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[1/2] mkfs.ubifs: UBI I/O Library

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Corentin Chary May 7, 2009, 10:21 a.m. UTC
libubiio is library providing the same API the kernel does.
Merge libubiio into mkfs.ubifs. First it won't be exported as
a shared library.
Also update ubi-user.h to use newer ioctl().

Signed-off-by: Corentin Chary <corentincj@iksaif.net>
---
 include/mtd/ubi-user.h    |   72 ++--
 include/ubi.h             |  192 +++++++++
 mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.c     |  936 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.h     |   47 +++
 mkfs.ubifs/libubiio_int.h |  187 +++++++++
 5 files changed, 1399 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 include/ubi.h
 create mode 100644 mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.c
 create mode 100644 mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.h
 create mode 100644 mkfs.ubifs/libubiio_int.h

Comments

Artem Bityutskiy May 8, 2009, 8:49 a.m. UTC | #1
Hi,

thanks for patches. Could you please avoid synchronizing 
include/mtd/ubi-user.h for now? There is nothing new there
except of this insane s/int32_t/__s32/ type change, right?

On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 12:21 +0200, Corentin Chary wrote:
>  include/mtd/ubi-user.h    |   72 ++--
>  include/ubi.h             |  192 +++++++++
>  mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.c     |  936 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.h     |   47 +++
>  mkfs.ubifs/libubiio_int.h |  187 +++++++++
>  5 files changed, 1399 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 include/ubi.h
>  create mode 100644 mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.c
>  create mode 100644 mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.h
>  create mode 100644 mkfs.ubifs/libubiio_int.h

What is the point of making a second copy of libubi?
AFAICS, libubio is libubi + other stuff, right?
Why not to just improve libubi instead of having yet
another copy? How much sense does it make?
Corentin Chary May 8, 2009, 12:07 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Artem Bityutskiy
<dedekind@infradead.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> thanks for patches. Could you please avoid synchronizing
> include/mtd/ubi-user.h for now? There is nothing new there
> except of this insane s/int32_t/__s32/ type change, right?

Ho, I believed that new ioctl weren't in ubi-user.h .. So it's ok to
keep the old one.

> On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 12:21 +0200, Corentin Chary wrote:
>>  include/mtd/ubi-user.h    |   72 ++--
>>  include/ubi.h             |  192 +++++++++
>>  mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.c     |  936 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.h     |   47 +++
>>  mkfs.ubifs/libubiio_int.h |  187 +++++++++
>>  5 files changed, 1399 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>>  create mode 100644 include/ubi.h
>>  create mode 100644 mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.c
>>  create mode 100644 mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.h
>>  create mode 100644 mkfs.ubifs/libubiio_int.h
>
> What is the point of making a second copy of libubi?
> AFAICS, libubio is libubi + other stuff, right?
> Why not to just improve libubi instead of having yet
> another copy? How much sense does it make?

No, not really, libubiio provide what you can find in ubi.h, nothing
more (open/close/read/write/change/erase/map/unmap).
There some code in common to read sysfs properties, it's all.
There is libubiio_int.h with some duplicate code from
ubi-utils/src/common.h which could be removed.
libubi on the other hand provide functions to manipulate volume and
devices (rename, create, etc..).

Another way to teach ubifs to write on UBI volume could be libubi +
direct pread/pwrite/ioctl but it seems a lot less clean
to me. libubiio could be used later for fsck.ubifs or tuneubifs programs =).

But the current tree/build system make it hard to share code between
ubi-utils/mtd-utils/mkfs. It what
If you check, there is also three crc32.c/h in mtd-utils ...
(See http://git.iksaif.net/?p=users/iksaif/mtd-utils.git;a=tree;hb=HEAD
to check what a clean tree could be)
Artem Bityutskiy May 8, 2009, 12:20 p.m. UTC | #3
On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 14:07 +0200, Corentin Chary wrote:
> No, not really, libubiio provide what you can find in ubi.h, nothing
> more (open/close/read/write/change/erase/map/unmap).
> There some code in common to read sysfs properties, it's all.
> There is libubiio_int.h with some duplicate code from
> ubi-utils/src/common.h which could be removed.
> libubi on the other hand provide functions to manipulate volume and
> devices (rename, create, etc..).

Still, what's the reason to have a separate library?
Why not to add your stuff to existing  one? If there
are some issues in libubi, they could be fixed. I just
see a lot of common code.

> But the current tree/build system make it hard to share code between
> ubi-utils/mtd-utils/mkfs. It what
> If you check, there is also three crc32.c/h in mtd-utils ...
> (See http://git.iksaif.net/?p=users/iksaif/mtd-utils.git;a=tree;hb=HEAD
> to check what a clean tree could be)

But surely you may try to re-arrange the tree, make it saner?
Corentin Chary May 8, 2009, 1:58 p.m. UTC | #4
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 14:07 +0200, Corentin Chary wrote:
>> No, not really, libubiio provide what you can find in ubi.h, nothing
>> more (open/close/read/write/change/erase/map/unmap).
>> There some code in common to read sysfs properties, it's all.
>> There is libubiio_int.h with some duplicate code from
>> ubi-utils/src/common.h which could be removed.
>> libubi on the other hand provide functions to manipulate volume and
>> devices (rename, create, etc..).
>
> Still, what's the reason to have a separate library?
> Why not to add your stuff to existing  one? If there
> are some issues in libubi, they could be fixed. I just
> see a lot of common code.

When we made libubiio we wanted something close to the kernel API,
libubi is not.
To make mkfs.ubifs works with smaller changes, I can add the
"is_mapped" and "erase" functions to libubi, forgetting the original
UBI API.
Does that seems better to you ? If it's ok then I'll do that.

>> But the current tree/build system make it hard to share code between
>> ubi-utils/mtd-utils/mkfs. It what
>> If you check, there is also three crc32.c/h in mtd-utils ...
>> (See http://git.iksaif.net/?p=users/iksaif/mtd-utils.git;a=tree;hb=HEAD
>> to check what a clean tree could be)
>
> But surely you may try to re-arrange the tree, make it saner?
It's what I did on my git tree.. but it only works with CMake.
I don't know how to fix the current mess with simples Makefiles.
Maybe someone with better Make skills could help us here ?

Thanks
Artem Bityutskiy May 8, 2009, 2:06 p.m. UTC | #5
On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 15:58 +0200, Corentin Chary wrote:
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 14:07 +0200, Corentin Chary wrote:
> >> No, not really, libubiio provide what you can find in ubi.h, nothing
> >> more (open/close/read/write/change/erase/map/unmap).
> >> There some code in common to read sysfs properties, it's all.
> >> There is libubiio_int.h with some duplicate code from
> >> ubi-utils/src/common.h which could be removed.
> >> libubi on the other hand provide functions to manipulate volume and
> >> devices (rename, create, etc..).
> >
> > Still, what's the reason to have a separate library?
> > Why not to add your stuff to existing  one? If there
> > are some issues in libubi, they could be fixed. I just
> > see a lot of common code.
> 
> When we made libubiio we wanted something close to the kernel API,
> libubi is not.

But it should not be difficult to change this. You may amend
the API to serve better your purposes.

> To make mkfs.ubifs works with smaller changes, I can add the
> "is_mapped" and "erase" functions to libubi, forgetting the original
> UBI API.
> Does that seems better to you ? If it's ok then I'll do that.

As you wish. I just think we should try not to copy code, but
integrate to the existing code base. If the existing one is
not suitable - fix it.

> >> But the current tree/build system make it hard to share code between
> >> ubi-utils/mtd-utils/mkfs. It what
> >> If you check, there is also three crc32.c/h in mtd-utils ...
> >> (See http://git.iksaif.net/?p=users/iksaif/mtd-utils.git;a=tree;hb=HEAD
> >> to check what a clean tree could be)
> >
> > But surely you may try to re-arrange the tree, make it saner?
> It's what I did on my git tree.. but it only works with CMake.
> I don't know how to fix the current mess with simples Makefiles.
> Maybe someone with better Make skills could help us here ?

You want to move headers from ubi-utils/include to include ?
Artem Bityutskiy May 8, 2009, 2:14 p.m. UTC | #6
On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 15:20 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-05-08 at 14:07 +0200, Corentin Chary wrote:
> > No, not really, libubiio provide what you can find in ubi.h, nothing
> > more (open/close/read/write/change/erase/map/unmap).
> > There some code in common to read sysfs properties, it's all.
> > There is libubiio_int.h with some duplicate code from
> > ubi-utils/src/common.h which could be removed.
> > libubi on the other hand provide functions to manipulate volume and
> > devices (rename, create, etc..).
> 
> Still, what's the reason to have a separate library?
> Why not to add your stuff to existing  one? If there
> are some issues in libubi, they could be fixed. I just
> see a lot of common code.
> 
> > But the current tree/build system make it hard to share code between
> > ubi-utils/mtd-utils/mkfs. It what
> > If you check, there is also three crc32.c/h in mtd-utils ...
> > (See http://git.iksaif.net/?p=users/iksaif/mtd-utils.git;a=tree;hb=HEAD
> > to check what a clean tree could be)
> 
> But surely you may try to re-arrange the tree, make it saner?

In fact, I already have simple implementation of setprop/unmap
functions which I use in the ubi tests.

I've just pushed them. There are some other patches as well.
But the main change - mtd sysfs support is not pushed - but
I'll do it very soon. After this the change rate will become
low again.

Some of my changes are not very good, in a sense that they do
not fix one small thing, but contain several things. But this
is mostly because I was accustomed to be the only ubi-utils
developer. If you are going to work with the code base, I
will be more careful.
Corentin Chary May 8, 2009, 2:59 p.m. UTC | #7
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@infradead.org> wrote:
> In fact, I already have simple implementation of setprop/unmap
> functions which I use in the ubi tests.
>
> I've just pushed them. There are some other patches as well.
> But the main change - mtd sysfs support is not pushed - but
> I'll do it very soon. After this the change rate will become
> low again.
>
> Some of my changes are not very good, in a sense that they do
> not fix one small thing, but contain several things. But this
> is mostly because I was accustomed to be the only ubi-utils
> developer. If you are going to work with the code base, I
> will be more careful.

I'll see what I can do to use libubi the way I want.
The problem of using libubi in mkfs is not the includes (we can copy
the headers in /include or add -I../ubi-utils/include).
The main problem is that ubi-utils/Makefile make a libubi.a but
mkfs.ubifs/Makefile have no way to use it (we could add
../ubi-utils/src/libubi.c to the sources, but it's ugly).
I think it's why there is 3 crc32.c in mtd-utils ...
As I'm working on my free time I don't have the time to try to make it
works with the current buildsystem.
Mike, have you got any suggestion ?
Maybe moving to autotools instead of CMake could help us ?

Thanks
Mike Frysinger May 8, 2009, 6:58 p.m. UTC | #8
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:59, Corentin Chary wrote:
> I'll see what I can do to use libubi the way I want.
> The problem of using libubi in mkfs is not the includes (we can copy
> the headers in /include or add -I../ubi-utils/include).

why do you need to copy any files ?

> The main problem is that ubi-utils/Makefile make a libubi.a but
> mkfs.ubifs/Makefile have no way to use it

what's wrong with adding -lubi and a -L path ?

> As I'm working on my free time I don't have the time to try to make it
> works with the current buildsystem.
> Mike, have you got any suggestion ?

i dont see the problem

> Maybe moving to autotools instead of CMake could help us ?

we arent using autotools
-mike
Corentin Chary May 8, 2009, 7:41 p.m. UTC | #9
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:59, Corentin Chary wrote:
>> I'll see what I can do to use libubi the way I want.
>> The problem of using libubi in mkfs is not the includes (we can copy
>> the headers in /include or add -I../ubi-utils/include).
>
> why do you need to copy any files ?
>
>> The main problem is that ubi-utils/Makefile make a libubi.a but
>> mkfs.ubifs/Makefile have no way to use it
>
> what's wrong with adding -lubi and a -L path ?
It'll work only if libubi is already built. You can fix that in the
root Makefile, but
- parallel builds may not work (make -j)
- "cd mkfs.ubifs && make" won't work (using only the mkfs.ubifs Makefile)

But if it's ok for you, I'll just use -L and -lubi.
Mike Frysinger May 8, 2009, 8:25 p.m. UTC | #10
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 15:41, Corentin Chary wrote:
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:59, Corentin Chary wrote:
>>> I'll see what I can do to use libubi the way I want.
>>> The problem of using libubi in mkfs is not the includes (we can copy
>>> the headers in /include or add -I../ubi-utils/include).
>>
>> why do you need to copy any files ?
>>
>>> The main problem is that ubi-utils/Makefile make a libubi.a but
>>> mkfs.ubifs/Makefile have no way to use it
>>
>> what's wrong with adding -lubi and a -L path ?
>
> It'll work only if libubi is already built. You can fix that in the
> root Makefile, but
> - parallel builds may not work (make -j)

a simple dependency is easy

> - "cd mkfs.ubifs && make" won't work (using only the mkfs.ubifs Makefile)

if the .a file is added to the dependency list, then it's easy to have
a normal recursive target:
........./libubi.a:
    $(MAKE) -C $(dir $@)
-mike
Corentin Chary May 8, 2009, 8:32 p.m. UTC | #11
I didn't think of calling make here.
Thanks

On 5/8/09, Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 15:41, Corentin Chary wrote:
>> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:59, Corentin Chary wrote:
>>>> I'll see what I can do to use libubi the way I want.
>>>> The problem of using libubi in mkfs is not the includes (we can copy
>>>> the headers in /include or add -I../ubi-utils/include).
>>>
>>> why do you need to copy any files ?
>>>
>>>> The main problem is that ubi-utils/Makefile make a libubi.a but
>>>> mkfs.ubifs/Makefile have no way to use it
>>>
>>> what's wrong with adding -lubi and a -L path ?
>>
>> It'll work only if libubi is already built. You can fix that in the
>> root Makefile, but
>> - parallel builds may not work (make -j)
>
> a simple dependency is easy
>
>> - "cd mkfs.ubifs && make" won't work (using only the mkfs.ubifs Makefile)
>
> if the .a file is added to the dependency list, then it's easy to have
> a normal recursive target:
> ........./libubi.a:
>     $(MAKE) -C $(dir $@)
> -mike
>
Mike Frysinger May 8, 2009, 8:36 p.m. UTC | #12
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 16:32, Corentin Chary wrote:
> I didn't think of calling make here.

if you want, you can just implement things with updated build paths
and then ask someone (like me) to take a look at parallel/recursive
builds

the build system problem is that it has to be implemented in something
the active community can work with.  the linux-mtd maintainers and
most people who watch it semi-actively can work fine with plain
makefiles.  cmake however does not satisfy those conditions.  i
personally dont mind adding cmake build files so long as someone
volunteers to maintain/update them, but i wouldnt require people
submitting changes to update/test them, only the makefiles.  if the
files get orphaned over time, then they get deleted and we arent stuck
in a situation where we have to migrate back to a build system
everyone knows.
-mike
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Patch

diff --git a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
index 296efae..466a832 100644
--- a/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
+++ b/include/mtd/ubi-user.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ 
 #ifndef __UBI_USER_H__
 #define __UBI_USER_H__
 
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
 /*
  * UBI device creation (the same as MTD device attachment)
  * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ 
 /* Create an UBI volume */
 #define UBI_IOCMKVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 0, struct ubi_mkvol_req)
 /* Remove an UBI volume */
-#define UBI_IOCRMVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 1, int32_t)
+#define UBI_IOCRMVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 1, __s32)
 /* Re-size an UBI volume */
 #define UBI_IOCRSVOL _IOW(UBI_IOC_MAGIC, 2, struct ubi_rsvol_req)
 /* Re-name volumes */
@@ -165,24 +167,24 @@ 
 /* Attach an MTD device */
 #define UBI_IOCATT _IOW(UBI_CTRL_IOC_MAGIC, 64, struct ubi_attach_req)
 /* Detach an MTD device */
-#define UBI_IOCDET _IOW(UBI_CTRL_IOC_MAGIC, 65, int32_t)
+#define UBI_IOCDET _IOW(UBI_CTRL_IOC_MAGIC, 65, __s32)
 
 /* ioctl commands of UBI volume character devices */
 
 #define UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC 'O'
 
 /* Start UBI volume update */
-#define UBI_IOCVOLUP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 0, int64_t)
+#define UBI_IOCVOLUP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 0, __s64)
 /* LEB erasure command, used for debugging, disabled by default */
-#define UBI_IOCEBER _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 1, int32_t)
+#define UBI_IOCEBER _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 1, __s32)
 /* Atomic LEB change command */
-#define UBI_IOCEBCH _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 2, int32_t)
+#define UBI_IOCEBCH _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 2, __s32)
 /* Map LEB command */
 #define UBI_IOCEBMAP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 3, struct ubi_map_req)
 /* Unmap LEB command */
-#define UBI_IOCEBUNMAP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 4, int32_t)
+#define UBI_IOCEBUNMAP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 4, __s32)
 /* Check if LEB is mapped command */
-#define UBI_IOCEBISMAP _IOR(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 5, int32_t)
+#define UBI_IOCEBISMAP _IOR(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 5, __s32)
 /* Set an UBI volume property */
 #define UBI_IOCSETPROP _IOW(UBI_VOL_IOC_MAGIC, 6, struct ubi_set_prop_req)
 
@@ -260,10 +262,10 @@  enum {
  * sub-page of the first page and add needed padding.
  */
 struct ubi_attach_req {
-	int32_t ubi_num;
-	int32_t mtd_num;
-	int32_t vid_hdr_offset;
-	int8_t padding[12];
+	__s32 ubi_num;
+	__s32 mtd_num;
+	__s32 vid_hdr_offset;
+	__s8 padding[12];
 };
 
 /**
@@ -298,13 +300,13 @@  struct ubi_attach_req {
  * BLOBs, without caring about how to properly align them.
  */
 struct ubi_mkvol_req {
-	int32_t vol_id;
-	int32_t alignment;
-	int64_t bytes;
-	int8_t vol_type;
-	int8_t padding1;
-	int16_t name_len;
-	int8_t padding2[4];
+	__s32 vol_id;
+	__s32 alignment;
+	__s64 bytes;
+	__s8 vol_type;
+	__s8 padding1;
+	__s16 name_len;
+	__s8 padding2[4];
 	char name[UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME + 1];
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
@@ -320,8 +322,8 @@  struct ubi_mkvol_req {
  * zero number of bytes).
  */
 struct ubi_rsvol_req {
-	int64_t bytes;
-	int32_t vol_id;
+	__s64 bytes;
+	__s32 vol_id;
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 /**
@@ -356,12 +358,12 @@  struct ubi_rsvol_req {
  * re-name request.
  */
 struct ubi_rnvol_req {
-	int32_t count;
-	int8_t padding1[12];
+	__s32 count;
+	__s8 padding1[12];
 	struct {
-		int32_t vol_id;
-		int16_t name_len;
-		int8_t  padding2[2];
+		__s32 vol_id;
+		__s16 name_len;
+		__s8  padding2[2];
 		char    name[UBI_MAX_VOLUME_NAME + 1];
 	} ents[UBI_MAX_RNVOL];
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
@@ -375,10 +377,10 @@  struct ubi_rnvol_req {
  * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
  */
 struct ubi_leb_change_req {
-	int32_t lnum;
-	int32_t bytes;
-	int8_t  dtype;
-	int8_t  padding[7];
+	__s32 lnum;
+	__s32 bytes;
+	__s8  dtype;
+	__s8  padding[7];
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 /**
@@ -388,9 +390,9 @@  struct ubi_leb_change_req {
  * @padding: reserved for future, not used, has to be zeroed
  */
 struct ubi_map_req {
-	int32_t lnum;
-	int8_t  dtype;
-	int8_t  padding[3];
+	__s32 lnum;
+	__s8  dtype;
+	__s8  padding[3];
 } __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 
@@ -402,9 +404,9 @@  struct ubi_map_req {
  * @value: value to set
  */
 struct ubi_set_prop_req {
-       uint8_t  property;
-       uint8_t  padding[7];
-       uint64_t value;
+       __u8  property;
+       __u8  padding[7];
+       __u64 value;
 }  __attribute__ ((packed));
 
 #endif /* __UBI_USER_H__ */
diff --git a/include/ubi.h b/include/ubi.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d9ae11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ubi.h
@@ -0,0 +1,192 @@ 
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corp., 2006
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
+ * the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ * Author: Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_UBI_H__
+#define __LINUX_UBI_H__
+
+#include <asm/ioctl.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <mtd/ubi-user.h>
+
+/*
+ * enum ubi_open_mode - UBI volume open mode constants.
+ *
+ * UBI_READONLY: read-only mode
+ * UBI_READWRITE: read-write mode
+ * UBI_EXCLUSIVE: exclusive mode
+ */
+enum
+{
+  UBI_READONLY = 1,
+  UBI_READWRITE,
+  UBI_EXCLUSIVE
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct ubi_volume_info - UBI volume description data structure.
+ * @vol_id: volume ID
+ * @ubi_num: UBI device number this volume belongs to
+ * @size: how many physical eraseblocks are reserved for this volume
+ * @used_bytes: how many bytes of data this volume contains
+ * @used_ebs: how many physical eraseblocks of this volume actually contain any
+ *            data
+ * @vol_type: volume type (%UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME or %UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
+ * @corrupted: non-zero if the volume is corrupted (static volumes only)
+ * @upd_marker: non-zero if the volume has update marker set
+ * @alignment: volume alignment
+ * @usable_leb_size: how many bytes are available in logical eraseblocks of
+ *                   this volume
+ * @name_len: volume name length
+ * @name: volume name
+ * @cdev: UBI volume character device major and minor numbers
+ *
+ * The @corrupted flag is only relevant to static volumes and is always zero
+ * for dynamic ones. This is because UBI does not care about dynamic volume
+ * data protection and only cares about protecting static volume data.
+ *
+ * The @upd_marker flag is set if the volume update operation was interrupted.
+ * Before touching the volume data during the update operation, UBI first sets
+ * the update marker flag for this volume. If the volume update operation was
+ * further interrupted, the update marker indicates this. If the update marker
+ * is set, the contents of the volume is certainly damaged and a new volume
+ * update operation has to be started.
+ *
+ * To put it differently, @corrupted and @upd_marker fields have different
+ * semantics:
+ *     o the @corrupted flag means that this static volume is corrupted for some
+ *       reasons, but not because an interrupted volume update
+ *     o the @upd_marker field means that the volume is damaged because of an
+ *       interrupted update operation.
+ *
+ * I.e., the @corrupted flag is never set if the @upd_marker flag is set.
+ *
+ * The @used_bytes and @used_ebs fields are only really needed for static
+ * volumes and contain the number of bytes stored in this static volume and how
+ * many eraseblock this data occupies. In case of dynamic volumes, the
+ * @used_bytes field is equivalent to @size*@usable_leb_size, and the @used_ebs
+ * field is equivalent to @size.
+ *
+ * In general, logical eraseblock size is a property of the UBI device, not
+ * of the UBI volume. Indeed, the logical eraseblock size depends on the
+ * physical eraseblock size and on how much bytes UBI headers consume. But
+ * because of the volume alignment (@alignment), the usable size of logical
+ * eraseblocks if a volume may be less. The following equation is true:
+ * 	@usable_leb_size = LEB size - (LEB size mod @alignment),
+ * where LEB size is the logical eraseblock size defined by the UBI device.
+ *
+ * The alignment is multiple to the minimal flash input/output unit size or %1
+ * if all the available space is used.
+ *
+ * To put this differently, alignment may be considered is a way to change
+ * volume logical eraseblock sizes.
+ */
+struct ubi_volume_info
+{
+  int ubi_num;
+  int vol_id;
+  int size;
+  long long used_bytes;
+  int used_ebs;
+  int vol_type;
+  int corrupted;
+  int upd_marker;
+  int alignment;
+  int usable_leb_size;
+  int name_len;
+  const char *name;
+  dev_t cdev;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct ubi_device_info - UBI device description data structure.
+ * @ubi_num: ubi device number
+ * @leb_size: logical eraseblock size on this UBI device
+ * @min_io_size: minimal I/O unit size
+ * @ro_mode: if this device is in read-only mode
+ * @cdev: UBI character device major and minor numbers
+ *
+ * Note, @leb_size is the logical eraseblock size offered by the UBI device.
+ * Volumes of this UBI device may have smaller logical eraseblock size if their
+ * alignment is not equivalent to %1.
+ */
+struct ubi_device_info
+{
+  int ubi_num;
+  int leb_size;
+  int min_io_size;
+  int ro_mode;
+  dev_t cdev;
+};
+
+/* UBI descriptor given to users when they open UBI volumes */
+struct ubi_volume_desc;
+
+int ubi_get_device_info(int ubi_num, struct ubi_device_info *di);
+void ubi_get_volume_info(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc,
+			 struct ubi_volume_info *vi);
+struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi_open_volume(int ubi_num, int vol_id, int mode);
+struct ubi_volume_desc *ubi_open_volume_nm(int ubi_num, const char *name,
+					   int mode);
+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 ubi_leb_change(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, const void *buf,
+		   int len, int dtype);
+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_is_mapped(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum);
+int ubi_sync(int ubi_num);
+
+/*
+ * This function is the same as the 'ubi_leb_read()' function, but it does not
+ * provide the checking capability.
+ */
+static inline int
+ubi_read(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, char *buf,
+	 int offset, int len)
+{
+  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/mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.c b/mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47025e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.c
@@ -0,0 +1,936 @@ 
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corp., 2006
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
+ * the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ * Author: Artem Bityutskiy
+ *
+ * UBI (Unsorted Block Images) io library.
+ */
+
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/file.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <mtd/ubi-user.h>
+#include <linux/kdev_t.h>
+
+#include "libubiio.h"
+#include "libubiio_int.h"
+
+#define PROGRAM_NAME "libubiio"
+
+static int
+__ubi_get_device_info(int ubi_num, struct ubi_device_info *dev_info)
+{
+  char sys_path[PATH_MAX];
+  const char *sys_dir_path = get_sys_dir_path();
+  int ret = 0;
+
+  dbgmsg("ubi get device info ");
+  memset(dev_info, '\0', sizeof(struct ubi_device_info));
+  dev_info->ubi_num = ubi_num;
+
+  /* minimum input/output unit size of the UBI device */
+  sprintf(sys_path,
+	  "%s/" SYSFS_UBI "/" UBI_DEV_NAME_PATT "/" DEV_MIN_IO_SIZE,
+	  sys_dir_path, ubi_num);
+  if ((ret = read_positive_int(sys_path, &dev_info->min_io_size)) < 0)
+    return ret;
+  dbgmsg("%s = %d", sys_path, dev_info->min_io_size);
+
+  /* dev eb_size */
+  sprintf(sys_path,
+	  "%s/" SYSFS_UBI "/" UBI_DEV_NAME_PATT "/" DEV_EB_SIZE,
+	  sys_dir_path, ubi_num);
+  if ((ret = read_positive_int(sys_path, &dev_info->leb_size)) < 0)
+    return ret;
+  dbgmsg("%s = %d", sys_path, dev_info->leb_size);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+__ubi_get_volume_info(int ubi_num, int vol_id, struct ubi_volume_info *vol_info)
+{
+  char sys_path[PATH_MAX];
+  const char *sys_dir_path = get_sys_dir_path();
+  int ret = 0;
+
+  dbgmsg("ubi get volume info");
+  /* device number */
+  vol_info->ubi_num = ubi_num;
+  /* volume id */
+  vol_info->vol_id = vol_id;
+  /* volume dev minor major */
+  sprintf(sys_path,
+	  "%s/" SYSFS_UBI "/" UBI_VOL_NAME_PATT "/" VOL_DEV,
+	  sys_dir_path, ubi_num, vol_id);
+  if ((ret = read_cdev(sys_path, &vol_info->cdev)) < 0)
+    return ret;
+  dbgmsg("major = %d", MAJOR(vol_info->cdev));
+  dbgmsg("minor = %d", MINOR(vol_info->cdev));
+
+  /* volume type */
+  {
+    char type_buf[64];
+
+    sprintf(sys_path,
+	    "%s/" SYSFS_UBI "/" UBI_VOL_NAME_PATT "/" VOL_TYPE,
+	    sys_dir_path, ubi_num, vol_id);
+    if ((ret = read_data(sys_path, type_buf, sizeof(type_buf))) < 7)
+      return -EINVAL;
+    type_buf[6] = '\0';
+    if (!strcmp(type_buf, "static"))
+      vol_info->vol_type = UBI_STATIC_VOLUME;
+    else if (!strcmp(type_buf, "dynami"))
+      vol_info->vol_type = UBI_DYNAMIC_VOLUME;
+    else
+      {
+        errmsg("Invalid type of volume (%s) in %s", type_buf, sys_path);
+        return -EINVAL;
+      }
+  }
+  /* alignment */
+  sprintf(sys_path,
+	  "%s/" SYSFS_UBI "/" UBI_VOL_NAME_PATT "/" VOL_ALIGNMENT,
+	  sys_dir_path, ubi_num, vol_id);
+  if ((ret = read_positive_int(sys_path, &vol_info->alignment)) < 0)
+    return ret;
+  dbgmsg("%s  = %d", sys_path, vol_info->alignment);
+
+  /* reserved_ebs = size */
+  sprintf(sys_path,
+	  "%s/" SYSFS_UBI "/" UBI_VOL_NAME_PATT "/" VOL_RSVD_EBS,
+	  sys_dir_path, ubi_num, vol_id);
+  if ((ret = read_positive_int(sys_path, &vol_info->size)) < 0)
+    return ret;
+  dbgmsg("%s  = %d", sys_path, vol_info->size);
+
+  /* eb size  */
+  sprintf(sys_path,
+	  "%s/" SYSFS_UBI "/" UBI_VOL_NAME_PATT "/" VOL_EB_SIZE,
+	  sys_dir_path, ubi_num, vol_id);
+  if ((ret = read_positive_int(sys_path, &vol_info->usable_leb_size)) < 0)
+    return ret;
+  dbgmsg("%s  = %d", sys_path, vol_info->usable_leb_size);
+  /*
+   * used_ebs :
+   * In case of dynamic volume UBI knows nothing about how many
+   * data is stored there. So assume the whole volume is used.
+   * FIXME: And in case of static volume I have no idea how compute
+   * last_eb_bytes, need more research ...
+   */
+  vol_info->used_ebs = vol_info->size;
+  dbgmsg("used_ebs  = %Ld", vol_info->used_ebs);
+  /* FIXME: this value may be false for a STATIC VOLUME */
+  vol_info->used_bytes = vol_info->usable_leb_size * vol_info->used_ebs;
+  dbgmsg("used_bytes  = %Ld", vol_info->used_bytes);
+
+  /* upd marker  */
+  sprintf(sys_path,
+	  "%s/" SYSFS_UBI "/" UBI_VOL_NAME_PATT "/" VOL_UPD_MARKER,
+	  sys_dir_path, ubi_num, vol_id);
+  if ((ret = read_positive_int(sys_path, &vol_info->upd_marker)) < 0)
+    return ret;
+  dbgmsg("%s = %d", sys_path, vol_info->upd_marker);
+
+  /* corrupted  */
+  sprintf(sys_path,
+	  "%s/" SYSFS_UBI "/" UBI_VOL_NAME_PATT "/" VOL_CORRUPTED,
+	  sys_dir_path, ubi_num, vol_id);
+  if ((ret = read_positive_int(sys_path, &vol_info->corrupted)) < 0)
+    return ret;
+  dbgmsg("%s = %d", sys_path, vol_info->corrupted);
+
+  /* volume name */
+  {
+    char name[UBI_VOL_NAME_MAX];
+
+    sprintf(sys_path,
+	    "%s/" SYSFS_UBI "/" UBI_VOL_NAME_PATT "/" VOL_NAME,
+	    sys_dir_path, ubi_num, vol_id);
+    if ((ret = read_data(sys_path, name, sizeof name)) < 0)
+      return ret;
+    vol_info->name = strdup(name);
+    vol_info->name_len = strlen(name);
+    dbgmsg("%s = %s", sys_path, vol_info->name);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+ubi_mode2flags(int mode, int *flags)
+{
+  switch (mode)
+    {
+    case UBI_READWRITE:
+      *flags = O_RDWR;
+      break;
+    case UBI_READONLY:
+      *flags = O_RDONLY;
+      break;
+    case UBI_EXCLUSIVE:
+      *flags = O_RDWR;
+      break;
+    default:
+      return -1;
+    }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_open_volume - open UBI volume.
+ * @ubi_num: UBI device number
+ * @vol_id: volume ID
+ * @mode: open mode
+ *
+ * The @mode parameter specifies if the volume should be opened in read-only
+ * mode, read-write mode, or exclusive mode. The exclusive mode guarantees that
+ * nobody else will be able to open this volume. UBI allows to have many volume
+ * readers and one writer at a time.
+ *
+ * If a static volume is being opened for the first time since boot, it will be
+ * checked by this function, which means it will be fully read and the CRC
+ * checksum of each logical eraseblock will be checked.
+ *
+ * This function returns volume descriptor in case of success and %NULL in case
+ * of failure and errno is set.
+ */
+struct ubi_volume_desc *
+ubi_open_volume(int ubi_num, int vol_id, int mode)
+{
+  char vol_path[64];
+  struct ubi_volume_desc *desc;
+  int ret = 0;
+
+  sprintf(vol_path, "/dev/ubi%d_%d", ubi_num, vol_id);
+  desc = calloc(1, sizeof(struct ubi_volume_desc));
+  if (desc == NULL) {
+    ret = -errno;
+    goto failed;
+  }
+
+  desc->mode = mode;
+  if (ubi_mode2flags(mode, &mode) == -1)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("Invalid mode");
+      ret = EINVAL;
+      goto failed;
+    }
+  desc->fd = open(vol_path, mode);
+  if (desc->fd < 0) {
+    ret = -errno;
+    goto failed;
+  }
+
+  /* allow direct write */
+  if (mode == UBI_READWRITE || mode == UBI_EXCLUSIVE)
+  {
+    struct ubi_set_prop_req setprop_req = {
+      .property = UBI_PROP_DIRECT_WRITE,
+      .value = 1
+    };
+    if (ioctl(desc->fd, UBI_IOCSETPROP, &setprop_req) < 0) {
+      ret = -errno;
+      goto failed_close;
+    }
+    if (mode == UBI_EXCLUSIVE)
+    {
+      if (flock(desc->fd, LOCK_EX))
+      {
+        sys_errmsg("Cannot lock the device");
+	ret = -errno;
+        goto failed_close;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  if ((ret = __ubi_get_device_info(ubi_num, &desc->di)) < 0)
+    goto failed_close;
+
+  if ((ret = __ubi_get_volume_info(ubi_num, vol_id, &desc->vi)) < 0)
+    goto failed_close;
+
+  return desc;
+failed_close:
+  close(desc->fd);
+failed:
+  free(desc);
+  errno = -ret;
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_get_device_info - get information about UBI device.
+ * @ubi_num: UBI device number
+ * @di: the information is stored here
+ *
+ * This function returns %0 in case of success and  a negative
+ * error code in case of failure.
+ */
+int
+ubi_get_device_info(int ubi_num, struct ubi_device_info *di)
+{
+  return __ubi_get_device_info(ubi_num, di);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_get_volume_info - get information about UBI volume.
+ * @desc: volume descriptor
+ * @vi: the information is stored here
+ */
+void
+ubi_get_volume_info(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc,
+			 struct ubi_volume_info *vi)
+{
+  memcpy(vi, &desc->vi, sizeof (*vi));
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_get_vol_id_by_name - get UBI volume information.
+ * @ubi_num: UBI device
+ * @name: name of the volume to get
+ *
+ * This function returns the volume id of the given volume name
+ * Returns the volume id in case of success and %-1 in case of failure.
+ */
+int
+ubi_get_vol_id_by_name(int ubi_num, const char *name)
+{
+  char sys_path[PATH_MAX];
+  const char *sys_dir_path = get_sys_dir_path();
+  char tmpname[UBI_VOL_NAME_MAX + 1];
+  char tmp_buf[NAME_MAX];
+  int tmp_ubi_num, tmp_vol_id, ret;
+  char *pos;
+  DIR *dir;
+  struct dirent *dirent;
+
+  /* get volume count */
+  sprintf(sys_path, "%s/" SYSFS_UBI, sys_dir_path);
+  dir = opendir(sys_path);
+  if (dir == NULL)
+    return -errno;
+  while ((dirent = readdir(dir)) != NULL)
+  {
+    ret =
+      sscanf(dirent->d_name, UBI_VOL_NAME_PATT "%s",
+          &tmp_ubi_num, &tmp_vol_id, tmp_buf);
+    if (ret != 2 || tmp_ubi_num != ubi_num)
+      continue;
+    sprintf(sys_path,
+        "%s/" SYSFS_UBI "/" UBI_VOL_NAME_PATT "/" VOL_NAME,
+        get_sys_dir_path(), ubi_num, tmp_vol_id);
+    if (read_data(sys_path, tmpname, UBI_VOL_NAME_MAX) == -1)
+      goto end_error;
+    /* strip \n */
+    pos = strchr(tmpname, '\n');
+    if (pos != NULL)
+      *pos = '\0';
+    if (!strcmp(tmpname, name))
+      goto return_vol_id;
+  }
+end_error:
+  tmp_vol_id = -1;
+return_vol_id:
+  closedir(dir);
+  dbgmsg("ubi get volume id by name (name = %s, id_vol = %d", name,
+	 tmp_vol_id);
+  return tmp_vol_id;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_open_volume_nm - open UBI volume by name.
+ * @ubi_num: UBI device number
+ * @name: volume name
+ * @mode: open mode
+ *
+ * This function is similar to 'ubi_open_volume()', but opens a volume by name.
+ */
+struct ubi_volume_desc *
+ubi_open_volume_nm(int ubi_num, const char *name, int mode)
+{
+  int vol_id;
+
+  vol_id = ubi_get_vol_id_by_name(ubi_num, name);
+  if (vol_id < 0)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("Cannot find volume id for name \"%s\"", name);
+      return NULL;
+    }
+  return ubi_open_volume(ubi_num, vol_id, mode);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_close_volume - close UBI volume.
+ * @desc: volume descriptor
+ */
+void
+ubi_close_volume(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc)
+{
+  if (desc->mode == UBI_EXCLUSIVE)
+    flock(desc->fd, LOCK_UN);
+  close(desc->fd);
+  /* cast const char* to char* to free without warning */
+  free((char *) desc->vi.name);
+  free(desc);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_leb_read - read data.
+ * @desc: volume descriptor
+ * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to read from
+ * @buf: buffer where to store the read data
+ * @offset: offset within the logical eraseblock to read from
+ * @len: how many bytes to read
+ * @check: whether UBI has to check the read data's CRC or not.
+ *
+ * This function reads data from offset @offset of logical eraseblock @lnum and
+ * stores the data at @buf. When reading from static volumes, @check specifies
+ * whether the data has to be checked or not. If yes, the whole logical
+ * eraseblock will be read and its CRC checksum will be checked (i.e., the CRC
+ * checksum is per-eraseblock). So checking may substantially slow down the
+ * read speed. The @check argument is ignored for dynamic volumes.
+ *
+ * In case of success, this function returns %0. In case of failure, this
+ * function returns a negative error code.
+ *
+ * %EBADMSG is returned:
+ * o for both static and dynamic volumes if MTD driver has detected a data
+ *   integrity problem (unrecoverable ECC checksum mismatch in case of NAND);
+ * o for static volumes in case of data CRC mismatch.
+ *
+ * If the volume is damaged because of an interrupted update this function just
+ * returns %-EBADF error code.
+ */
+int
+ubi_leb_read(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, char *buf, int offset,
+	     int len, int check)
+{
+  off_t addr;
+  int err;
+
+  /* TODO : we may want to use "check" for static volume */
+  (void) check;
+  addr = (desc->vi.usable_leb_size * (loff_t) lnum) + offset;
+  err = pread(desc->fd, buf, len, addr);
+  if (err < 0)
+    return -errno;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_leb_write - write data.
+ * @desc: volume descriptor
+ * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to write to
+ * @buf: data to write
+ * @offset: offset within the logical eraseblock where to write
+ * @len: how many bytes to write
+ * @dtype: expected data type
+ *
+ * This function writes @len bytes of data from @buf to offset @offset of
+ * logical eraseblock @lnum. The @dtype argument describes expected lifetime of
+ * the data.
+ *
+ * This function takes care of physical eraseblock write failures. If write to
+ * the physical eraseblock write operation fails, the logical eraseblock is
+ * re-mapped to another physical eraseblock, the data is recovered, and the
+ * write finishes. UBI has a pool of reserved physical eraseblocks for this.
+ *
+ * If all the data were successfully written, %0 is returned. If an error
+ * occurred and UBI has not been able to recover from it, this function returns
+ * a negative error code. Note, in case of an error, it is 
+ * possible that something was still written to the flash media, but that may
+ * be some garbage.
+ *
+ * If the volume is damaged because of an interrupted update this function just
+ * returns immediately %-EBADF error code.
+ */
+int
+ubi_leb_write(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, const void *buf,
+	      int offset, int len, int dtype)
+{
+  int vol_id = desc->vi.vol_id;
+  off_t addr;
+  int err;
+
+  if (vol_id < 0)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("Invalid volume id");
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+  if (desc->mode == UBI_READONLY || desc->vi.vol_type == UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("UBI volume is readonly or static");
+      return -EROFS;
+    }
+
+  if (lnum < 0 || lnum >= desc->vi.used_ebs || offset < 0 || len < 0
+      || offset + len > desc->vi.usable_leb_size
+      || offset & (desc->di.min_io_size - 1)
+      || len & (desc->di.min_io_size - 1))
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("Invalid arguments");
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+  if (dtype != UBI_LONGTERM && dtype != UBI_SHORTTERM && dtype != UBI_UNKNOWN)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("Invalid data type");
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+  if (desc->vi.upd_marker)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("The volume is marked as updating");
+      return -EBADF;
+    }
+
+  if (len == 0)
+    return 0;
+  dbgmsg("write %d bytes to LEB %d:%d:%d", len, vol_id, lnum, offset);
+
+  addr = (desc->vi.usable_leb_size * (loff_t) lnum) + offset;
+  err = pwrite(desc->fd, buf, len, addr);
+  if (err < 0)
+      return -errno;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ubi_leb_change - change logical eraseblock atomically.
+ * @desc: volume descriptor
+ * @lnum: logical eraseblock number to change
+ * @buf: data to write
+ * @len: how many bytes to write
+ * @dtype: expected data type
+ *
+ * This function changes the contents of a logical eraseblock atomically. @buf
+ * has to contain new logical eraseblock data, and @len - the length of the
+ * data, which has to be aligned. The length may be shorter then the logical
+ * eraseblock size, ant the logical eraseblock may be appended to more times
+ * later on. This function guarantees that in case of an unclean reboot the old
+ * contents is preserved. Returns %0 in case of success and a negative error
+ * code in case of failure.
+ */
+int
+ubi_leb_change(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, const void *buf,
+	       int len, int dtype)
+{
+  off_t addr;
+  struct ubi_leb_change_req req = {
+    .lnum = lnum,
+    .bytes = len,
+    .dtype = dtype
+  };
+
+  if (desc->mode == UBI_READONLY || desc->vi.vol_type == UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("UBI volume is readonly or static");
+      return -EROFS;
+    }
+
+  if (lnum < 0 || lnum >= desc->vi.used_ebs || len < 0 ||
+      len > desc->vi.usable_leb_size || len & (desc->di.min_io_size - 1))
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("Invalid arguments");
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+  if (dtype != UBI_LONGTERM && dtype != UBI_SHORTTERM && dtype != UBI_UNKNOWN)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("Invalid data type");
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+  if (desc->vi.upd_marker)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("The volume is marked as updating");
+      return -EBADF;
+    }
+
+  if (len == 0)
+    return 0;
+
+  addr = (desc->vi.usable_leb_size * (loff_t) lnum);
+  if (ioctl(desc->fd, UBI_IOCEBCH, &req))
+    return -errno;
+  if (pwrite(desc->fd, buf, len, addr) == -1)
+    return -errno;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_leb_erase - erase logical eraseblock.
+ * @desc: volume descriptor
+ * @lnum: logical eraseblock number
+ *
+ * This function un-maps logical eraseblock @lnum and synchronously erases the
+ * correspondent physical eraseblock. Returns zero in case of success and a
+ * negative error code in case of failure.
+ *
+ * If the volume is damaged because of an interrupted update this function just
+ * returns immediately with %-EBADF code.
+ */
+int
+ubi_leb_erase(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum)
+{
+  dbgmsg("erase LEB %d:%d", desc->vi.vol_id, lnum);
+
+  if (desc->mode == UBI_READONLY || desc->vi.vol_type == UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("UBI volume is readonly or static");
+      return -EROFS;
+    }
+
+  if (lnum < 0 || lnum >= desc->vi.used_ebs)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("Invalid arguments");
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+  if (desc->vi.upd_marker)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("The volume is marked as updating");
+      return -EBADF;
+    }
+  if (ioctl(desc->fd, UBI_IOCEBER, &lnum) < 0)
+    return -errno;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_leb_unmap - un-map logical eraseblock.
+ * @desc: volume descriptor
+ * @lnum: logical eraseblock number
+ *
+ * This function un-maps logical eraseblock @lnum and schedules the
+ * corresponding physical eraseblock for erasure, so that it will eventually be
+ * physically erased in background. This operation is much faster then the
+ * erase operation.
+ *
+ * Unlike erase, the un-map operation does not guarantee that the logical
+ * eraseblock will contain all 0xFF bytes when UBI is initialized again. For
+ * example, if several logical eraseblocks are un-mapped, and an unclean reboot
+ * happens after this, the logical eraseblocks will not necessarily be
+ * un-mapped again when this MTD device is attached. They may actually be
+ * mapped to the same physical eraseblocks again. So, this function has to be
+ * used with care.
+ *
+ * In other words, when un-mapping a logical eraseblock, UBI does not store
+ * any information about this on the flash media, it just marks the logical
+ * eraseblock as "un-mapped" in RAM. If UBI is detached before the physical
+ * eraseblock is physically erased, it will be mapped again to the same logical
+ * eraseblock when the MTD device is attached again.
+ *
+ * The main and obvious use-case of this function is when the contents of a
+ * logical eraseblock has to be re-written. Then it is much more efficient to
+ * first un-map it, then write new data, rather then first erase it, then write
+ * new data. Note, once new data has been written to the logical eraseblock,
+ * UBI guarantees that the old contents has gone forever. In other words, if an
+ * unclean reboot happens after the logical eraseblock has been un-mapped and
+ * then written to, it will contain the last written data.
+ *
+ * This function returns %0 in case of success and a negative error code in
+ * case of failure. If the volume is damaged because of an interrupted update
+ * this function just returns immediately returns %-EBADF code.
+ */
+int
+ubi_leb_unmap(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum)
+{
+  dbgmsg("unmap LEB %d:%d", desc->vi.vol_id, lnum);
+
+  if (desc->mode == UBI_READONLY || desc->vi.vol_type == UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("UBI volume is readonly or static");
+      return -EROFS;
+    }
+
+  if (lnum < 0 || lnum >= desc->vi.used_ebs)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("Invalid arguments");
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+  if (desc->vi.upd_marker)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("The volume is marked as updating");
+      return -EBADF;
+    }
+
+  if (ioctl(desc->fd, UBI_IOCEBUNMAP, &lnum) < 0)
+    return -errno;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_leb_map - map logical erasblock to a physical eraseblock.
+ * @desc: volume descriptor
+ * @lnum: logical eraseblock number
+ * @dtype: expected data type
+ *
+ * This function maps an un-mapped logical eraseblock @lnum to a physical
+ * eraseblock. This means, that after a successful invocation of this
+ * function the logical eraseblock @lnum will be empty (contain only %0xFF
+ * bytes) and be mapped to a physical eraseblock, even if an unclean reboot
+ * happens.
+ *
+ * This function returns %0 in case of success, and a negative error code in
+ * case of failure.
+ * %-EBADF is returned if the volume is damaged because of an interrupted
+ * update, %-EBADMSG is returned if the logical eraseblock is already mapped.
+ */
+int
+ubi_leb_map(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum, int dtype)
+{
+  struct ubi_map_req req = {
+    .lnum = lnum,
+    .dtype = dtype
+  };
+
+  dbgmsg("map LEB %d:%d", desc->vi.vol_id, lnum);
+
+  if (desc->mode == UBI_READONLY || desc->vi.vol_type == UBI_STATIC_VOLUME)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("UBI volume is readonly or static");
+      return -EROFS;
+    }
+
+  if (lnum < 0 || lnum >= desc->vi.used_ebs)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("Invalid arguments");
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+  if (dtype != UBI_LONGTERM && dtype != UBI_SHORTTERM && dtype != UBI_UNKNOWN)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("Invalid data type");
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+  if (desc->vi.upd_marker)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("The volume is marked as updating");
+      return -EBADF;
+    }
+  if (ioctl(desc->fd, UBI_IOCEBMAP, &req) < 0)
+    return -errno;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_is_mapped - check if logical eraseblock is mapped.
+ * @desc: volume descriptor
+ * @lnum: logical eraseblock number
+ *
+ * This function checks if logical eraseblock @lnum is mapped to a physical
+ * eraseblock. If a logical eraseblock is un-mapped, this does not necessarily
+ * mean it will still be un-mapped after the UBI device is re-attached. The
+ * logical eraseblock may become mapped to the physical eraseblock it was last
+ * mapped to.
+ *
+ * This function returns %1 if the LEB is mapped, %0 if not, and %-1 in case of
+ * failure. If the volume is damaged because of an interrupted update errno
+ * set with %EBADF error code.
+ */
+int
+ubi_is_mapped(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int lnum)
+{
+  return ioctl(desc->fd, UBI_IOCEBISMAP, &lnum);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ubi_sync - synchronize UBI device buffers.
+ * @ubi_num: UBI device to synchronize
+ *
+ * The underlying MTD device may cache data in hardware or in software. This
+ * function ensures the caches are flushed. Returns %0 in case of success and
+ * %-1 in case of failure.
+ * TODO: Needs to be implemented.
+ */
+int
+ubi_sync(int ubi_num)
+{
+  // FIXME: Call fsync() on all volume for this device
+  // Add an ioctl to sync a device
+  (void) ubi_num;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static const char *
+get_sys_dir_path()
+{
+  /* TODO: this must be discovered instead */
+  return "/sys";
+}
+
+static int
+read_positive_ll(const char *file, long long *value)
+{
+  int fd, rd;
+  char buf[50];
+  int ret = 0;
+
+  fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
+  if (fd == -1)
+    return -errno;
+
+  rd = read(fd, buf, 50);
+  if (rd == -1)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("cannot read \"%s\"", file);
+      ret = -errno;
+      goto out_error;
+    }
+  if (rd == 50)
+    {
+      errmsg("contents of \"%s\" is too long", file);
+      ret = -EINVAL;
+      goto out_error;
+    }
+  buf[rd] = '\0';
+
+  if (sscanf(buf, "%lld\n", value) != 1)
+    {
+      /* This must be a UBI bug */
+      errmsg("cannot read integer from \"%s\"", file);
+      ret = -EINVAL;
+      goto out_error;
+    }
+
+  if (*value < 0)
+    {
+      errmsg("negative value %lld in \"%s\"", *value, file);
+      ret = -EINVAL;
+      goto out_error;
+    }
+
+  if (close(fd))
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("close failed on \"%s\"", file);
+      return -errno;
+    }
+
+  return 0;
+
+out_error:
+  close(fd);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+read_positive_int(const char *file, int *value)
+{
+  long long res;
+  int ret = 0;
+
+  if ((ret = read_positive_ll(file, &res)) < 0)
+    return ret;
+
+  /* Make sure the value is not too big */
+  if (res > INT_MAX)
+    {
+      errmsg("value %lld read from file \"%s\" is out of range", res, file);
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+  *value = res;
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+read_data(const char *file, void *buf, int buf_len)
+{
+  int fd, rd, tmp, tmp1;
+  int ret = 0;
+
+  fd = open(file, O_RDONLY);
+  if (fd == -1)
+    return -errno;
+
+  rd = read(fd, buf, buf_len);
+  if (rd == -1)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("cannot read \"%s\"", file);
+      ret = -errno;
+      goto out_error;
+    }
+  ((char *)buf)[rd - 1] = '\0';
+  /* Make sure all data is read */
+  tmp1 = read(fd, &tmp, 1);
+  if (tmp1 == -1)
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("cannot read \"%s\"", file);
+      ret = -errno;
+      goto out_error;
+    }
+  if (tmp1)
+    {
+      errmsg("file \"%s\" contains too much data (> %d bytes)",
+	     file, buf_len);
+      ret = -EINVAL;
+      goto out_error;
+    }
+
+  if (close(fd))
+    {
+      sys_errmsg("close failed on \"%s\"", file);
+      return -errno;
+    }
+
+  return rd;
+
+out_error:
+  close(fd);
+  return ret;
+}
+
+static int
+read_cdev(const char *file, dev_t * pdev)
+{
+  int ret;
+  char buf[50];
+  int major, minor;
+
+  ret = read_data(file, buf, 50);
+  if (ret < 0)
+    return ret;
+
+  ret = sscanf(buf, "%d:%d\n", &major, &minor);
+  if (ret != 2)
+    {
+      errmsg("\"%s\" does not have major:minor format", file);
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+
+  if (major < 0 || minor < 0)
+    {
+      errmsg("bad major:minor %d:%d in \"%s\"", major, minor, file);
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+  *pdev = MKDEV(major, minor);
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.h b/mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da44d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkfs.ubifs/libubiio.h
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ 
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corp., 2006
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
+ * the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ * Author: Artem Bityutskiy
+ *
+ * ubi (unsorted block images) io library.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LIBUBIIO_H__
+#define __LIBUBIIO_H__
+
+/* sys/types.h for dev_t */
+#include <sys/types.h>
+/* stdint.h for int32/64_t */
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <mtd/ubi-user.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+/* UBI version libubiio is made for */
+#define LIBUBIIO_UBI_VERSION	1
+#define UBI_VOL_NAME_MAX	127
+
+#include "ubi.h"
+  int ubi_get_vol_id_by_name(int ubi_num, const char *name);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif				/* !__LIBUBIIO_H__ */
diff --git a/mkfs.ubifs/libubiio_int.h b/mkfs.ubifs/libubiio_int.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c94159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mkfs.ubifs/libubiio_int.h
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@ 
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corp., 2006
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
+ * the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ * Author: Artem Bityutskiy
+ *
+ * UBI (Unsorted Block Images) IO library.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LIBUBIIO_INT_H__
+#define __LIBUBIIO_INT_H__
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+#define MIN(a ,b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
+#define ARRAY_SIZE(a) (sizeof(a) / sizeof((a)[0]))
+
+/* Verbose messages */
+#define verbose(verbose, fmt, ...) \
+  do {								   \
+    if (verbose)						   \
+      printf(PROGRAM_NAME ": " fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__);	   \
+  } while(0)
+
+/* Normal messages */
+#define normsg(fmt, ...)				   \
+	printf(PROGRAM_NAME ": " fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define normsg_cont(fmt, ...)				\
+	printf(PROGRAM_NAME ": " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* Error messages */
+#define errmsg(fmt, ...)						\
+	fprintf(stderr, PROGRAM_NAME ": error!: " fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* System error messages */
+#define sys_errmsg(fmt, ...)						\
+  do {									\
+    int _err = errno;                                                   \
+    size_t _i;								\
+    fprintf(stderr, PROGRAM_NAME ": error!: " fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__); \
+    for (_i = 0; _i < sizeof(PROGRAM_NAME) + 1; _i++)                   \
+      fprintf(stderr, " ");						\
+    fprintf(stderr, "error %d (%s)\n", _err, strerror(_err));           \
+  } while (0)
+
+
+/* Warnings */
+#define warnmsg(fmt, ...)						\
+  fprintf(stderr, PROGRAM_NAME ": warning!: " fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
+
+/* debug */
+#ifdef CONFIG_LIBUBIO_DEBUG
+#define dbgmsg(fmt, ...)						\
+  fprintf(stderr, PROGRAM_NAME ": debug!: " fmt "\n", ##__VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#define dbgmsg(fmt, ...)	(void) fmt
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * struct ubi_volume_desc - UBI volume information.
+ * @fd: UBI volume file descriptor
+ * @mode: volume open mode (%UBI_READONLY, %UBI_READWRITE, %UBI_EXCLUSIVE)
+ * @vi: volume info structure
+ * @di: device info structure
+ */
+  struct ubi_volume_desc
+  {
+    int fd;
+    int mode;
+    struct ubi_volume_info vi;
+    struct ubi_device_info di;
+  };
+
+/*
+ * The below are pre-define UBI file and directory names.
+ *
+ * Note, older kernels put 'ubiX_Y' directories straight to '/sys/class/ubi/'.
+ * New kernels puts 'ubiX_Y' directories to '/sys/class/ubi/ubiX/', which is
+ * saner. And for compatibility reasons it also puts symlinks to 'ubiX_Y'
+ * directories to '/sys/class/ubi/'. For now libubi assumes old layout.
+ * TODO: use new layout ?
+ */
+
+#define SYSFS_UBI         "class/ubi"
+#define SYSFS_CTRL        "class/misc/ubi_ctrl"
+
+#define CTRL_DEV          "dev"
+
+#define UBI_VER           "version"
+#define UBI_VOL_COUNT     "volumes_count"
+#define UBI_DEV_NAME_PATT "ubi%d"
+
+#define DEV_DEV           "dev"
+#define DEV_AVAIL_EBS     "avail_eraseblocks"
+#define DEV_TOTAL_EBS     "total_eraseblocks"
+#define DEV_BAD_COUNT     "bad_peb_count"
+#define DEV_EB_SIZE       "eraseblock_size"
+#define DEV_MAX_EC        "max_ec"
+#define DEV_MAX_RSVD      "reserved_for_bad"
+#define DEV_MAX_VOLS      "max_vol_count"
+#define DEV_MIN_IO_SIZE   "min_io_size"
+#define DEV_MTD_NUM       "mtd_num"
+
+#define UBI_VOL_NAME_PATT "ubi%d_%d"
+#define VOL_TYPE          "type"
+#define VOL_DEV           "dev"
+#define VOL_ALIGNMENT     "alignment"
+#define VOL_DATA_BYTES    "data_bytes"
+#define VOL_RSVD_BYTES    "resvd_bytes"
+#define VOL_RSVD_EBS      "reserved_ebs"
+#define VOL_EB_SIZE       "usable_eb_size"
+#define VOL_CORRUPTED     "corrupted"
+#define VOL_UPD_MARKER    "upd_marker"
+#define VOL_CORRUPTED     "corrupted"
+#define VOL_NAME          "name"
+
+
+/**
+ * get_sys_dir_path - return the sys directory path
+ */
+static const char *get_sys_dir_path();
+/**
+ * read_positive_ll - read a positive 'long long' value from a file.
+ * @file: the file to read from
+ * @value: the result is stored here
+ *
+ * This function reads file @file and interprets its contents as a positive
+ * 'long long' integer. If this is not true, it fails with %EINVAL error code.
+ * Returns %0 in case of success and %-1 in case of failure.
+ */
+static int read_positive_ll(const char *file, long long *value);
+/**
+ * read_positive_int - read a positive 'int' value from a file.
+ * @file: the file to read from
+ * @value: the result is stored here
+ *
+ * This function is the same as 'read_positive_ll()', but it reads an 'int'
+ * value, not 'long long'.
+ * Returns %0 in case of success and %-1 in case of failure.
+ */
+static int read_positive_int(const char *file, int *value);
+/**
+ * read_data - read data from a file.
+ * @file: the file to read from
+ * @buf: the buffer to read to
+ * @buf_len: buffer length
+ *
+ * This function returns number of read bytes in case of success and %-1 in
+ * case of failure. Note, if the file contains more then @buf_len bytes of
+ * date, this function fails with %EINVAL error code.
+ * Returns %0 in case of success and %-1 in case of failure.
+ */
+static int read_data(const char *file, void *buf, int buf_len);
+/**
+ * read_cdev - read major and minor numbers from a file.
+ * @file: name of the file to read from
+ * @pdev: device decription is returned here
+ *
+ * Returns %0 in case of succes, and %-1 in case of failure.
+ */
+static int read_cdev(const char *file, dev_t * pdev);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif				/* !__LIBUBIIO_INT_H__ */