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From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
Cc: Barebox List <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: State patches
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 08:19:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170404061912.iutpfrgldubwxgrg@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170403201511.GA29829@ravnborg.org>

Hi Sam,

On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 10:15:11PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> Hi Sasha.
> 
> On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 09:03:04AM +0200, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > Here is a ton of patches working on the state framework:
> > 
> > - make code easier to follow
> >   - Drop cached backend, replace with open coded more direct code
> >   - drop backend as extra struct type
> >   - drop lazy init code
> > - update documentation
> > - Add keystore command
> >   Using authenticated state requires hardware support which currently
> >   is only available for i.MX6. At least for testing purposes a keystore
> >   command to set keys is useful. This way authenticated state can be
> >   tested without hardware support
> > - more robust conversion of the backend path to a device node
> > - make work better with NOR flash: The current code ended up reading
> >   from NOR Flash byte by byte which was painfully slow
> 
> From browsing the patches this also brings a nice boot time improvement.
> We avoid earsing the whole block (or whatever the right name is) until
> we have filled it up with state entries.
> I expect this tospeed up booting with at least a second on our target.
> 
> Will this require a newer version of dt-utils to work?
> (When we for example update the sate from linux userspace)

No new tools required, the binary format is still the same.

The circular format which fills up blocks before erasing them existed before
this series, but this format is the default now. So if you end up with
the new format because you haven't specified the format before, then
this format change is still passed to userspace in the device tree and
and the userspace utility will do the right thing.

Sascha

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      reply	other threads:[~2017-04-04  6:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-03-31  7:03 Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 01/42] state: Make pointing to the backend using a phandle the only supported method Sascha Hauer
2017-05-15  9:18   ` Jan Remmet
2017-05-15 10:14     ` Jan Remmet
2017-05-16  5:33       ` Sascha Hauer
2017-05-17  9:13         ` Jan Remmet
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 02/42] state: Use positive logic Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 03/42] state: backend: remove .get_packed_len Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 04/42] state: backend: remove len_hint argument from state_storage_read Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 05/42] state: Drop backend as extra struct type Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 06/42] state: merge backend.c into state.c Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 07/42] state: open code state_backend_init in caller Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 08/42] state: remove unnecessary argument from state_format_init Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 09/42] state: pass struct state * to storage functions Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 10/42] state: storage: initialize variable once outside loop Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 11/42] state: backend_circular: Read whole PEB Sascha Hauer
2017-04-15  8:40   ` Sam Ravnborg
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 12/42] state: drop lazy_init Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 13/42] state: simplify direct backend Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 14/42] state: replace len_hint logic Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 15/42] state: Convert all bufs to void * Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 16/42] state: Drop cache bucket Sascha Hauer
2017-04-15  8:53   ` Sam Ravnborg
2017-04-19  8:22     ` Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 17/42] state: backend-direct: Fix max_size Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 18/42] state: bucket: Make output more informative Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 19/42] state: backend_bucket_direct: max_size is always given Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 20/42] state: backend: Add more fields to struct state_backend_storage Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 21/42] state: backend_circular: remove unnecessary warning Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 22/42] state: storage: direct: do not close file that is not opened Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 23/42] state: backend: Add some documentation Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 24/42] state: backend_circular: default to circular storage Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 25/42] state: backend_circular: rewrite function doc Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 26/42] state: backend_storage: Rename variable nr_copies to n_buckets Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 27/42] state: backend_storage: Rename variable desired_copies to desired_buckets Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 28/42] state: backend_storage: rewrite function doc Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 29/42] state: backend_storage: make locally used variable static Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 30/42] state: backend_storage: rename more variables Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 31/42] keystore: implement forgetting secrets Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 32/42] commands: implement keystore command Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 33/42] commands: state: allow loading state with -l Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 34/42] crypto: digest: initialize earlier Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 35/42] state: backend_raw: alloc digest only when needed Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 36/42] state: backend_circular: Set minumum writesize to 8 Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 37/42] state: backend bucket circular: Explain metadata Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 38/42] state: Allow to load without authentification Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 39/42] state: Update documentation Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 40/42] state: Do not load state during state_new_from_node Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 41/42] state: Remove -EUCLEAN check from userspace tool Sascha Hauer
2017-03-31  7:03 ` [PATCH 42/42] state: find device node from device path, not from device node path Sascha Hauer
2017-04-03 20:15 ` State patches Sam Ravnborg
2017-04-04  6:19   ` Sascha Hauer [this message]

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