Re: NRF52 : use of NFFS file system
I think it was possible that you encounter lack of BLOCK representation in RAM (this is what -12 -ENOMEM stand for). Try to increase CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_BLOCKS until success.
Looks like GC was unable to optimize object in flash.
Can you try my advice and let now the reslt?
BR
Andrzej
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Subject: NRF52 : use of NFFS file system
Hi all,
Thanks having resolved my first issue on NFFS file system.
I work on a nrf52_pca10040 board. My purpose is still to use the file system NFFS to fill the nrf52 flash.
My flash config booked half of the flash for the file system :
#if defined(CONFIG_FS_FLASH_STORAGE_PARTITION)
storage_partition: partition@40000 {
label = "storage";
reg = <0x00040000 0x00040000>;
};
#endif
My test writes in loop 24 bytes in one or more files, as much as possible. (main_test.c attached)
I find a configuration that writes successfully all flash in one single file :
CONFIG_SOC_FLASH_NRF=y
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_BLOCKS=1024
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_INODES=1024
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_CACHE_BLOCKS=1
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_CACHE_INODES=1
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_DIRS=4
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_FILES=10
#CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_INODES=64
CONFIG_HEAP_MEM_POOL_SIZE=1024
CONFIG_MAIN_STACK_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_NFFS_FILESYSTEM_MAX_AREAS=64
#CONFIG_NFFS_FILESYSTEM_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_FS_FLASH_STORAGE_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SOC_FLASH_NRF_RADIO_SYNC=y
Result test :
test_files : 1 nb files
file write error (-28)
FILE : test1.bin size 235968
FILE : test2.bin size 0
FILE : test3.bin size 0
FILE : test4.bin size 0
FILE : test5.bin size 0
Error -28 indicates that the flash is full.That's great.
But when I write in 5 differents files, I can not write all the flash and I have another error :
Result test :
test_files : 5 nb files
file write error (-12)
FILE : test1.bin size 20448
FILE : test2.bin size 20448
FILE : test3.bin size 20448
FILE : test4.bin size 20424
FILE : test5.bin size 20424
write4 error
Attached is the little test used to have this result. It is a quick test with both success and error tests.
All tests with more than one file fails and I don't understand why. I don't know if my NFFS configuration is not good or if it is an issue in NFFS file ssytem.
If someone can help me it will be very helpful.
Thanks in advance,
Regards,
Laurence
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Laurence Pasteau
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De : Cufi, Carles <Carles.Cufi@...>
Envoyé : vendredi 31 août 2018 18:50
À : Laurence Pasteau; Puzdrowski, Andrzej; Andrzej Kaczmarek
Objet : RE: NRF52 : use of NFFS file system
Thanks Laurence, I’ve assigned it and we will deal with it as soon as we can.
Regards,
Carles
From: Laurence Pasteau <laurence.pasteau@...>
Sent: 31 August 2018 18:08
To: Cufi, Carles <Carles.Cufi@...>; Puzdrowski, Andrzej <Andrzej.Puzdrowski@...>; Andrzej Kaczmarek <andrzej.kaczmarek@...>
Subject: RE: NRF52 : use of NFFS file system
Here is the link :
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/issues/9749
Regards,
Laurence
De : Cufi, Carles <Carles.Cufi@...>
Envoyé : vendredi 31 août 2018 16:48
À : Laurence Pasteau; Puzdrowski, Andrzej; Andrzej Kaczmarek
Objet : RE: NRF52 : use of NFFS file system
Hi Laurence,
Yes please, if you could open a GitHub issue and then send us the link here we will be able to track it better.
Regards,
Carles
From: Laurence Pasteau <laurence.pasteau@...>
Sent: 31 August 2018 16:17
To: Cufi, Carles <Carles.Cufi@...>; Puzdrowski, Andrzej <Andrzej.Puzdrowski@...>; Andrzej Kaczmarek <andrzej.kaczmarek@...>
Subject: RE: NRF52 : use of NFFS file system
Sorry, I meant 0x30000 and 0x40000...
De : Laurence Pasteau
Envoyé : vendredi 31 août 2018 15:28
À : Cufi, Carles; Puzdrowski, Andrzej; Andrzej Kaczmarek
Objet : RE: NRF52 : use of NFFS file system
Thanks Carles,
the test lasts one or two minutes but can be shorten if necessary. My purpose is to have half of the flash (0x4000 bytes) in the file system. I have now a configuration with a flash system of 0x3000 bytes that has less problem but it still happens.
Files that are badly written are not recoverable, new weird files are not cleanable (with fs_unlink() function) so the system is not usable in my project for the moment.
If it is better, I can add an issue in github but I still don't know if I made a mistake in NFFS configuration or in the test, or if it is an issue in the file system.
Thanks in advance for any solution / idea / conclusions.
Laurence
De : Cufi, Carles <Carles.Cufi@...>
Envoyé : mardi 28 août 2018 14:36
À : Laurence Pasteau; users@...;
devel@...; Puzdrowski, Andrzej; Andrzej Kaczmarek
Objet : RE: NRF52 : use of NFFS file system
Hi Laurence,
I am copying a couple of people that might be able to help with NFFS config.
Carles
Hi everybody,
I worked on a board including a NRF52 and use the file system with NFFS but I never succeed in using it correctly.
I have a lot of errors depending on the configuration parameters that I set.
I reduce my problem to a little test that only writes in a loop 12 bytes in a single file. It fails very quickly.
Sometimes the operation seems good when checking the return value. However the file became a file of size null and a new file with another name appears with the previous file. Then some loops later, there is an error in a return value of the write function.
I tried to modify NFFS configuration.
In the two cases when the CONFIG_NFFS_FILESYSTEM_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE is higher and when the global size of the file system is higher ; the test is good during a longer time before failing.
If I write 24 instead of 12 bytes or if I write in two files instead of one, the issue comes sooner.
I think something in my configuration (or in my software) is wrong. If someone can help me it would be very helpful.
Attached is the little test and the conf file. To reduce the time before failing, I change the file system size to 0x2000.
Here is my configuration (I don't use MCU_BOOT) :
In the dts file :
partitions {
compatible = "fixed-partitions";
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <1>;
boot_partition: partition@0 {
label = "mcuboot";
reg = <0x00000000 0xc000>;
};
slot0_partition: partition@c000 {
label = "image-0";
reg = <0x0000C000 0x32000>;
};
slot1_partition: partition@3e000 {
label = "image-1";
reg = <0x0003E000 0x32000>;
};
scratch_partition: partition@70000 {
label = "image-scratch";
reg = <0x00070000 0xa000>;
};
#if defined(CONFIG_FS_FLASH_STORAGE_PARTITION)
storage_partition: partition@7a000 {
label = "storage";
reg = <0x0007a000 0x00002000>;
};
#endif
};
In the conf file :
CONFIG_SOC_FLASH_NRF=y
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_BLOCKS=1024
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_INODES=1024
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_CACHE_BLOCKS=1
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_CACHE_INODES=1
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_DIRS=4
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_FILES=4
CONFIG_FS_NFFS_NUM_INODES=64
CONFIG_HEAP_MEM_POOL_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_MAIN_STACK_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_NFFS_FILESYSTEM_MAX_AREAS=12
CONFIG_NFFS_FILESYSTEM_MAX_BLOCK_SIZE=128
CONFIG_FS_FLASH_STORAGE_PARTITION=y
CONFIG_SOC_FLASH_NRF_RADIO_SYNC=y
In the CMakeLists.txt :
set(BOARD nrf52_pca10040)
target_include_directories(app PRIVATE $ENV{ZEPHYR_BASE}/ext/fs/nffs/include)
target_link_libraries(app NFFS)
Thanks in advance for any help.
Regards,
Laurence