linux/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h
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   1/*
   2 * Copyright © International Business Machines Corp., 2006
   3 *
   4 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   5 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   6 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
   7 * (at your option) any later version.
   8 *
   9 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
  12 * the GNU General Public License for more details.
  13 *
  14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  15 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  16 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
  17 *
  18 * Author: Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)
  19 */
  20
  21#ifndef __UBI_USER_H__
  22#define __UBI_USER_H__
  23
  24#include <linux/types.h>
  25
  26/*
  27 * UBI device creation (the same as MTD device attachment)
  28 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  29 *
  30 * MTD devices may be attached using %UBI_IOCATT ioctl command of the UBI
  31 * control device. The caller has to properly fill and pass
  32 * &struct ubi_attach_req object - UBI will attach the MTD device specified in
  33 * the request and return the newly created UBI device number as the ioctl
  34 * return value.
  35 *
  36 * UBI device deletion (the same as MTD device detachment)
  37 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  38 *
  39 * An UBI device maybe deleted with %UBI_IOCDET ioctl command of the UBI
  40 * control device.
  41 *
  42 * UBI volume creation
  43 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  44 *
  45 * UBI volumes are created via the %UBI_IOCMKVOL ioctl command of UBI character
  46 * device. A &struct ubi_mkvol_req object has to be properly filled and a
  47 * pointer to it has to be passed to the ioctl.
  48 *
  49 * UBI volume deletion
  50 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  51 *
  52 * To delete a volume, the %UBI_IOCRMVOL ioctl command of the UBI character
  53 * device should be used. A pointer to the 32-bit volume ID hast to be passed
  54 * to the ioctl.
  55 *
  56 * UBI volume re-size
  57 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  58 *
  59 * To re-size a volume, the %UBI_IOCRSVOL ioctl command of the UBI character
  60 * device should be used. A &struct ubi_rsvol_req object has to be properly
  61 * filled and a pointer to it has to be passed to the ioctl.
  62 *
  63 * UBI volumes re-name
  64 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  65 *
  66 * To re-name several volumes atomically at one go, the %UBI_IOCRNVOL command
  67 * of the UBI character device should be used. A &struct ubi_rnvol_req object
  68 * has to be properly filled and a pointer to it has to be passed to the ioctl.
  69 *
  70 * UBI volume update
  71 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  72 *
  73 * Volume update should be done via the %UBI_IOCVOLUP ioctl command of the
  74 * corresponding UBI volume character device. A pointer to a 64-bit update
  75 * size should be passed to the ioctl. After this, UBI expects user to write
  76 * this number of bytes to the volume character device. The update is finished
  77 * when the claimed number of bytes is passed. So, the volume update sequence
  78 * is something like:
  79 *
  80 * fd = open("/dev/my_volume");
  81 * ioctl(fd, UBI_IOCVOLUP, &image_size);
  82 * write(fd, buf, image_size);
  83 * close(fd);
  84 *
  85 * Logical eraseblock erase
  86 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  87 *
  88 * To erase a logical eraseblock, the %UBI_IOCEBER ioctl command of the
  89 * corresponding UBI volume character device should be used. This command
  90 * unmaps the requested logical eraseblock, makes sure the corresponding
  91 * physical eraseblock is successfully erased, and returns.
  92 *
  93 * Atomic logical eraseblock change
  94 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  95 *
  96 * Atomic logical eraseblock change operation is called using the %UBI_IOCEBCH
  97 * ioctl command of the corresponding UBI volume character device. A pointer to
  98 * a &struct ubi_leb_change_req object has to be passed to the ioctl. Then the
  99 * user is expected to write the requested amount of bytes (similarly to what
 100 * should be done in case of the "volume update" ioctl).
 101 *
 102 * Logical eraseblock map
 103 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 104 *
 105 * To map a logical eraseblock to a physical eraseblock, the %UBI_IOCEBMAP
 106 * ioctl command should be used. A pointer to a &struct ubi_map_req object is
 107 * expected to be passed. The ioctl maps the requested logical eraseblock to
 108 * a physical eraseblock and returns.  Only non-mapped logical eraseblocks can
 109 * be mapped. If the logical eraseblock specified in the request is already
 110 * mapped to a physical eraseblock, the ioctl fails and returns error.
 111 *
 112 * Logical eraseblock unmap
 113 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 114 *
 115 * To unmap a logical eraseblock to a physical eraseblock, the %UBI_IOCEBUNMAP
 116 * ioctl command should be used. The ioctl unmaps the logical eraseblocks,
 117 * schedules corresponding physical eraseblock for erasure, and returns. Unlike
 118 * the "LEB erase" command, it does not wait for the physical eraseblock being
 119 * erased. Note, the side effect of this is that if an unclean reboot happens
 120 * after the unmap ioctl returns, you may find the LEB mapped again to the same
 121 * physical eraseblock after the UBI is run again.
 122 *
 123 * Check if logical eraseblock is mapped
 124 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 125 *
 126 * To check if a logical eraseblock is mapped to a physical eraseblock, the
 127 * %UBI_IOCEBISMAP ioctl command should be used. It returns %0 if the LEB is
 128 * not mapped, and %1 if it is mapped.
 129 *
 130 * Set an UBI volume property
 131 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 132 *
 133 * To set an UBI volume property the %UBI_IOCSETPROP ioctl command should be
 134 * used. A pointer to a &struct ubi_set_vol_prop_req object is expected to be
 135 * passed. The object describes which property should be set, and to which value
 136 * it should be set.
 137 *
 138 * Block devices on UBI volumes
 139 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 140 *
 141 * To create a R/O block device on top of an UBI volume the %UBI_IOCVOLCRBLK
 142 * should be used. A pointer to a &struct ubi_blkcreate_req object is expected
 143 * to be passed, which is not used and reserved for future usage.
 144 *
 145 * Conversely, to remove a block device the %UBI_IOCVOLRMBLK should be used,
 146 * which takes no arguments.
 147 */
 148
 149/*
 150 * When a new UBI volume or UBI device is created, users may either specify the
 151 * volume/device number they want to create or to let UBI automatically assign
 152 * the number using these constants.
 153 */
 154#define UBI_VOL_NUM_AUTO (-1)
 155#define UBI_DEV_NUM_AUTO (-1)
 156
 157/* Maximum volume name length */
 158#define UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME 127
 159
 160/* ioctl commands of UBI character devices */
 161
 162#define UBI_IOC_MAGIC 'o'
 163
 164/* Create an UBI volume */
 165#define UBI_IOCMKVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 0, struct ubi_mkvol_req)
 166/* Remove an UBI volume */
 167#define UBI_IOCRMVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 1, __s32)
 168/* Re-size an UBI volume */
 169#define UBI_IOCRSVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 2, struct ubi_rsvol_req)
 170/* Re-name volumes */
 171#define UBI_IOCRNVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 3, struct ubi_rnvol_req)
 172
 173/* ioctl commands of the UBI control character device */
 174
 175#define UBI_CTRL_IOC_MAGIC 'o'
 176
 177/* Attach an MTD device */
 178#define UBI_IOCATT _IOW(UBI_CTRL_IOC_MAGIC, 64, struct ubi_attach_req)
 179/* Detach an MTD device */
 180#define UBI_IOCDET _IOW(UBI_CTRL_IOC_MAGIC, 65, __s32)
 181
 182/* ioctl commands of UBI volume character devices */
 183
 184#define UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC 'O'
 185
 186/* Start UBI volume update
 187 * Note: This actually takes a pointer (__s64*), but we can't change
 188 *       that without breaking the ABI on 32bit systems
 189 */
 190#define UBI_IOCVOLUP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 0, __s64)
 191/* LEB erasure command, used for debugging, disabled by default */
 192#define UBI_IOCEBER _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 1, __s32)
 193/* Atomic LEB change command */
 194#define UBI_IOCEBCH _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 2, __s32)
 195/* Map LEB command */
 196#define UBI_IOCEBMAP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 3, struct ubi_map_req)
 197/* Unmap LEB command */
 198#define UBI_IOCEBUNMAP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 4, __s32)
 199/* Check if LEB is mapped command */
 200#define UBI_IOCEBISMAP _IOR(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 5, __s32)
 201/* Set an UBI volume property */
 202#define UBI_IOCSETVOLPROP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 6, \
 203                               struct ubi_set_vol_prop_req)
 204/* Create a R/O block device on top of an UBI volume */
 205#define UBI_IOCVOLCRBLK _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 7, struct ubi_blkcreate_req)
 206/* Remove the R/O block device */
 207#define UBI_IOCVOLRMBLK _IO(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 8)
 208
 209/* Maximum MTD device name length supported by UBI */
 210#define MAX_UBI_MTD_NAME_LEN 127
 211
 212/* Maximum amount of UBI volumes that can be re-named at one go */
 213#define UBI_MAX_RNVOL 32
 214
 215/*
 216 * UBI volume type constants.
 217 *
 218 * @UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME: dynamic volume
 219 * @UBI_STATIC_VOLUME:  static volume
 220 */
 221enum {
 222        UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME = 3,
 223        UBI_STATIC_VOLUME  = 4,
 224};
 225
 226/*
 227 * UBI set volume property ioctl constants.
 228 *
 229 * @UBI_VOL_PROP_DIRECT_WRITE: allow (any non-zero value) or disallow (value 0)
 230 *                             user to directly write and erase individual
 231 *                             eraseblocks on dynamic volumes
 232 */
 233enum {
 234        UBI_VOL_PROP_DIRECT_WRITE = 1,
 235};
 236
 237/**
 238 * struct ubi_attach_req - attach MTD device request.
 239 * @ubi_num: UBI device number to create
 240 * @mtd_num: MTD device number to attach
 241 * @vid_hdr_offset: VID header offset (use defaults if %0)
 242 * @max_beb_per1024: maximum expected number of bad PEB per 1024 PEBs
 243 * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
 244 *
 245 * This data structure is used to specify MTD device UBI has to attach and the
 246 * parameters it has to use. The number which should be assigned to the new UBI
 247 * device is passed in @ubi_num. UBI may automatically assign the number if
 248 * @UBI_DEV_NUM_AUTO is passed. In this case, the device number is returned in
 249 * @ubi_num.
 250 *
 251 * Most applications should pass %0 in @vid_hdr_offset to make UBI use default
 252 * offset of the VID header within physical eraseblocks. The default offset is
 253 * the next min. I/O unit after the EC header. For example, it will be offset
 254 * 512 in case of a 512 bytes page NAND flash with no sub-page support. Or
 255 * it will be 512 in case of a 2KiB page NAND flash with 4 512-byte sub-pages.
 256 *
 257 * But in rare cases, if this optimizes things, the VID header may be placed to
 258 * a different offset. For example, the boot-loader might do things faster if
 259 * the VID header sits at the end of the first 2KiB NAND page with 4 sub-pages.
 260 * As the boot-loader would not normally need to read EC headers (unless it
 261 * needs UBI in RW mode), it might be faster to calculate ECC. This is weird
 262 * example, but it real-life example. So, in this example, @vid_hdr_offer would
 263 * be 2KiB-64 bytes = 1984. Note, that this position is not even 512-bytes
 264 * aligned, which is OK, as UBI is clever enough to realize this is 4th
 265 * sub-page of the first page and add needed padding.
 266 *
 267 * The @max_beb_per1024 is the maximum amount of bad PEBs UBI expects on the
 268 * UBI device per 1024 eraseblocks.  This value is often given in an other form
 269 * in the NAND datasheet (min NVB i.e. minimal number of valid blocks). The
 270 * maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 is then:
 271 *    1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)
 272 * Which gives 20 for most NAND devices.  This limit is used in order to derive
 273 * amount of eraseblock UBI reserves for handling new bad blocks. If the device
 274 * has more bad eraseblocks than this limit, UBI does not reserve any physical
 275 * eraseblocks for new bad eraseblocks, but attempts to use available
 276 * eraseblocks (if any). The accepted range is 0-768. If 0 is given, the
 277 * default kernel value of %CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT will be used.
 278 */
 279struct ubi_attach_req {
 280        __s32 ubi_num;
 281        __s32 mtd_num;
 282        __s32 vid_hdr_offset;
 283        __s16 max_beb_per1024;
 284        __s8 padding[10];
 285};
 286
 287/**
 288 * struct ubi_mkvol_req - volume description data structure used in
 289 *                        volume creation requests.
 290 * @vol_id: volume number
 291 * @alignment: volume alignment
 292 * @bytes: volume size in bytes
 293 * @vol_type: volume type (%UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME or %UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
 294 * @padding1: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
 295 * @name_len: volume name length
 296 * @padding2: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
 297 * @name: volume name
 298 *
 299 * This structure is used by user-space programs when creating new volumes. The
 300 * @used_bytes field is only necessary when creating static volumes.
 301 *
 302 * The @alignment field specifies the required alignment of the volume logical
 303 * eraseblock. This means, that the size of logical eraseblocks will be aligned
 304 * to this number, i.e.,
 305 *      (UBI device logical eraseblock size) mod (@alignment) = 0.
 306 *
 307 * To put it differently, the logical eraseblock of this volume may be slightly
 308 * shortened in order to make it properly aligned. The alignment has to be
 309 * multiple of the flash minimal input/output unit, or %1 to utilize the entire
 310 * available space of logical eraseblocks.
 311 *
 312 * The @alignment field may be useful, for example, when one wants to maintain
 313 * a block device on top of an UBI volume. In this case, it is desirable to fit
 314 * an integer number of blocks in logical eraseblocks of this UBI volume. With
 315 * alignment it is possible to update this volume using plane UBI volume image
 316 * BLOBs, without caring about how to properly align them.
 317 */
 318struct ubi_mkvol_req {
 319        __s32 vol_id;
 320        __s32 alignment;
 321        __s64 bytes;
 322        __s8 vol_type;
 323        __s8 padding1;
 324        __s16 name_len;
 325        __s8 padding2[4];
 326        char name[UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME + 1];
 327} __packed;
 328
 329/**
 330 * struct ubi_rsvol_req - a data structure used in volume re-size requests.
 331 * @vol_id: ID of the volume to re-size
 332 * @bytes: new size of the volume in bytes
 333 *
 334 * Re-sizing is possible for both dynamic and static volumes. But while dynamic
 335 * volumes may be re-sized arbitrarily, static volumes cannot be made to be
 336 * smaller than the number of bytes they bear. To arbitrarily shrink a static
 337 * volume, it must be wiped out first (by means of volume update operation with
 338 * zero number of bytes).
 339 */
 340struct ubi_rsvol_req {
 341        __s64 bytes;
 342        __s32 vol_id;
 343} __packed;
 344
 345/**
 346 * struct ubi_rnvol_req - volumes re-name request.
 347 * @count: count of volumes to re-name
 348 * @padding1:  reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
 349 * @vol_id: ID of the volume to re-name
 350 * @name_len: name length
 351 * @padding2:  reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
 352 * @name: new volume name
 353 *
 354 * UBI allows to re-name up to %32 volumes at one go. The count of volumes to
 355 * re-name is specified in the @count field. The ID of the volumes to re-name
 356 * and the new names are specified in the @vol_id and @name fields.
 357 *
 358 * The UBI volume re-name operation is atomic, which means that should power cut
 359 * happen, the volumes will have either old name or new name. So the possible
 360 * use-cases of this command is atomic upgrade. Indeed, to upgrade, say, volumes
 361 * A and B one may create temporary volumes %A1 and %B1 with the new contents,
 362 * then atomically re-name A1->A and B1->B, in which case old %A and %B will
 363 * be removed.
 364 *
 365 * If it is not desirable to remove old A and B, the re-name request has to
 366 * contain 4 entries: A1->A, A->A1, B1->B, B->B1, in which case old A1 and B1
 367 * become A and B, and old A and B will become A1 and B1.
 368 *
 369 * It is also OK to request: A1->A, A1->X, B1->B, B->Y, in which case old A1
 370 * and B1 become A and B, and old A and B become X and Y.
 371 *
 372 * In other words, in case of re-naming into an existing volume name, the
 373 * existing volume is removed, unless it is re-named as well at the same
 374 * re-name request.
 375 */
 376struct ubi_rnvol_req {
 377        __s32 count;
 378        __s8 padding1[12];
 379        struct {
 380                __s32 vol_id;
 381                __s16 name_len;
 382                __s8  padding2[2];
 383                char    name[UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME + 1];
 384        } ents[UBI_MAX_RNVOL];
 385} __packed;
 386
 387/**
 388 * struct ubi_leb_change_req - a data structure used in atomic LEB change
 389 *                             requests.
 390 * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to change
 391 * @bytes: how many bytes will be written to the logical eraseblock
 392 * @dtype: pass "3" for better compatibility with old kernels
 393 * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
 394 *
 395 * The @dtype field used to inform UBI about what kind of data will be written
 396 * to the LEB: long term (value 1), short term (value 2), unknown (value 3).
 397 * UBI tried to pick a PEB with lower erase counter for short term data and a
 398 * PEB with higher erase counter for long term data. But this was not really
 399 * used because users usually do not know this and could easily mislead UBI. We
 400 * removed this feature in May 2012. UBI currently just ignores the @dtype
 401 * field. But for better compatibility with older kernels it is recommended to
 402 * set @dtype to 3 (unknown).
 403 */
 404struct ubi_leb_change_req {
 405        __s32 lnum;
 406        __s32 bytes;
 407        __s8  dtype; /* obsolete, do not use! */
 408        __s8  padding[7];
 409} __packed;
 410
 411/**
 412 * struct ubi_map_req - a data structure used in map LEB requests.
 413 * @dtype: pass "3" for better compatibility with old kernels
 414 * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to unmap
 415 * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
 416 */
 417struct ubi_map_req {
 418        __s32 lnum;
 419        __s8  dtype; /* obsolete, do not use! */
 420        __s8  padding[3];
 421} __packed;
 422
 423
 424/**
 425 * struct ubi_set_vol_prop_req - a data structure used to set an UBI volume
 426 *                               property.
 427 * @property: property to set (%UBI_VOL_PROP_DIRECT_WRITE)
 428 * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
 429 * @value: value to set
 430 */
 431struct ubi_set_vol_prop_req {
 432        __u8  property;
 433        __u8  padding[7];
 434        __u64 value;
 435}  __packed;
 436
 437/**
 438 * struct ubi_blkcreate_req - a data structure used in block creation requests.
 439 * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
 440 */
 441struct ubi_blkcreate_req {
 442        __s8  padding[128];
 443}  __packed;
 444
 445#endif /* __UBI_USER_H__ */
 446