[PATCH v2 0/4] ubi-utils: add possibility to flag a static volume to skip CRC check when opening

[PATCH v2 0/4] ubi-utils: add possibility to flag a static volume to skip CRC check when opening

[Quentin Schulz]

Some users of static UBI volumes implement their own integrity check,
thus making the volume CRC check done at open time by the kernel
useless. For instance, this is the case when one use the ubiblock +
dm-verity + squashfs combination, where dm-verity already checks
integrity of the block device but this time at the block granularity
instead of verifying the whole volume.

Skipping this test drastically improves the boot-time.

This patch adds the CRC check skip flagging of a volume to ubinize and ubimkvol.

This patch series requires the following patches in the Linux kernel to work:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/6/28/138 ("ubi: add possibility to skip CRC check for
static UBI volumes")

Thanks,
Quentin

v2:
  - fix a few typos,
  - split big patch in several patches,
  - add comment in ubinize for parsing vol_flags (very simple implementation
  based on autoresize and skip-check flags (the only supported flags to date)
  to be incompatible),

Quentin Schulz (4):
  UBI: update ubi-user.h and ubi-media.h
  libubi: add volume flags to ubi_mkvol_request
  ubi-utils: ubimkvol: add support for skipping CRC check of a static
    volume when opening
  ubi-utils: ubinize: add support for skipping CRC check of a static
    volume when opening

 include/libubi.h        |  2 ++
 include/mtd/ubi-media.h |  6 ++++++
 include/mtd/ubi-user.h  | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 lib/libubi.c            |  1 +
 ubi-utils/ubimkvol.c    | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 ubi-utils/ubinize.c     | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

-- 
2.14.1

[PATCH v2 1/4] UBI: update ubi-user.h and ubi-media.h

[Quentin Schulz]

Update both header files to add support for flag specifying whether to
skip the CRC check for static UBI volumes.

Taken from the kernel headers.

Some users of static UBI volumes implement their own integrity check,
thus making the volume CRC check done at open time useless. For
instance, this is the case when one use the ubiblock + dm-verity +
squashfs combination, where dm-verity already checks integrity of the
block device but this time at the block granularity instead of verifying
the whole volume.

Skipping this test drastically improves the boot-time.

Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com>
---
 include/mtd/ubi-media.h |  6 ++++++
 include/mtd/ubi-user.h  | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-media.h b/include/mtd/ubi-media.h
index 08bec3e..132cc24 100644
--- a/include/mtd/ubi-media.h
+++ b/include/mtd/ubi-media.h
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ enum {
  * Volume flags used in the volume table record.
  *
  * @UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG: auto-resize this volume
+ * @UBI_VTBL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG: skip the CRC check done on a static volume at
+ *				 open time. Should only be set on volumes that
+ *				 are used by upper layers doing this kind of
+ *				 check. Main use-case for this flag is
+ *				 boot-time reduction
  *
  * %UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG flag can be set only for one volume in the volume
  * table. UBI automatically re-sizes the volume which has this flag and makes
@@ -92,6 +97,7 @@ enum {
  */
 enum {
 	UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG = 0x01,
+	UBI_VTBL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG = 0x02,
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
index 2b50dad..707c4f2 100644
--- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
+++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
@@ -279,6 +279,18 @@ struct ubi_attach_req {
 	int8_t  padding[10];
 };
 
+/*
+ * UBI volume flags.
+ *
+ * @UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG: skip the CRC check done on a static volume at
+ *				open time. Only valid for static volumes and
+ *				should only be used if the volume user has a
+ *				way to verify data integrity
+ */
+enum {
+	UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG = 0x1,
+};
+
 /**
  * struct ubi_mkvol_req - volume description data structure used in
  *                        volume creation requests.
@@ -286,7 +298,7 @@ struct ubi_attach_req {
  * @alignment: volume alignment
  * @bytes: volume size in bytes
  * @vol_type: volume type (%UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME or %UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
- * @padding1: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
+ * @flags: volume flags (%UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG)
  * @name_len: volume name length
  * @padding2: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
  * @name: volume name
@@ -315,7 +327,7 @@ struct ubi_mkvol_req {
 	int32_t alignment;
 	int64_t bytes;
 	int8_t vol_type;
-	int8_t padding1;
+	uint8_t flags;
 	int16_t name_len;
 	int8_t padding2[4];
 	char name[UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME + 1];
-- 
2.14.1

[PATCH v2 2/4] libubi: add volume flags to ubi_mkvol_request

[Quentin Schulz]

Now that we have per-UBI volume flags (for instance for skipping CRC
check when opening it) from the Linux header, let's add it to the
ubi_mkvol_request in libubi and assign the flags to ubi_mkvol_req from
the Linux header from ubi_mkvol.

Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com>
---
 include/libubi.h | 2 ++
 lib/libubi.c     | 1 +
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/libubi.h b/include/libubi.h
index 4d6a7ee..46596a3 100644
--- a/include/libubi.h
+++ b/include/libubi.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct ubi_attach_request
  * @bytes: volume size in bytes
  * @vol_type: volume type (%UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME or %UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
  * @name: volume name
+ * @flags: volume flags
  */
 struct ubi_mkvol_request
 {
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ struct ubi_mkvol_request
 	long long bytes;
 	int vol_type;
 	const char *name;
+	uint8_t flags;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/libubi.c b/lib/libubi.c
index 978b433..4322a19 100644
--- a/lib/libubi.c
+++ b/lib/libubi.c
@@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ int ubi_mkvol(libubi_t desc, const char *node, struct ubi_mkvol_request *req)
 	r.alignment = req->alignment;
 	r.bytes = req->bytes;
 	r.vol_type = req->vol_type;
+	r.flags = req->flags;
 
 	n = strlen(req->name);
 	if (n > UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME)
-- 
2.14.1

[PATCH v2 3/4] ubi-utils: ubimkvol: add support for skipping CRC check of a static volume when opening

[Quentin Schulz]

Let's let the user create static UBI volume with CRC checking at opening
disabled if desired.

Introduce the `--skipcheck` or `-k` option for such feature.

Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com>
---
 ubi-utils/ubimkvol.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ubi-utils/ubimkvol.c b/ubi-utils/ubimkvol.c
index b81fc99..6c641e5 100644
--- a/ubi-utils/ubimkvol.c
+++ b/ubi-utils/ubimkvol.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct args {
 	const char *name;
 	const char *node;
 	int maxavs;
+	int skipcheck;
 };
 
 static struct args args = {
@@ -68,16 +69,17 @@ static const char optionsstr[] =
 "                              eraseblocks\n"
 "-m, --maxavsize               set volume size to maximum available size\n"
 "-t, --type=<static|dynamic>   volume type (dynamic, static), default is dynamic\n"
+"-k, --skipcheck               skip the CRC check done at volume open time\n"
 "-h, -?, --help                print help message\n"
 "-V, --version                 print program version";
 
 
 static const char usage[] =
 "Usage: " PROGRAM_NAME " <UBI device node file name> [-h] [-a <alignment>] [-n <volume ID>] [-N <name>]\n"
-"\t\t\t[-s <bytes>] [-S <LEBs>] [-t <static|dynamic>] [-V] [-m]\n"
+"\t\t\t[-s <bytes>] [-S <LEBs>] [-t <static|dynamic>] [-V] [-m] [-k]\n"
 "\t\t\t[--alignment=<alignment>][--vol_id=<volume ID>] [--name=<name>]\n"
 "\t\t\t[--size=<bytes>] [--lebs=<LEBs>] [--type=<static|dynamic>] [--help]\n"
-"\t\t\t[--version] [--maxavsize]\n\n"
+"\t\t\t[--version] [--maxavsize] --[skipcheck]\n\n"
 "Example: " PROGRAM_NAME " /dev/ubi0 -s 20MiB -N config_data - create a 20 Megabytes volume\n"
 "         named \"config_data\" on UBI device /dev/ubi0.";
 
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ static const struct option long_options[] = {
 	{ .name = "help",      .has_arg = 0, .flag = NULL, .val = 'h' },
 	{ .name = "version",   .has_arg = 0, .flag = NULL, .val = 'V' },
 	{ .name = "maxavsize", .has_arg = 0, .flag = NULL, .val = 'm' },
+	{ .name = "skipcheck", .has_arg = 0, .flag = NULL, .val = 'k' },
 	{ NULL, 0, NULL, 0},
 };
 
@@ -113,6 +116,9 @@ static int param_sanity_check(void)
 	if (len > UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME)
 		return errmsg("too long name (%d symbols), max is %d", len, UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME);
 
+	if (args.skipcheck && args.vol_type != UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
+		return errmsg("skipcheck is only valid for static volumes");
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ static int parse_opt(int argc, char * const argv[])
 	while (1) {
 		int key, error = 0;
 
-		key = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:n:N:s:S:t:h?Vm", long_options, NULL);
+		key = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:n:N:s:S:t:h?Vmk", long_options, NULL);
 		if (key == -1)
 			break;
 
@@ -183,6 +189,10 @@ static int parse_opt(int argc, char * const argv[])
 			args.maxavs = 1;
 			break;
 
+		case 'k':
+			args.skipcheck = 1;
+			break;
+
 		case ':':
 			return errmsg("parameter is missing");
 
@@ -266,6 +276,9 @@ int main(int argc, char * const argv[])
 	req.vol_type = args.vol_type;
 	req.name = args.name;
 
+	if (args.skipcheck)
+		req.flags |= UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG;
+
 	err = ubi_mkvol(libubi, args.node, &req);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		sys_errmsg("cannot UBI create volume");
-- 
2.14.1

[PATCH v2 4/4] ubi-utils: ubinize: add support for skipping CRC check of a static volume when opening

[Quentin Schulz]

Let's let the user configure static UBI volume with CRC checking at
opening disabled if desired.

Introduce the skip-check setting for vol_flags configuration of a
volume.

There is no point in having both autoresize and skip-check set as
skip-check is reserved for static volumes only and it's useless to have
a static volume's size set to autoresize.

Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com>
---
 ubi-utils/ubinize.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ubi-utils/ubinize.c b/ubi-utils/ubinize.c
index c85ff9b..b603638 100644
--- a/ubi-utils/ubinize.c
+++ b/ubi-utils/ubinize.c
@@ -385,9 +385,21 @@ static int read_section(const struct ubigen_info *ui, const char *sname,
 	sprintf(buf, "%s:vol_flags", sname);
 	p = iniparser_getstring(args.dict, buf, NULL);
 	if (p) {
+		/*
+		 * For now, the flag can be either autoresize or skip-check, as
+		 * skip-check is reserved for static volumes and autoresize for
+		 * such a volume makes no sense.
+		 * Once we add another flag that isn't incompatible with each
+		 * and every existing flag, we'll have to implement a solution
+		 * that allows multiple flags to be set at the same time in
+		 * vol_flags setting of the section.
+		 */
 		if (!strcmp(p, "autoresize")) {
 			verbose(args.verbose, "autoresize flags found");
 			vi->flags |= UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG;
+		} else if (!strcmp(p, "skip-check")) {
+			verbose(args.verbose, "skip-check flag found");
+			vi->flags |= UBI_VTBL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG;
 		} else {
 			return errmsg("unknown flags \"%s\" in section \"%s\"",
 				      p, sname);
@@ -523,6 +535,10 @@ int main(int argc, char * const argv[])
 			}
 		}
 
+		if (vi[i].flags & UBI_VTBL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG &&
+		    vi[i].type != UBI_VID_STATIC)
+			return errmsg("skip-check is only valid for static volumes");
+
 		if (vi[i].flags & UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG) {
 			if (autoresize_was_already)
 				return errmsg("only one volume is allowed "
-- 
2.14.1

Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] UBI: update ubi-user.h and ubi-media.h

[Boris Brezillon]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 09:43:41 +0200
Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com> wrote:

> Update both header files to add support for flag specifying whether to
> skip the CRC check for static UBI volumes.
> 
> Taken from the kernel headers.
> 
> Some users of static UBI volumes implement their own integrity check,
> thus making the volume CRC check done at open time useless. For
> instance, this is the case when one use the ubiblock + dm-verity +
> squashfs combination, where dm-verity already checks integrity of the
> block device but this time at the block granularity instead of verifying
> the whole volume.
> 
> Skipping this test drastically improves the boot-time.
> 
> Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com>

Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>

> ---
>  include/mtd/ubi-media.h |  6 ++++++
>  include/mtd/ubi-user.h  | 16 ++++++++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-media.h b/include/mtd/ubi-media.h
> index 08bec3e..132cc24 100644
> --- a/include/mtd/ubi-media.h
> +++ b/include/mtd/ubi-media.h
> @@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ enum {
>   * Volume flags used in the volume table record.
>   *
>   * @UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG: auto-resize this volume
> + * @UBI_VTBL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG: skip the CRC check done on a static volume at
> + *				 open time. Should only be set on volumes that
> + *				 are used by upper layers doing this kind of
> + *				 check. Main use-case for this flag is
> + *				 boot-time reduction
>   *
>   * %UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG flag can be set only for one volume in the volume
>   * table. UBI automatically re-sizes the volume which has this flag and makes
> @@ -92,6 +97,7 @@ enum {
>   */
>  enum {
>  	UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG = 0x01,
> +	UBI_VTBL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG = 0x02,
>  };
>  
>  /*
> diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
> index 2b50dad..707c4f2 100644
> --- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
> +++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
> @@ -279,6 +279,18 @@ struct ubi_attach_req {
>  	int8_t  padding[10];
>  };
>  
> +/*
> + * UBI volume flags.
> + *
> + * @UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG: skip the CRC check done on a static volume at
> + *				open time. Only valid for static volumes and
> + *				should only be used if the volume user has a
> + *				way to verify data integrity
> + */
> +enum {
> +	UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG = 0x1,
> +};
> +
>  /**
>   * struct ubi_mkvol_req - volume description data structure used in
>   *                        volume creation requests.
> @@ -286,7 +298,7 @@ struct ubi_attach_req {
>   * @alignment: volume alignment
>   * @bytes: volume size in bytes
>   * @vol_type: volume type (%UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME or %UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
> - * @padding1: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
> + * @flags: volume flags (%UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG)
>   * @name_len: volume name length
>   * @padding2: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
>   * @name: volume name
> @@ -315,7 +327,7 @@ struct ubi_mkvol_req {
>  	int32_t alignment;
>  	int64_t bytes;
>  	int8_t vol_type;
> -	int8_t padding1;
> +	uint8_t flags;
>  	int16_t name_len;
>  	int8_t padding2[4];
>  	char name[UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME + 1];

Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] libubi: add volume flags to ubi_mkvol_request

[Boris Brezillon]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 09:43:42 +0200
Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com> wrote:

> Now that we have per-UBI volume flags (for instance for skipping CRC
> check when opening it) from the Linux header, let's add it to the
> ubi_mkvol_request in libubi and assign the flags to ubi_mkvol_req from
> the Linux header from ubi_mkvol.
> 
> Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com>

Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>

> ---
>  include/libubi.h | 2 ++
>  lib/libubi.c     | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/libubi.h b/include/libubi.h
> index 4d6a7ee..46596a3 100644
> --- a/include/libubi.h
> +++ b/include/libubi.h
> @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct ubi_attach_request
>   * @bytes: volume size in bytes
>   * @vol_type: volume type (%UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME or %UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
>   * @name: volume name
> + * @flags: volume flags
>   */
>  struct ubi_mkvol_request
>  {
> @@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ struct ubi_mkvol_request
>  	long long bytes;
>  	int vol_type;
>  	const char *name;
> +	uint8_t flags;
>  };
>  
>  /**
> diff --git a/lib/libubi.c b/lib/libubi.c
> index 978b433..4322a19 100644
> --- a/lib/libubi.c
> +++ b/lib/libubi.c
> @@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ int ubi_mkvol(libubi_t desc, const char *node, struct ubi_mkvol_request *req)
>  	r.alignment = req->alignment;
>  	r.bytes = req->bytes;
>  	r.vol_type = req->vol_type;
> +	r.flags = req->flags;
>  
>  	n = strlen(req->name);
>  	if (n > UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME)

Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] ubi-utils: ubimkvol: add support for skipping CRC check of a static volume when opening

[Boris Brezillon]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 09:43:43 +0200
Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com> wrote:

> Let's let the user create static UBI volume with CRC checking at opening
> disabled if desired.
> 
> Introduce the `--skipcheck` or `-k` option for such feature.
> 
> Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com>

Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>

> ---
>  ubi-utils/ubimkvol.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/ubi-utils/ubimkvol.c b/ubi-utils/ubimkvol.c
> index b81fc99..6c641e5 100644
> --- a/ubi-utils/ubimkvol.c
> +++ b/ubi-utils/ubimkvol.c
> @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct args {
>  	const char *name;
>  	const char *node;
>  	int maxavs;
> +	int skipcheck;
>  };
>  
>  static struct args args = {
> @@ -68,16 +69,17 @@ static const char optionsstr[] =
>  "                              eraseblocks\n"
>  "-m, --maxavsize               set volume size to maximum available size\n"
>  "-t, --type=<static|dynamic>   volume type (dynamic, static), default is dynamic\n"
> +"-k, --skipcheck               skip the CRC check done at volume open time\n"
>  "-h, -?, --help                print help message\n"
>  "-V, --version                 print program version";
>  
>  
>  static const char usage[] =
>  "Usage: " PROGRAM_NAME " <UBI device node file name> [-h] [-a <alignment>] [-n <volume ID>] [-N <name>]\n"
> -"\t\t\t[-s <bytes>] [-S <LEBs>] [-t <static|dynamic>] [-V] [-m]\n"
> +"\t\t\t[-s <bytes>] [-S <LEBs>] [-t <static|dynamic>] [-V] [-m] [-k]\n"
>  "\t\t\t[--alignment=<alignment>][--vol_id=<volume ID>] [--name=<name>]\n"
>  "\t\t\t[--size=<bytes>] [--lebs=<LEBs>] [--type=<static|dynamic>] [--help]\n"
> -"\t\t\t[--version] [--maxavsize]\n\n"
> +"\t\t\t[--version] [--maxavsize] --[skipcheck]\n\n"
>  "Example: " PROGRAM_NAME " /dev/ubi0 -s 20MiB -N config_data - create a 20 Megabytes volume\n"
>  "         named \"config_data\" on UBI device /dev/ubi0.";
>  
> @@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ static const struct option long_options[] = {
>  	{ .name = "help",      .has_arg = 0, .flag = NULL, .val = 'h' },
>  	{ .name = "version",   .has_arg = 0, .flag = NULL, .val = 'V' },
>  	{ .name = "maxavsize", .has_arg = 0, .flag = NULL, .val = 'm' },
> +	{ .name = "skipcheck", .has_arg = 0, .flag = NULL, .val = 'k' },
>  	{ NULL, 0, NULL, 0},
>  };
>  
> @@ -113,6 +116,9 @@ static int param_sanity_check(void)
>  	if (len > UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME)
>  		return errmsg("too long name (%d symbols), max is %d", len, UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME);
>  
> +	if (args.skipcheck && args.vol_type != UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
> +		return errmsg("skipcheck is only valid for static volumes");
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -121,7 +127,7 @@ static int parse_opt(int argc, char * const argv[])
>  	while (1) {
>  		int key, error = 0;
>  
> -		key = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:n:N:s:S:t:h?Vm", long_options, NULL);
> +		key = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:n:N:s:S:t:h?Vmk", long_options, NULL);
>  		if (key == -1)
>  			break;
>  
> @@ -183,6 +189,10 @@ static int parse_opt(int argc, char * const argv[])
>  			args.maxavs = 1;
>  			break;
>  
> +		case 'k':
> +			args.skipcheck = 1;
> +			break;
> +
>  		case ':':
>  			return errmsg("parameter is missing");
>  
> @@ -266,6 +276,9 @@ int main(int argc, char * const argv[])
>  	req.vol_type = args.vol_type;
>  	req.name = args.name;
>  
> +	if (args.skipcheck)
> +		req.flags |= UBI_VOL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG;
> +
>  	err = ubi_mkvol(libubi, args.node, &req);
>  	if (err < 0) {
>  		sys_errmsg("cannot UBI create volume");

Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] ubi-utils: ubinize: add support for skipping CRC check of a static volume when opening

[Boris Brezillon]

On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 09:43:44 +0200
Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com> wrote:

> Let's let the user configure static UBI volume with CRC checking at
> opening disabled if desired.
> 
> Introduce the skip-check setting for vol_flags configuration of a
> volume.
> 
> There is no point in having both autoresize and skip-check set as
> skip-check is reserved for static volumes only and it's useless to have
> a static volume's size set to autoresize.
> 
> Suggested-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz@bootlin.com>

Reviewed-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>

> ---
>  ubi-utils/ubinize.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/ubi-utils/ubinize.c b/ubi-utils/ubinize.c
> index c85ff9b..b603638 100644
> --- a/ubi-utils/ubinize.c
> +++ b/ubi-utils/ubinize.c
> @@ -385,9 +385,21 @@ static int read_section(const struct ubigen_info *ui, const char *sname,
>  	sprintf(buf, "%s:vol_flags", sname);
>  	p = iniparser_getstring(args.dict, buf, NULL);
>  	if (p) {
> +		/*
> +		 * For now, the flag can be either autoresize or skip-check, as
> +		 * skip-check is reserved for static volumes and autoresize for
> +		 * such a volume makes no sense.
> +		 * Once we add another flag that isn't incompatible with each
> +		 * and every existing flag, we'll have to implement a solution
> +		 * that allows multiple flags to be set at the same time in
> +		 * vol_flags setting of the section.
> +		 */
>  		if (!strcmp(p, "autoresize")) {
>  			verbose(args.verbose, "autoresize flags found");
>  			vi->flags |= UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG;
> +		} else if (!strcmp(p, "skip-check")) {
> +			verbose(args.verbose, "skip-check flag found");
> +			vi->flags |= UBI_VTBL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG;
>  		} else {
>  			return errmsg("unknown flags \"%s\" in section \"%s\"",
>  				      p, sname);
> @@ -523,6 +535,10 @@ int main(int argc, char * const argv[])
>  			}
>  		}
>  
> +		if (vi[i].flags & UBI_VTBL_SKIP_CRC_CHECK_FLG &&
> +		    vi[i].type != UBI_VID_STATIC)
> +			return errmsg("skip-check is only valid for static volumes");
> +
>  		if (vi[i].flags & UBI_VTBL_AUTORESIZE_FLG) {
>  			if (autoresize_was_already)
>  				return errmsg("only one volume is allowed "

Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] ubi-utils: add possibility to flag a static volume to skip CRC check when opening

[David Oberhollenzer]

Applied to mtd-utils.git master.

Thanks,

David