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From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org
Cc: lgo@pengutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fastboot: inform user if barebox update falls back to raw copy
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2022 08:05:38 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1f13ff87-69d5-6cb3-5313-9b40def070ac@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220531093537.1731712-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>

Hello Sascha,

On 31.05.22 11:35, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> Fastboot code determines whether to go into barebox update handler by
> checking whether filetype_is_barebox_image() returns true for the image.
> This is different from the barebox_update command which leaves it to the
> individual handlers to decide whether an image is suitable.
> 
> Coupled with eMMC boot partitions, this could lead to
> `barebox_update -t mmc` updating the boot partition, while a
> `fastboot flash bbu-mmc` will write the image to the user area instead.
> 
> It may be worth breaking backwards compatibility here and refuse update
> in that case, but for now at least alert the user that a raw copy is
> being attempted.

Any comments?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  common/fastboot.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/common/fastboot.c b/common/fastboot.c
> index f8ed40c86e00..50ea8421d92c 100644
> --- a/common/fastboot.c
> +++ b/common/fastboot.c
> @@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static void cb_flash(struct fastboot *fb, const char *cmd)
>  		goto out;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BAREBOX_UPDATE) && filetype_is_barebox_image(filetype)) {
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BAREBOX_UPDATE)) {
>  		void *buf;
>  		struct bbu_handler *handler;
>  		struct bbu_data data = {
> @@ -681,6 +681,17 @@ static void cb_flash(struct fastboot *fb, const char *cmd)
>  			.flags = BBU_FLAG_YES,
>  		};
>  
> +		if (!filetype_is_barebox_image(filetype)) {
> +			if (strstarts(fentry->name, "bbu-")) {
> +				fastboot_tx_print(fb, FASTBOOT_MSG_INFO,
> +						  "This is _not_ a barebox image...");
> +				fastboot_tx_print(fb, FASTBOOT_MSG_INFO,
> +						  "Falling back to raw copy to %s", filename);
> +			}
> +
> +			goto copy;
> +		}
> +
>  		handler = bbu_find_handler_by_device(data.devicefile);
>  		if (!handler)
>  			goto copy;


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  reply	other threads:[~2022-06-09  6:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-31  9:35 Ahmad Fatoum
2022-06-09  6:05 ` Ahmad Fatoum [this message]
2022-06-09  7:19 ` Sascha Hauer
2022-06-09  8:21   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2022-06-09  8:33     ` Sascha Hauer

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