Merge tag 'upstream-3.5-rc1' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-ubifs

Pull UBI and UBIFS updates from Artem Bityutskiy:

UBIFS:
   * Always support xattrs    (remove the Kconfig option)
   * Always support debugging (remove the Kconfig option)
   * A fix for a memory leak on error path
   * A number of clean-ups
UBI:
   * Always support debugging (remove the Kconfig option)
   * Remove "data type" hint support
   * Huge amount of renames to prepare for the fastmap wor
   * A lot of clean-ups

* tag 'upstream-3.5-rc1' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-ubifs: (54 commits)
  UBI: modify ubi_wl_flush function to clear work queue for a lnum
  UBI: introduce UBI_ALL constant
  UBI: add lnum and vol_id to struct ubi_work
  UBI: add volume id struct ubi_ainf_peb
  UBI: add in hex the value for UBI_INTERNAL_VOL_START to comment
  UBI: rename scan.c to attach.c
  UBI: remove scan.h
  UBI: rename UBI_SCAN_UNKNOWN_EC
  UBI: move and rename attach_by_scanning
  UBI: rename _init_scan functions
  UBI: amend comments after all the renamings
  UBI: rename ubi_scan_leb_slab
  UBI: rename ubi_scan_move_to_list
  UBI: rename ubi_scan_destroy_ai
  UBI: rename ubi_scan_get_free_peb
  UBI: rename ubi_scan_rm_volume
  UBI: rename ubi_scan_find_av
  UBI: rename ubi_scan_add_used
  UBI: remove unused function
  UBI: make ubi_scan_erase_peb static and rename
  ...

2 files changed, 20 insertions, 45 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/ubi.h b/include/linux/mtd/ubi.h
index db4836bed51..c3918a0684f 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/ubi.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/ubi.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <mtd/ubi-user.h>
 
+/* All voumes/LEBs */
+#define UBI_ALL -1
+
 /*
  * enum ubi_open_mode - UBI volume open mode constants.
  *
@@ -208,14 +211,15 @@ void ubi_close_volume(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc);
 int ubi_leb_read(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, char *buf, int offset,
 		 int len, int check);
 int ubi_leb_write(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, const void *buf,
-		  int offset, int len, int dtype);
+		  int offset, int len);
 int ubi_leb_change(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, const void *buf,
-		   int len, int dtype);
+		   int len);
 int ubi_leb_erase(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum);
 int ubi_leb_unmap(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum);
-int ubi_leb_map(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, int dtype);
+int ubi_leb_map(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum);
 int ubi_is_mapped(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum);
 int ubi_sync(int ubi_num);
+int ubi_flush(int ubi_num, int vol_id, int lnum);
 
 /*
  * This function is the same as the 'ubi_leb_read()' function, but it does not
@@ -226,25 +230,4 @@ static inline int ubi_read(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, char *buf,
 {
 	return ubi_leb_read(desc, lnum, buf, offset, len, 0);
 }
-
-/*
- * This function is the same as the 'ubi_leb_write()' functions, but it does
- * not have the data type argument.
- */
-static inline int ubi_write(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum,
-			    const void *buf, int offset, int len)
-{
-	return ubi_leb_write(desc, lnum, buf, offset, len, UBI_UNKNOWN);
-}
-
-/*
- * This function is the same as the 'ubi_leb_change()' functions, but it does
- * not have the data type argument.
- */
-static inline int ubi_change(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum,
-				    const void *buf, int len)
-{
-	return ubi_leb_change(desc, lnum, buf, len, UBI_UNKNOWN);
-}
-
 #endif /* !__LINUX_UBI_H__ */
diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
index 3c4109777af..8787349fbaf 100644
--- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
+++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
@@ -196,23 +196,6 @@
 #define UBI_MAX_RNVOL 32
 
 /*
- * UBI data type hint constants.
- *
- * UBI_LONGTERM: long-term data
- * UBI_SHORTTERM: short-term data
- * UBI_UNKNOWN: data persistence is unknown
- *
- * These constants are used when data is written to UBI volumes in order to
- * help the UBI wear-leveling unit to find more appropriate physical
- * eraseblocks.
- */
-enum {
-	UBI_LONGTERM  = 1,
-	UBI_SHORTTERM = 2,
-	UBI_UNKNOWN   = 3,
-};
-
-/*
  * UBI volume type constants.
  *
  * @UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME: dynamic volume
@@ -375,25 +358,34 @@ struct ubi_rnvol_req {
  *                             requests.
  * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to change
  * @bytes: how many bytes will be written to the logical eraseblock
- * @dtype: data type (%UBI_LONGTERM, %UBI_SHORTTERM, %UBI_UNKNOWN)
+ * @dtype: pass "3" for better compatibility with old kernels
  * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
+ *
+ * The @dtype field used to inform UBI about what kind of data will be written
+ * to the LEB: long term (value 1), short term (value 2), unknown (value 3).
+ * UBI tried to pick a PEB with lower erase counter for short term data and a
+ * PEB with higher erase counter for long term data. But this was not really
+ * used because users usually do not know this and could easily mislead UBI. We
+ * removed this feature in May 2012. UBI currently just ignores the @dtype
+ * field. But for better compatibility with older kernels it is recommended to
+ * set @dtype to 3 (unknown).
  */
 struct ubi_leb_change_req {
 	__s32 lnum;
 	__s32 bytes;
-	__s8  dtype;
+	__s8  dtype; /* obsolete, do not use! */
 	__s8  padding[7];
 } __packed;
 
 /**
  * struct ubi_map_req - a data structure used in map LEB requests.
+ * @dtype: pass "3" for better compatibility with old kernels
  * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to unmap
- * @dtype: data type (%UBI_LONGTERM, %UBI_SHORTTERM, %UBI_UNKNOWN)
  * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
  */
 struct ubi_map_req {
 	__s32 lnum;
-	__s8  dtype;
+	__s8  dtype; /* obsolete, do not use! */
 	__s8  padding[3];
 } __packed;