[PATCH 4/6] jffs2: add write verification to NOR direct write paths

zhouminqiang zhouminqiang2 at huawei.com
Thu Aug 20 03:50:00 PDT 2026


NOR Flash and other non-writebuffered devices write directly through
jffs2_flash_direct_writev() and jffs2_flash_direct_write() without
any write-back verification. If mtd_write() succeeds but the readable
medium differs from JFFS2's source buffer, a later node CRC failure
cannot distinguish transport/program-time corruption from post-commit
media damage.

Move jffs2_verify_write() from wbuf.c to writev.c so it can be
shared by both writebuffered and direct write paths. Add
jffs2_verify_writev() to iterate over kvec entries and verify each
one individually. In both direct write functions, add mtd_write()
return value and retlen checks, and invoke verification after
a successful complete write.

Signed-off-by: zhouminqiang <zhouminqiang2 at huawei.com>
---
 fs/jffs2/os-linux.h |  11 ++++
 fs/jffs2/wbuf.c     |  69 -------------------------
 fs/jffs2/writev.c   | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
index 86ab014a349c..e73ef643fd97 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
@@ -192,6 +192,17 @@ int jffs2_flash_direct_writev(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, const struct kvec *vecs,
 int jffs2_flash_direct_write(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, loff_t ofs, size_t len,
 			size_t *retlen, const u_char *buf);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_WBUF_VERIFY
+int jffs2_verify_write(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, const unsigned char *buf,
+		       uint32_t ofs, size_t len);
+int jffs2_verify_writev(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
+		       const struct kvec *vecs,
+		       unsigned long count, loff_t to);
+#else
+#define jffs2_verify_write(c, b, o, l) (0)
+#define jffs2_verify_writev(c, v, cnt, t) (0)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __JFFS2_OS_LINUX_H__ */
 
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c b/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
index 3e99587f40e4..493be5765c47 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/wbuf.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
-#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
 #include <linux/crc32.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/rawnand.h>
@@ -227,74 +226,6 @@ static struct jffs2_raw_node_ref **jffs2_incore_replace_raw(struct jffs2_sb_info
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_WBUF_VERIFY
-static int jffs2_verify_write(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, unsigned char *buf,
-			      uint32_t ofs, size_t len)
-{
-	int ret = 0;
-	size_t retlen, i;
-	char *eccstr;
-	void *verify_buf;
-
-	verify_buf = __vmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!verify_buf) {
-		pr_warn("%s(): verify buffer allocation failed, skipping verification\n",
-			__func__);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	ret = mtd_read(c->mtd, ofs, len, &retlen, verify_buf);
-	if (ret && ret != -EUCLEAN && ret != -EBADMSG) {
-		pr_warn("%s(): Read back of page at %08x failed: %d\n",
-			__func__, ofs, ret);
-		goto out_free;
-	} else if (retlen != len) {
-		pr_warn("%s(): Read back of page at %08x gave short read: %zu not %zu\n",
-			__func__, ofs, retlen, len);
-		ret = -EIO;
-		goto out_free;
-	}
-
-	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-		uint8_t c1 = ((uint8_t *)buf)[i];
-		uint8_t c2 = ((uint8_t *)verify_buf)[i];
-		int dump_len;
-
-		if (c1 == c2)
-			continue;
-
-		if (ret == -EUCLEAN)
-			eccstr = "corrected";
-		else if (ret == -EBADMSG)
-			eccstr = "correction failed";
-		else
-			eccstr = "OK or unused";
-
-		dump_len = min_t(int, 128, len - i);
-		pr_warn("Write verify error (ECC %s) at %08x (+%zu/%zu). Wrote:\n",
-			eccstr, ofs, i, len);
-		print_hex_dump(KERN_WARNING, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1,
-			       buf + i, dump_len, 0);
-
-		pr_warn("Read back:\n");
-		print_hex_dump(KERN_WARNING, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1,
-			       verify_buf + i, dump_len, 0);
-
-		ret = -EIO;
-		goto out_free;
-	}
-
-	vfree(verify_buf);
-	return 0;
-
-out_free:
-	vfree(verify_buf);
-	return ret;
-}
-#else
-#define jffs2_verify_write(c,b,o,l) (0)
-#endif
-
 /* Recover from failure to write wbuf. Recover the nodes up to the
  * wbuf, not the one which we were starting to try to write. */
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/writev.c b/fs/jffs2/writev.c
index a1bda9dab3f8..39adc15ffd69 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/writev.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/writev.c
@@ -10,12 +10,100 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
 #include "nodelist.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_WBUF_VERIFY
+int jffs2_verify_write(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, const unsigned char *buf,
+			      uint32_t ofs, size_t len)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+	size_t retlen, i;
+	char *eccstr;
+	void *verify_buf;
+
+	verify_buf = __vmalloc(len, GFP_NOFS);
+	if (!verify_buf) {
+		pr_warn("%s(): verify buffer allocation failed, skipping verification\n",
+			__func__);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	ret = mtd_read(c->mtd, ofs, len, &retlen, verify_buf);
+	if (ret && ret != -EUCLEAN && ret != -EBADMSG) {
+		pr_warn("%s(): Read back of page at %08x failed: %d\n",
+			__func__, ofs, ret);
+		goto out_free;
+	} else if (retlen != len) {
+		pr_warn("%s(): Read back of page at %08x gave short read: %zu not %zu\n",
+			__func__, ofs, retlen, len);
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		uint8_t c1 = ((uint8_t *)buf)[i];
+		uint8_t c2 = ((uint8_t *)verify_buf)[i];
+		int dump_len;
+
+		if (c1 == c2)
+			continue;
+
+		if (ret == -EUCLEAN)
+			eccstr = "corrected";
+		else if (ret == -EBADMSG)
+			eccstr = "correction failed";
+		else
+			eccstr = "OK or unused";
+
+		dump_len = min_t(int, 128, len - i);
+		pr_warn("Write verify error (ECC %s) at %08x (+%zu/%zu). Wrote:\n",
+			eccstr, ofs, i, len);
+		print_hex_dump(KERN_WARNING, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1,
+			       buf + i, dump_len, 0);
+
+		pr_warn("Read back:\n");
+		print_hex_dump(KERN_WARNING, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 16, 1,
+			       verify_buf + i, dump_len, 0);
+
+		ret = -EIO;
+		goto out_free;
+	}
+
+	vfree(verify_buf);
+	return 0;
+
+out_free:
+	vfree(verify_buf);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int jffs2_verify_writev(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
+			const struct kvec *vecs,
+			unsigned long count, loff_t to)
+{
+	loff_t ofs = to;
+	unsigned long i;
+	int ret;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		if (!vecs[i].iov_len)
+			continue;
+		ret = jffs2_verify_write(c, vecs[i].iov_base, ofs,
+					 vecs[i].iov_len);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		ofs += vecs[i].iov_len;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_WBUF_VERIFY */
+
 int jffs2_flash_direct_writev(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, const struct kvec *vecs,
 			      unsigned long count, loff_t to, size_t *retlen)
 {
+	int ret;
 	if (!jffs2_is_writebuffered(c)) {
 		if (jffs2_sum_active()) {
 			int res;
@@ -26,15 +114,31 @@ int jffs2_flash_direct_writev(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, const struct kvec *vecs,
 		}
 	}
 
-	return mtd_writev(c->mtd, vecs, count, to, retlen);
+	ret = mtd_writev(c->mtd, vecs, count, to, retlen);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_warn("%s(): Write failed with %d\n", __func__, ret);
+	} else {
+		size_t totlen = 0;
+		unsigned long i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
+			totlen += vecs[i].iov_len;
+		if (*retlen != totlen) {
+			pr_warn("%s(): Write was short: %zu instead of %zu\n",
+				__func__, *retlen, totlen);
+			ret = -EIO;
+		} else
+			ret = jffs2_verify_writev(c, vecs, count, to);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int jffs2_flash_direct_write(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, loff_t ofs, size_t len,
 			size_t *retlen, const u_char *buf)
 {
 	int ret;
-	ret = mtd_write(c->mtd, ofs, len, retlen, buf);
-
 	if (jffs2_sum_active()) {
 		struct kvec vecs[1];
 		int res;
@@ -47,5 +151,17 @@ int jffs2_flash_direct_write(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, loff_t ofs, size_t len,
 			return res;
 		}
 	}
+
+	ret = mtd_write(c->mtd, ofs, len, retlen, buf);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_warn("%s(): Write failed with %d\n", __func__, ret);
+	} else if (*retlen != len) {
+		pr_warn("%s(): Write was short: %zu instead of %zu\n",
+			__func__, *retlen, len);
+		ret = -EIO;
+	} else
+		ret = jffs2_verify_write(c, buf, ofs, len);
+
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.52.0




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