[PATCH 1/2] ubi: Expose interface for detailed erase counters

[Rickard Andersson <rickard.andersson@axis.com>]

Using the ioctl command 'UBI_IOCECNFO' user space can obtain
detailed erase counter information of all blocks of a device.

Signed-off-by: Rickard Andersson <rickard.andersson@axis.com>
---
 include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h
index e1571603175e..667680e44ed4 100644
--- a/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h
+++ b/include/uapi/mtd/ubi-user.h
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@
 #define UBI_IOCRPEB _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 4, __s32)
 /* Force scrubbing on the specified PEB */
 #define UBI_IOCSPEB _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 5, __s32)
+/* Read detailed device erase counter information */
+#define UBI_IOCECNFO _IOWR(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 6, struct ubi_ecinfo_req)
 
 /* ioctl commands of the UBI control character device */
 
@@ -470,4 +472,27 @@ struct ubi_blkcreate_req {
 	__s8  padding[128];
 }  __packed;
 
+/**
+ * struct ubi_ecinfo_req - a data structure used in UBI device erase count
+ * information requests and responses.
+ *
+ * @start_ec_req: first erase counter block in range to read
+ * @end_ec_req: last erase counter block in the half-open range
+ * @end_ec_res: last erase counter block that was actually read
+ * @erase_counters: array of erase counter values
+ * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
+ *
+ * Erase counters are read in range @start_ec_req to @end_ec_req. Range is half-open
+ * i.e erase counter of end_ec_req is not actually included.
+ * The read erase counters are placed in @erase_counters. If a block is bad or if the
+ * erase counter is unknown the value of the block will be set to -1.
+ */
+struct ubi_ecinfo_req {
+	__s32 start_ec_req;
+	__s32 end_ec_req;
+	__s32 end_ec_res;
+	__s32 erase_counters[1000];
+	__s8  padding[84];
+}  __packed;
+
 #endif /* __UBI_USER_H__ */
-- 
2.30.2


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