[PATCHv2 0/4] FWU: Handle meta-data in common code
jassisinghbrar at gmail.com
jassisinghbrar at gmail.com
Sat Dec 3 04:15:57 CET 2022
From: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.singh at linaro.org>
The patchset reduces ~400 lines of code, while keeping the functionality same and making
meta-data operations much faster (by using cached structures).
Issue:
meta-data copies (primary and secondary) are being handled by the backend/storage layer
instead of the common core in fwu.c (as also noted by Ilias) that is, gpt_blk.c manages
meta-data and similarly raw_mtd.c will have to do the same when it arrives. The code
could by make smaller, cleaner and optimised.
Basic idea:
Introduce .read_mdata() and .write_mdata() in fwu_mdata_ops that simply read/write
meta-data copy. The core code takes care of integrity and redundancy of the meta-data,
as a result we can get rid of every other callback .get_mdata() .update_mdata()
.get_mdata_part_num() .read_mdata_partition() .write_mdata_partition() and the
corresponding wrapper functions thereby making the code 100s of LOC smaller.
Get rid of fwu_check_mdata_validity() and fwu_mdata_check() which expected underlying
layer to manage and verify mdata copies.
Implement fwu_get_verified_mdata(struct fwu_mdata *mdata) public function that reads,
verifies and, if needed, fixes the meta-data copies.
Verified copy of meta-data is now cached as 'g_mdata' in fwu.c, which avoids multiple
low-level expensive read and parse calls.
gpt meta-data partition numbers are now cached in gpt_blk.c, so that we don't have to do expensive part_get_info() and uid ops.
Changes since v1:
* Fix typos and misc cosmetic changes
* Catch error returns
Jassi Brar (4):
fwu: gpt: use cached meta-data partition numbers
fwu: move meta-data management in core
fwu: gpt: implement read_mdata and write_mdata callbacks
fwu: meta-data: switch to management by common code
cmd/fwu_mdata.c | 17 +-
drivers/fwu-mdata/fwu-mdata-uclass.c | 151 +-------------
drivers/fwu-mdata/gpt_blk.c | 175 +++++-----------
include/fwu.h | 198 ++----------------
lib/fwu_updates/fwu.c | 300 ++++++++++++---------------
5 files changed, 214 insertions(+), 627 deletions(-)
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2.34.1
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