[PATCH] mtd: add MEMREAD ioctl
Michał Kępień
kernel at kempniu.pl
Mon Sep 20 00:02:21 PDT 2021
User-space applications making use of MTD devices via /dev/mtd*
character devices currently have limited capabilities for reading data:
- only deprecated methods of accessing OOB layout information exist,
- there is no way to explicitly specify MTD operation mode to use; it
is auto-selected based on the MTD file mode (MTD_FILE_MODE_*) set
for the character device; in particular, this prevents using
MTD_OPS_AUTO_OOB for reads,
- all existing user-space interfaces which cause mtd_read() or
mtd_read_oob() to be called (via mtdchar_read() and
mtdchar_read_oob(), respectively) return success even when those
functions return -EUCLEAN or -EBADMSG; this renders user-space
applications using these interfaces unaware of any corrected
bitflips or uncorrectable ECC errors detected during reads.
Note that the existing MEMWRITE ioctl allows the MTD operation mode to
be explicitly set, allowing user-space applications to write page data
and OOB data without requiring them to know anything about the OOB
layout of the MTD device they are writing to (MTD_OPS_AUTO_OOB). Also,
the MEMWRITE ioctl does not mangle the return value of mtd_write_oob().
Add a new ioctl, MEMREAD, which addresses the above issues. It is
intended to be a read-side counterpart of the existing MEMWRITE ioctl.
Update include/uapi/mtd/mtd-abi.h accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Michał Kępień <kernel at kempniu.pl>
---
This patch is a shameless calque^W^W^Wheavily inspired by MEMWRITE code,
so quite a lot of copy-pasting happened. I guess it is somewhat
expected when adding a read-side counterpart of existing code which
takes care of writes, but please excuse me if I went too far.
Note that "scripts/checkpatch.pl --strict" returns two alignment
warnings for this patch. Given that existing code triggers the same
warnings, I assumed that local consistency trumps checkpatch.pl's
complaints.
drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/uapi/mtd/mtd-abi.h | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index 155e991d9d75..92e0024bdcf7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -621,6 +621,58 @@ static int mtdchar_write_ioctl(struct mtd_info *mtd,
return ret;
}
+static int mtdchar_read_ioctl(struct mtd_info *mtd,
+ struct mtd_read_req __user *argp)
+{
+ struct mtd_info *master = mtd_get_master(mtd);
+ struct mtd_read_req req;
+ struct mtd_oob_ops ops = {};
+ void __user *usr_data, *usr_oob;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&req, argp, sizeof(req)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ usr_data = (void __user *)(uintptr_t)req.usr_data;
+ usr_oob = (void __user *)(uintptr_t)req.usr_oob;
+
+ if (!master->_read_oob)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ ops.mode = req.mode;
+ ops.len = (size_t)req.len;
+ ops.ooblen = (size_t)req.ooblen;
+ ops.ooboffs = 0;
+
+ if (usr_data) {
+ ops.datbuf = kmalloc(ops.len, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (IS_ERR(ops.datbuf))
+ return PTR_ERR(ops.datbuf);
+ } else {
+ ops.datbuf = NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (usr_oob) {
+ ops.oobbuf = kmalloc(ops.ooblen, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (IS_ERR(ops.oobbuf)) {
+ kfree(ops.datbuf);
+ return PTR_ERR(ops.oobbuf);
+ }
+ } else {
+ ops.oobbuf = NULL;
+ }
+
+ ret = mtd_read_oob(mtd, (loff_t)req.start, &ops);
+
+ if (copy_to_user(usr_data, ops.datbuf, ops.retlen) ||
+ copy_to_user(usr_oob, ops.oobbuf, ops.oobretlen))
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+
+ kfree(ops.datbuf);
+ kfree(ops.oobbuf);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static int mtdchar_ioctl(struct file *file, u_int cmd, u_long arg)
{
struct mtd_file_info *mfi = file->private_data;
@@ -643,6 +695,7 @@ static int mtdchar_ioctl(struct file *file, u_int cmd, u_long arg)
case MEMGETINFO:
case MEMREADOOB:
case MEMREADOOB64:
+ case MEMREAD:
case MEMISLOCKED:
case MEMGETOOBSEL:
case MEMGETBADBLOCK:
@@ -817,6 +870,13 @@ static int mtdchar_ioctl(struct file *file, u_int cmd, u_long arg)
break;
}
+ case MEMREAD:
+ {
+ ret = mtdchar_read_ioctl(mtd,
+ (struct mtd_read_req __user *)arg);
+ break;
+ }
+
case MEMLOCK:
{
struct erase_info_user einfo;
diff --git a/include/uapi/mtd/mtd-abi.h b/include/uapi/mtd/mtd-abi.h
index b869990c2db2..337e6e597fad 100644
--- a/include/uapi/mtd/mtd-abi.h
+++ b/include/uapi/mtd/mtd-abi.h
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ struct mtd_oob_buf64 {
* @MTD_OPS_RAW: data are transferred as-is, with no error correction;
* this mode implies %MTD_OPS_PLACE_OOB
*
- * These modes can be passed to ioctl(MEMWRITE) and are also used internally.
- * See notes on "MTD file modes" for discussion on %MTD_OPS_RAW vs.
- * %MTD_FILE_MODE_RAW.
+ * These modes can be passed to ioctl(MEMWRITE) and ioctl(MEMREAD); they are
+ * also used internally. See notes on "MTD file modes" for discussion on
+ * %MTD_OPS_RAW vs. %MTD_FILE_MODE_RAW.
*/
enum {
MTD_OPS_PLACE_OOB = 0,
@@ -91,6 +91,32 @@ struct mtd_write_req {
__u8 padding[7];
};
+/**
+ * struct mtd_read_req - data structure for requesting a read operation
+ *
+ * @start: start address
+ * @len: length of data buffer
+ * @ooblen: length of OOB buffer
+ * @usr_data: user-provided data buffer
+ * @usr_oob: user-provided OOB buffer
+ * @mode: MTD mode (see "MTD operation modes")
+ * @padding: reserved, must be set to 0
+ *
+ * This structure supports ioctl(MEMREAD) operations, allowing data and/or OOB
+ * reads in various modes. To read from OOB-only, set @usr_data == NULL, and to
+ * read data-only, set @usr_oob == NULL. However, setting both @usr_data and
+ * @usr_oob to NULL is not allowed.
+ */
+struct mtd_read_req {
+ __u64 start;
+ __u64 len;
+ __u64 ooblen;
+ __u64 usr_data;
+ __u64 usr_oob;
+ __u8 mode;
+ __u8 padding[7];
+};
+
#define MTD_ABSENT 0
#define MTD_RAM 1
#define MTD_ROM 2
@@ -207,6 +233,12 @@ struct otp_info {
#define MEMWRITE _IOWR('M', 24, struct mtd_write_req)
/* Erase a given range of user data (must be in mode %MTD_FILE_MODE_OTP_USER) */
#define OTPERASE _IOW('M', 25, struct otp_info)
+/*
+ * Most generic read interface; can read in-band and/or out-of-band in various
+ * modes (see "struct mtd_read_req"). This ioctl is not supported for flashes
+ * without OOB, e.g., NOR flash.
+ */
+#define MEMREAD _IOWR('M', 26, struct mtd_read_req)
/*
* Obsolete legacy interface. Keep it in order not to break userspace
@@ -270,8 +302,9 @@ struct mtd_ecc_stats {
* Note: %MTD_FILE_MODE_RAW provides the same functionality as %MTD_OPS_RAW -
* raw access to the flash, without error correction or autoplacement schemes.
* Wherever possible, the MTD_OPS_* mode will override the MTD_FILE_MODE_* mode
- * (e.g., when using ioctl(MEMWRITE)), but in some cases, the MTD_FILE_MODE is
- * used out of necessity (e.g., `write()', ioctl(MEMWRITEOOB64)).
+ * (e.g., when using ioctl(MEMWRITE) or ioctl(MEMREAD)), but in some cases, the
+ * MTD_FILE_MODE is used out of necessity (e.g., `write()',
+ * ioctl(MEMWRITEOOB64)).
*/
enum mtd_file_modes {
MTD_FILE_MODE_NORMAL = MTD_OTP_OFF,
--
2.33.0
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