kernel/linux.git/drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c, branch v7.0-rc7

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

ubi: ubi_get_ec_info: Fix compiling error 'cast specifies array type'

2025-01-20T08:09:24+00:00

On risc V platform, there is a type conversion for the return value (unsigned long type) of __untagged_addr_remote() in function untagged_addr(). The compiler will complain when the parameter 'addr' is an array type: arch/riscv/include/asm/uaccess.h:33:9: error: cast specifies array type (__force __typeof__(addr))__untagged_addr_remote(current->mm, __addr) Fix it by converting the input parameter as a pointer. Fixes: 01099f635a4c ("ubi: Implement ioctl for detailed erase counters") Reported-by: kernel test robot Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202501191405.WYnmdL0U-lkp@intel.com/ Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger

ubi: Implement ioctl for detailed erase counters

2025-01-18T14:32:52+00:00

Currently, "max_ec" can be read from sysfs, which provides a limited view of the flash device’s wear. In certain cases, such as bugs in the wear-leveling algorithm, specific blocks can be worn down more than others, resulting in uneven wear distribution. Also some use cases can wear the erase blocks of the fastmap area more heavily than other parts of flash. Providing detailed erase counter values give a better understanding of the overall flash wear and is needed to be able to calculate for example expected life time. There exists more detailed info in debugfs, but this information is only available for debug builds. Signed-off-by: Rickard Andersson Tested-by: Zhihao Cheng Reviewed-by: Zhihao Cheng Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger

[tree-wide] finally take no_llseek out

2024-09-27T15:18:43+00:00

no_llseek had been defined to NULL two years ago, in commit 868941b14441 ("fs: remove no_llseek") To quote that commit, At -rc1 we'll need do a mechanical removal of no_llseek - git grep -l -w no_llseek | grep -v porting.rst | while read i; do sed -i '/\/d' $i done would do it. Unfortunately, that hadn't been done. Linus, could you do that now, so that we could finally put that thing to rest? All instances are of the form .llseek = no_llseek, so it's obviously safe. Signed-off-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ubi: fastmap: Add control in 'UBI_IOCATT' ioctl to reserve PEBs for filling pools

2023-10-28T21:16:00+00:00

This patch imports a new field 'need_resv_pool' in struct 'ubi_attach_req' to control whether or not reserving free PEBs for filling pool/wl_pool. Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217787 Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger

ubi: fastmap: Add module parameter to control reserving filling pool PEBs

2023-10-28T21:15:44+00:00

Adding 6th module parameter in 'mtd=xxx' to control whether or not reserving PEBs for filling pool/wl_pool. Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger

ubi: fastmap: Add fastmap control support for 'UBI_IOCATT' ioctl

2022-09-21T16:29:18+00:00

[1] suggests that fastmap is suitable for large flash devices. Module parameter 'fm_autoconvert' is a coarse grained switch to enable all ubi devices to generate fastmap, which may turn on fastmap even for small flash devices. This patch imports a new field 'disable_fm' in struct 'ubi_attach_req' to support following situations by ioctl 'UBI_IOCATT'. [old functions] A. Disable 'fm_autoconvert': Disbable fastmap for all ubi devices B. Enable 'fm_autoconvert': Enable fastmap for all ubi devices [new function] C. Enable 'fm_autoconvert', set 'disable_fm' for given device: Don't create new fastmap and do full scan (existed fastmap will be destroyed) for the given ubi device. A simple test case in [2]. [1] http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/doc/ubi.html#L_fastmap [2] https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216278 Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger

ubi: Fix repeated words in comments

2022-09-21T09:32:27+00:00

Delete the redundant word 'a'. Delete the redundant word 'the'. Signed-off-by: Jilin Yuan Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger

compat_ioctl: move drivers to compat_ptr_ioctl

2019-10-23T15:23:43+00:00

Each of these drivers has a copy of the same trivial helper function to convert the pointer argument and then call the native ioctl handler. We now have a generic implementation of that, so use it. Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Acked-by: David S. Miller Acked-by: Jarkko Sakkinen Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe Reviewed-by: Jiri Kosina Reviewed-by: Stefan Hajnoczi Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann