On Sat, Feb 04, 2023 at 09:00:56PM -0600, jassisinghb...@gmail.com wrote: > From: Jassi Brar <jaswinder.si...@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 v3: > * Fix error log wording > * call fwu_write_mdata() with part & PRIMARY_PART ? true: false > > Changes since v2: > * Drop whitespace changes > * Fix missing mdata copy before return > > Changes since v1: > * Fix typos and misc cosmetic changes > * Catch error returns > > > Jassi Brar (5): > 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 > fwu: rename fwu_get_verified_mdata to fwu_get_mdata > > 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 | 294 +++++++++++---------------- > 5 files changed, 207 insertions(+), 628 deletions(-)
FWIW, aside from the failure I reported, everything else seems fine. -- Tom
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