staging/xback/tools/mtd-utils, branch master

tools/mtd-utils: make mkfs.ubifs images reproducible

2026-10-03T20:45:10Z

UBIFS root file systems differ between builds, e.g. the one of the Microchip SAMA7G5-EK: the superblock gets a random UUID, the inodes get the ctime of the build host, which can't be reset with touch, and the entries of each directory are added in readdir() order, which depends on the host file system and decides inode numbers and layout. Add a patch that, when SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is set, uses a time-based (version 1) UUID with that time and clamps all inode times to it. The node ID of the UUID is taken from the new --uuid-node option, which the image build sets from IMG_PART_DISKGUID, itself derived from SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH and the kernel vermagic. Directory entries are added sorted by name. Two trees with the same contents but different ctimes and readdir() order now give identical images; without SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH the UUID stays random. Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/25430 Signed-off-by: Paul Spooren

tools: cache the configure results of eleven more autotools tools

2026-09-22T18:29:59Z

Configure stage without a cache against a warm cache: mtools 3.34 s -> 0.28 s gengetopt 4.39 s -> 2.13 s fakeroot 10.97 s -> 8.73 s xz 4.32 s -> 2.17 s libressl 3.07 s -> 1.46 s flex 12.32 s -> 10.98 s expat 2.74 s -> 1.52 s bc 1.34 s -> 0.38 s dosfstools 3.13 s -> 2.54 s libtool 2.86 s -> 2.29 s mtd-utils 4.06 s -> 3.56 s flex, fakeroot, dosfstools and mtd-utils run autoreconf in the same stage, and the cache does not reach that part. Each of the eleven configures the same way with a warm cache as it does without one: the check configures three times, without a cache, with a cold cache and with a warm cache, and every generated file of the first and the last run is identical. A static scan of each configure script found no cache check that changes CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS, LDFLAGS or LIBS without restoring it. patchelf, mklibs and automake pass the same check but gain less than half a second, so they stay out. make world after make tools/clean now takes 121 s against 177 s with cold caches. Signed-off-by: John Crispin

tools: build erofs-utils, mtd-utils and cpio in parallel

2026-09-22T16:18:58Z

A tool builds with -j1 unless it sets HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL, and 45 of the 73 tools do not set it. These three gain the most from the job server on a cold build of this tree: erofs-utils 23.11 s -> 15.73 s mtd-utils 11.70 s -> 6.42 s cpio 8.46 s -> 3.56 s Each one builds three times out of three with the job server, and each build writes a tree that is identical to the one a serial build writes. Signed-off-by: John Crispin

tools/mtd-utils: update to v2.3.1

2026-04-16T18:45:40Z

Fixes: - ubifs-utils: link libmissing.a in case execinfo.h isn't present - ubifs-utils: common: fix memory leak in devtable.c - Broken check for GCC compiler versions - ubifs-utils: missing header file includes - ubifs-utils: tests: missing files in release tarball - mtd-tests: flash_speed: really skip destructive tests - mtd-tests: flash_speed: wrong error message in read_eraseblock() - serve_image: fix _POSIX_C_SOURCE define - ubiattach: fix wording in usage example - fsck.ubifs: don't use pointers that reference out-of-scope variables - fsck.ubifs: fix platform dependant `ino_t` and `loff_t` formatting - docfdisk.c: fix potential arithmetic overflows in partition size - jittertest: reject overlong file names Changes: - ubirsvol: resize using all available free space if size is specified as 0 Upstreamed patches: - 001-ubifs-utils-link-libmissing.a-in-case-execinfo.h-isn.patch[1] - 002-ubifs-utils-common-fix-memory-leak-in-devtable.c.patch[2] - 004-Improve-check-for-GCC-compiler-version.patch[3] - 005-ubifs-utils-ubifs.h-Include-fcntl.h.patch[4] - 006-ubifs-utils-journal-Include-sys-stat.h.patch[5] - 007-ubifs-utils-extract_files-Include-linux-limits.h.patch[6] [1] https://git.infraroot.at/mtd-utils.git/commit/?h=v2.3.1&id=8a83b306db64d6f60186d4396b0b770163b85b6e [2] https://git.infraroot.at/mtd-utils.git/commit/?h=v2.3.1&id=2669111e3c60b8e146c174db5d2e7e9991f3dd87 [3] https://git.infraroot.at/mtd-utils.git/commit/?h=v2.3.1&id=ac0ab65ebcd7b11739986b81343457469fbb43b0 [4] https://git.infraroot.at/mtd-utils.git/commit/?h=v2.3.1&id=12bc9ad824bd8f18a5ec9c7154ad2374cf8c7ae3 [5] https://git.infraroot.at/mtd-utils.git/commit/?h=v2.3.1&id=173f9714c8da1d685bfa951d43b9310d16bbab3c [6] https://git.infraroot.at/mtd-utils.git/commit/?h=v2.3.1&id=77981a2888c711268b0e7f32af6af159c2288e23 Signed-off-by: Shiji Yang Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/22946 Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens

tools: mtd-utils: fix patch 110 for musl

2025-11-26T09:16:48Z

This patch is introducing the same header that the other patch 001-ubifs-utils-link-libmissing.a-in-case-execinfo.h-isn.patch is guarding against missing in musl libc. We need to mimic that. Signed-off-by: Mario Andrés Pérez Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/20938 Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi

tools: mtd-utils: Update to version 2.3.0

2025-11-08T20:01:44Z

See announcement mail for list of new features: https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2025-February/108248.html The removed patch 100-sscanf_fix.patch was applied upstream, see: https://git.infradead.org/?p=mtd-utils.git;a=commitdiff;h=cba2d7875328b05a4a76f619de0ce7050f2df971 The patch 110-portability.patch was manually adapted. Cherry pick some upstream commits which fix build problems in some situations. Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/20540 Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens

tools: mtd-utils: update to 2.2.1

2024-10-05T10:41:16Z

Release notes: https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2024-September/106193.html The rbtree implementation was moved, adapted the patches manually. Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/16594 Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens

tools: mtd-utils: use libuuid provided by util-linux

2024-06-26T09:21:04Z

Now that util-linux is building libuuid we can simply use that instead of manually pointing to e2fsprogs libuuid so we can disable building libuuid in e2fsprogs. Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/15806 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko

tools: mtd-utils: fix disabling tests

2024-06-25T15:57:07Z

Passing --disable-tests does not do anything since upstream commit [0] ("Fix test binary installation") as that commit removed it since there is already and existing --without-tests compile option to not compile the tests at all as --disable-tests was just disabling their installation. So, lets just pass --without-tests instead to disable test compilation. [0] https://git.infraroot.at/mtd-utils.git/commit/?id=7170a28d46d5db1e7a9da24a5555a194a233ef0b Fixes: 67efb6a66146 ("tools: mtd-utils: Update to version 2.1.4") Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/15791 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko

tools: mtd-utils: update to 2.2.0

2024-06-25T15:57:07Z

Release notes: https://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2024-March/104058.html Manually refresh the portability and JFFS2 LZMA patches. Since mtd-utils have converted most of the JFFS2 compressors to be compile time configurable and manual refreshing of JFFS2 LZMA was needed I also converted it to a compile time option and enabled the new --with-lzma option. Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/15791 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko