linux/drivers/mtd/ubi, branch v2.6.39-rc2

UBI: use GFP_NOFS properly

2011-03-24T14:09:56Z

This patch fixes a brown-paperbag bug which was introduced by me: I used incorrect "GFP_KERNEL | GFP_NOFS" allocation flags to make sure my allocations do not cause write-back. But the correct form is "GFP_NOFS". Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy

Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6

2011-03-18T17:50:27Z

* 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubifs-2.6: (25 commits) UBIFS: clean-up commentaries UBIFS: save 128KiB or more RAM UBIFS: allocate orphans scan buffer on demand UBIFS: allocate lpt dump buffer on demand UBIFS: allocate ltab checking buffer on demand UBIFS: allocate scanning buffer on demand UBIFS: allocate dump buffer on demand UBIFS: do not check data crc by default UBIFS: simplify UBIFS Kconfig menu UBIFS: print max. index node size UBIFS: handle allocation failures in UBIFS write path UBIFS: use max_write_size during recovery UBIFS: use max_write_size for write-buffers UBIFS: introduce write-buffer size field UBI: incorporate LEB offset information UBIFS: incorporate maximum write size UBI: provide LEB offset information UBI: incorporate maximum write size UBIFS: fix LEB number in printk UBIFS: restrict world-writable debugfs files ...

Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubi-2.6

2011-03-18T17:50:02Z

* 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubi-2.6: UBI: make tests modes dynamic UBI: make self-checks dynamic UBI: make debugging messages dynamic UBI: remove UBI_IO_DEBUG macro UBI: kill debugging buffer UBI: allocate erase checking buffer on demand UBI: allocate write checking buffer on demand UBI: always re-read in case of read failures UBI: cleanup comments about corrupted PEBs UBI: add slab cache for ubi_scan_leb objects UBI: use raw mtd read function in debugging code UBI: try to reveal buggy MTD drivers UBI: add a commentary about allocating VID header buffer on stack UBI: cleanup LEB start calculations UBI: fix NOR erase preparation quirk

UBI: make tests modes dynamic

2011-03-16T11:50:17Z

Similarly to the debugging checks and message, make the test modes be dynamically selected via the "debug_tsts" module parameter or via the "/sys/module/ubi/parameters/debug_tsts" sysfs file. This is consistent with UBIFS as well. And now, since all the Kconfig knobs became dynamic, we can remove the Kconfig.debug file completely. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy

UBI: make self-checks dynamic

2011-03-16T11:50:16Z

This patch adds a possibility to dynamically switch UBI self-checks on and off, instead of toggling them compile-time from the configuration menu. This is much more flexible, and consistent with UBIFS, and this also simplifies UBI Kconfig menu and the code. This patch introduces two levels of self-checks - general, which includes all self-checks which are relatively fast, and I/O, which includes write-verify checks and erase-verify checks, which are relatively slow and involve flash I/O. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy

UBI: make debugging messages dynamic

2011-03-16T11:50:16Z

This patch adds a possibility to dynamically select UBI debugging messages, instead of selecting them compile-time from the configuration menu. This is much more flexible, and consistent with UBIFS, and this also simplifies UBI Kconfig menu and the code. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy

UBI: remove UBI_IO_DEBUG macro

2011-03-16T11:50:16Z

This additional little macro is used to print a bit more messages while scanning the media. However, we have the 'dbg_bld()' macro for this, so we better us 'dbg_bld()' and kill UBI_IO_DEBUG. This simplifies the code a tiny bit. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy

UBI: kill debugging buffer

2011-03-16T11:50:16Z

This patch kills the 'ubi->dbg_peb_buf' debugging buffer and the associated mutex, because all users of this buffer are now gone. We are killing this buffer because we are going to switch to dynamic debugging control, just like in UBIFS, which means that CONFIG_MTD_UBI_DEBUG_PARANOID will be removed. In this case we'd end up always allocating 'ubi->dbg_peb_buf', which is rather large (128KiB or more), and this would be wasteful. Thus, we are just killing it. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy

UBI: allocate erase checking buffer on demand

2011-03-16T11:50:16Z

Instead of using pre-allocated 'ubi->dbg_peb_buf' buffer in 'ubi_dbg_check_all_ff()', dynamically allocate it when needed. The intend is to get rid of the pre-allocated 'ubi->dbg_peb_buf' buffer completely. And the need for this arises because we want to change to dynamic debugging control instead of compile-time control, i.e., we are going to kill the CONFIG_MTD_UBI_DEBUG_PARANOID Kconfig option, which would mean that 'ubi->dbg_peb_buf' is always allocated, which would be wasteful. Thus, we are getting rid of 'ubi->dbg_peb_buf', and this is a preparation for that. signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy

UBI: allocate write checking buffer on demand

2011-03-16T11:50:16Z

Instead of using pre-allocated 'ubi->dbg_peb_buf' buffer in 'ubi_dbg_check_write()', dynamically allocate it when needed. The intend is to get rid of the pre-allocated 'ubi->dbg_peb_buf' buffer completely. And the need for this arises because we want to change to dynamic debugging control instead of compile-time control, i.e., we are going to kill the CONFIG_MTD_UBI_DEBUG_PARANOID Kconfig option, which would mean that 'ubi->dbg_peb_buf' is always allocated, which would be wasteful. Thus, we are getting rid of 'ubi->dbg_peb_buf', and this is a preparation for that. Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy