[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/2] Add atomic write to fw_setenv for environments on filesystems

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Thu Mar 8 20:01:16 UTC 2018


On 03/08/2018 12:52 PM, Alex Kiernan wrote:
> For environments stored on filesystems where you can't have a redundant
> configuration, rather than just over-writing the existing environment
> in fw_setenv, do the tradtional create temporary file, rename, sync,
> sync directory dance to achieve ACID semantics when writing through
> fw_setenv.
> 
> Note that this series triggers large numbers of checkpatch warnings because
> of the existing code style:
> 
>    warning: space prohibited between function name and open parenthesis '('
>    check: Avoid CamelCase: <HaveRedundEnv>

So, please, change the patches to match the U-Boot coding style.

Regards

Heinrich

> 
> 
> Alex Kiernan (2):
>    tools: env: Refactor write path of flash_io()
>    tools: env: Implement atomic replace for filesystem
> 
>   tools/env/fw_env.c | 159 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>   1 file changed, 121 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
> 



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