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-rw-r--r--include/linux/mtd/ubi.h17
-rw-r--r--include/mtd/ubi-user.h51
2 files changed, 47 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/ubi.h b/include/linux/mtd/ubi.h
index c4abe0351225..f71201d0f3e7 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/ubi.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/ubi.h
@@ -26,23 +26,6 @@
#include <mtd/ubi-user.h>
/*
- * UBI data type hint constants.
- *
- * UBI_LONGTERM: long-term data
- * UBI_SHORTTERM: short-term data
- * UBI_UNKNOWN: data persistence is unknown
- *
- * These constants are used when data is written to UBI volumes in order to
- * help the UBI wear-leveling unit to find more appropriate physical
- * eraseblocks.
- */
-enum {
- UBI_LONGTERM = 1,
- UBI_SHORTTERM,
- UBI_UNKNOWN
-};
-
-/*
* enum ubi_open_mode - UBI volume open mode constants.
*
* UBI_READONLY: read-only mode
diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
index 4d184a7f80a8..a7421f130cc0 100644
--- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
+++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
*
* Volume update should be done via the %UBI_IOCVOLUP IOCTL command of the
* corresponding UBI volume character device. A pointer to a 64-bit update
- * size should be passed to the IOCTL. After then, UBI expects user to write
+ * size should be passed to the IOCTL. After this, UBI expects user to write
* this number of bytes to the volume character device. The update is finished
* when the claimed number of bytes is passed. So, the volume update sequence
* is something like:
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@
* ioctl(fd, UBI_IOCVOLUP, &image_size);
* write(fd, buf, image_size);
* close(fd);
+ *
+ * Atomic eraseblock change
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ * Atomic eraseblock change operation is done via the %UBI_IOCEBCH IOCTL
+ * command of the corresponding UBI volume character device. A pointer to
+ * &struct ubi_leb_change_req has to be passed to the IOCTL. Then the user is
+ * expected to write the requested amount of bytes. This is similar to the
+ * "volume update" IOCTL.
*/
/*
@@ -113,11 +122,30 @@
#define UBI_IOCVOLUP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 0, int64_t)
/* An eraseblock erasure command, used for debugging, disabled by default */
#define UBI_IOCEBER _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 1, int32_t)
+/* An atomic eraseblock change command */
+#define UBI_IOCEBCH _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 2, int32_t)
/* Maximum MTD device name length supported by UBI */
#define MAX_UBI_MTD_NAME_LEN 127
/*
+ * UBI data type hint constants.
+ *
+ * UBI_LONGTERM: long-term data
+ * UBI_SHORTTERM: short-term data
+ * UBI_UNKNOWN: data persistence is unknown
+ *
+ * These constants are used when data is written to UBI volumes in order to
+ * help the UBI wear-leveling unit to find more appropriate physical
+ * eraseblocks.
+ */
+enum {
+ UBI_LONGTERM = 1,
+ UBI_SHORTTERM = 2,
+ UBI_UNKNOWN = 3,
+};
+
+/*
* UBI volume type constants.
*
* @UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME: dynamic volume
@@ -125,7 +153,7 @@
*/
enum {
UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME = 3,
- UBI_STATIC_VOLUME = 4,
+ UBI_STATIC_VOLUME = 4,
};
/**
@@ -137,7 +165,7 @@ enum {
*
* This data structure is used to specify MTD device UBI has to attach and the
* parameters it has to use. The number which should be assigned to the new UBI
- * device is passed in @ubi_num. UBI may automatically assing the number if
+ * device is passed in @ubi_num. UBI may automatically assign the number if
* @UBI_DEV_NUM_AUTO is passed. In this case, the device number is returned in
* @ubi_num.
*
@@ -176,7 +204,7 @@ struct ubi_attach_req {
* @padding2: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
* @name: volume name
*
- * This structure is used by userspace programs when creating new volumes. The
+ * This structure is used by user-space programs when creating new volumes. The
* @used_bytes field is only necessary when creating static volumes.
*
* The @alignment field specifies the required alignment of the volume logical
@@ -222,4 +250,19 @@ struct ubi_rsvol_req {
int32_t vol_id;
} __attribute__ ((packed));
+/**
+ * struct ubi_leb_change_req - a data structure used in atomic logical
+ * eraseblock change requests.
+ * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to change
+ * @bytes: how many bytes will be written to the logical eraseblock
+ * @dtype: data type (%UBI_LONGTERM, %UBI_SHORTTERM, %UBI_UNKNOWN)
+ * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
+ */
+struct ubi_leb_change_req {
+ int32_t lnum;
+ int32_t bytes;
+ uint8_t dtype;
+ uint8_t padding[7];
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
#endif /* __UBI_USER_H__ */