Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] fastboot: bail if update handler couldn't be found for bbu-partition

[Michael Olbrich <m.olbrich@pengutronix.de>]

On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 04:12:39PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> On 09.06.22 16:10, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 03:09:36PM +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> >> Fastboot would fall back to a raw copy even for bbu- partitions if
> >> no barebox_update handler was found. Prevent this by bailing out
> >> with an error code.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
> >> ---
> >> v2 -> v3:
> >>   - bail out instead of only printing message and falling back
> >>     to raw copy (Sascha)
> >> v1 -> v2:
> >>   - print message in case barebox_update handler is not found
> >> ---
> >>  common/fastboot.c | 9 +++++++--
> >>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/common/fastboot.c b/common/fastboot.c
> >> index 330a06f5a32f..a5cf04b39ecd 100644
> >> --- a/common/fastboot.c
> >> +++ b/common/fastboot.c
> >> @@ -683,8 +683,13 @@ static void cb_flash(struct fastboot *fb, const char *cmd)
> >>  		};
> >>  
> >>  		handler = bbu_find_handler_by_device(data.devicefile);
> >> -		if (!handler)
> >> -			goto copy;
> >> +		if (!handler) {
> >> +			fastboot_tx_print(fb, FASTBOOT_MSG_FAIL,
> >> +					  "No barebox update handler registered for %s",
> >> +					  data.devicefile);
> >> +			ret = -ENOENT;
> >> +			goto out;
> >> +		}
> > 
> > I didn't verify that, but I believe a full raw bootable disk image
> > generated for i.MX will be detected as barebox image. With this patch we
> > wouldn't be able to flash that anymore.
> 
> Can we just apply v2 and see how often we see the message?

Or maybe the 'is a barebox image' detection is not strict enough? We know
the image size, right? Is there a way to determine the size of the actual
barebox image? If the two differ then it's not a barebox image after all.

Michael

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