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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-04-04 15:35:38 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-04-04 15:35:38 -0700
commit370d2662d569f22ac3d598cd4475617cd910c759 (patch)
tree127b1cd120174be71ce74488694a48df6c87571e /include/uapi
parentd15fee814d8d30bbb4859ef8fef7a1f96327635b (diff)
parentd56030ac25d383218045c5d87e98e0494d6af3ad (diff)
downloadlinux-370d2662d569f22ac3d598cd4475617cd910c759.tar.bz2
Merge tag 'upstream-3.15-rc1' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-ubifs
Pull ubifs updates from Artem Bityutskiy: "This pull request includes the 'ubiblock' driver which provides R/O block access to UBI volumes. It is useful for those who want to use squashfs on top of raw flash devices. UBI will provide bit-flip handling and wear-levelling in this case (e.g., if there are other UBI volumes with R/W UBIFS too). The driver is actually pretty small and it is part of the UBI kernel subsystem. Delivered by Ezequiel Garcia, along with a piece of documentation on the MTD web site and the user-space tool for creating and removing block devices" * tag 'upstream-3.15-rc1' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-ubifs: UBI: block: Remove __initdata from ubiblock_param_ops UBI: make UBI_IOCVOLCRBLK take a parameter for future usage UBI: rename block device ioctls UBI: block: Use ENOSYS as return value when CONFIG_UBIBLOCK=n UBI: block: Add CONFIG_BLOCK dependency UBI: block: Use 'u64' for the 64-bit dividend UBI: block: Mark init-only symbol as __initdata UBI: block: do not use term "attach" UBI: R/O block driver on top of UBI volumes
Diffstat (limited to 'include/uapi')
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h22
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h
index 723c324590c1..1927b0d78a99 100644
--- a/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h
+++ b/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h
@@ -134,6 +134,16 @@
* used. A pointer to a &struct ubi_set_vol_prop_req object is expected to be
* passed. The object describes which property should be set, and to which value
* it should be set.
+ *
+ * Block devices on UBI volumes
+ * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ *
+ * To create a R/O block device on top of an UBI volume the %UBI_IOCVOLCRBLK
+ * should be used. A pointer to a &struct ubi_blkcreate_req object is expected
+ * to be passed, which is not used and reserved for future usage.
+ *
+ * Conversely, to remove a block device the %UBI_IOCVOLRMBLK should be used,
+ * which takes no arguments.
*/
/*
@@ -191,6 +201,10 @@
/* Set an UBI volume property */
#define UBI_IOCSETVOLPROP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 6, \
struct ubi_set_vol_prop_req)
+/* Create a R/O block device on top of an UBI volume */
+#define UBI_IOCVOLCRBLK _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 7, struct ubi_blkcreate_req)
+/* Remove the R/O block device */
+#define UBI_IOCVOLRMBLK _IO(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 8)
/* Maximum MTD device name length supported by UBI */
#define MAX_UBI_MTD_NAME_LEN 127
@@ -420,4 +434,12 @@ struct ubi_set_vol_prop_req {
__u64 value;
} __packed;
+/**
+ * struct ubi_blkcreate_req - a data structure used in block creation requests.
+ * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
+ */
+struct ubi_blkcreate_req {
+ __s8 padding[128];
+} __packed;
+
#endif /* __UBI_USER_H__ */