H__ */