inode checkpoints

[Artem B. Bityuckiy]

Of course, ICPs shouldn't contain full node headers, only those 
information which is needed for the inode cache creation should be includes.

I'm imaging the following data structures for ICPs...

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      Regular file inode checkpoints (FICP)
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The FICP are represented by the following structure:

struct jffs2_raw_ficp {
     /* standard JFFS2 node header fields */
     jint32_t magic;
     jint32_t nodetype;
     jint32_t totlen;
     jint32_t hdr_crc;
     jint32_t version;  /* the checkpoint version */
     jint32_t highest_version;  /* the highest version of node, 
described by this checkpoint */
     jint32_t lowest_version;  /* the lowest version of node, described 
by this checkpoint */
     jint32_t dsize;  /* checkpoint's data size in uncompressed form */
     jint32_t ino;  /* the inode described by this checkpoint */
     jint32_t num;  /* the number of nodes, described by this checkpoint */
     uint8_t compr;  /* the checkpoint node data compression type; 
standard values are used */
     uint8_t unused[3];  /* just padding */
     jint32_t data_crc;  /* the CRC checksum of the checkpoint data */
     jint32_t node_crc;  /* the CRC checksum of the checkpoint object 
without data */
     struct jffs2_raw_ficp_entry data[0];  /* */
};

Each node, described by the FICP is represented by the following 
structure (fields are the same as in the jffs2_raw_inode structure).

struct jffs2_raw_ficp_entry {
     jint32_t offset; /* the offset in the regular file, to which the 
changes which are introduced by this node belong */
     jint32_t version; /* the node version  */
     jint32_t size; /* size of the data belonging to the node (in 
uncompressed form) */
};

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Directory inode checkpoints (DICP)
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The directory checkpoint is represented by the following structure:
struct jffs2_raw_dicp {
     /* standard JFFS2 node header fields */
     jint32_t magic;
     jint32_t nodetype;
     jint32_t totlen;
     jint32_t hdr_crc;
     jint32_t version; /* the checkpoint version */
     jint32_t highest_version; /* the lowest version of the direntry 
node, described by this checkpoint */
     jint32_t lowest_version; /* the lowest version of the direntry 
node, described by this checkpoint */
     jint32_t dsize; /* checkpoint's data size in uncompressed form */
     jint32_t ino /* the inode number of directory, which is described 
by this checkpoint */;
     jint32_t num; /* the number of direntry nodes, described by this 
checkpoint */
     uint8_t compr; /* the checkpoint node data compression type; 
standard values are used */
     uint8_t unused[3]; /* ust padding */
     jint32_t data_crc; /* the CRC checksum of the checkpoint data */
     jint32_t node_crc; /* the CRC checksum of the checkpoint object 
without data */
     struct jffs2_raw_dicp_entry data[0];
};

Each direntry node, described by the directory checkpoint is represented 
by the following structure (fields are the same as in the 
jffs2_raw_dirent structure).

struct jffs2_raw_dicp_entry {
     jint32_t ino; /* the inode number of the target file (i.e., of the 
file to which this direntry */
     jint32_t version; /* the direntry node version */
     uint8_t size; /* the direntry name length */
     uint8_t type; /* the type of the target file (the same as the type 
field in the struct */
     uint8_t name[0] /* the direntry name */
} __attribute__((packed));



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For FICP and DICP new node type identifiers ought to be introduced. 
These identifiers are defined as:

#define JFFS2_NODETYPE_FICP \
     (JFFS2_FEATURE_RWCOMPAT_DELETE | JFFS2_NODE_ACCURATE | 5)

#define JFFS2_NODETYPE_DICP \
     (JFFS2_FEATURE_RWCOMPAT_DELETE | JFFS2_NODE_ACCURATE | 6)

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Comments ?

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Best Regards,
Artem B. Bityuckiy,
St.-Petersburg, Russia.