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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <libboot_control/libboot_control.h>
+
+#include <endian.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include <android-base/file.h>
+#include <android-base/logging.h>
+#include <android-base/properties.h>
+#include <android-base/stringprintf.h>
+#include <android-base/unique_fd.h>
+
+#include <bootloader_message/bootloader_message.h>
+
+namespace android {
+namespace bootable {
+
+// The number of boot attempts that should be made from a new slot before
+// rolling back to the previous slot.
+constexpr unsigned int kDefaultBootAttempts = 7;
+static_assert(kDefaultBootAttempts < 8, "tries_remaining field only has 3 bits");
+
+constexpr unsigned int kMaxNumSlots =
+    sizeof(bootloader_control::slot_info) / sizeof(bootloader_control::slot_info[0]);
+constexpr const char* kSlotSuffixes[kMaxNumSlots] = { "_a", "_b", "_c", "_d" };
+constexpr off_t kBootloaderControlOffset = offsetof(bootloader_message_ab, slot_suffix);
+
+static uint32_t CRC32(const uint8_t* buf, size_t size) {
+  static uint32_t crc_table[256];
+
+  // Compute the CRC-32 table only once.
+  if (!crc_table[1]) {
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < 256; ++i) {
+      uint32_t crc = i;
+      for (uint32_t j = 0; j < 8; ++j) {
+        uint32_t mask = -(crc & 1);
+        crc = (crc >> 1) ^ (0xEDB88320 & mask);
+      }
+      crc_table[i] = crc;
+    }
+  }
+
+  uint32_t ret = -1;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
+    ret = (ret >> 8) ^ crc_table[(ret ^ buf[i]) & 0xFF];
+  }
+
+  return ~ret;
+}
+
+// Return the little-endian representation of the CRC-32 of the first fields
+// in |boot_ctrl| up to the crc32_le field.
+uint32_t BootloaderControlLECRC(const bootloader_control* boot_ctrl) {
+  return htole32(
+      CRC32(reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(boot_ctrl), offsetof(bootloader_control, crc32_le)));
+}
+
+bool LoadBootloaderControl(const std::string& misc_device, bootloader_control* buffer) {
+  android::base::unique_fd fd(open(misc_device.c_str(), O_RDONLY));
+  if (fd.get() == -1) {
+    PLOG(ERROR) << "failed to open " << misc_device;
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (lseek(fd, kBootloaderControlOffset, SEEK_SET) != kBootloaderControlOffset) {
+    PLOG(ERROR) << "failed to lseek " << misc_device;
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (!android::base::ReadFully(fd.get(), buffer, sizeof(bootloader_control))) {
+    PLOG(ERROR) << "failed to read " << misc_device;
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool UpdateAndSaveBootloaderControl(const std::string& misc_device, bootloader_control* buffer) {
+  buffer->crc32_le = BootloaderControlLECRC(buffer);
+  android::base::unique_fd fd(open(misc_device.c_str(), O_WRONLY | O_SYNC));
+  if (fd.get() == -1) {
+    PLOG(ERROR) << "failed to open " << misc_device;
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (lseek(fd.get(), kBootloaderControlOffset, SEEK_SET) != kBootloaderControlOffset) {
+    PLOG(ERROR) << "failed to lseek " << misc_device;
+    return false;
+  }
+  if (!android::base::WriteFully(fd.get(), buffer, sizeof(bootloader_control))) {
+    PLOG(ERROR) << "failed to write " << misc_device;
+    return false;
+  }
+  return true;
+}
+
+void InitDefaultBootloaderControl(BootControl* control, bootloader_control* boot_ctrl) {
+  memset(boot_ctrl, 0, sizeof(*boot_ctrl));
+
+  unsigned int current_slot = control->GetCurrentSlot();
+  if (current_slot < kMaxNumSlots) {
+    strlcpy(boot_ctrl->slot_suffix, kSlotSuffixes[current_slot], sizeof(boot_ctrl->slot_suffix));
+  }
+  boot_ctrl->magic = BOOT_CTRL_MAGIC;
+  boot_ctrl->version = BOOT_CTRL_VERSION;
+
+  // Figure out the number of slots by checking if the partitions exist,
+  // otherwise assume the maximum supported by the header.
+  boot_ctrl->nb_slot = kMaxNumSlots;
+  std::string base_path = control->misc_device();
+  size_t last_path_sep = base_path.rfind('/');
+  if (last_path_sep != std::string::npos) {
+    // We test the existence of the "boot" partition on each possible slot,
+    // which is a partition required by Android Bootloader Requirements.
+    base_path = base_path.substr(0, last_path_sep + 1) + "boot";
+    int last_existing_slot = -1;
+    int first_missing_slot = -1;
+    for (unsigned int slot = 0; slot < kMaxNumSlots; ++slot) {
+      std::string partition_path = base_path + kSlotSuffixes[slot];
+      struct stat part_stat;
+      int err = stat(partition_path.c_str(), &part_stat);
+      if (!err) {
+        last_existing_slot = slot;
+        LOG(INFO) << "Found slot: " << kSlotSuffixes[slot];
+      } else if (err < 0 && errno == ENOENT && first_missing_slot == -1) {
+        first_missing_slot = slot;
+      }
+    }
+    // We only declare that we found the actual number of slots if we found all
+    // the boot partitions up to the number of slots, and no boot partition
+    // after that. Not finding any of the boot partitions implies a problem so
+    // we just leave the number of slots in the maximum value.
+    if ((last_existing_slot != -1 && last_existing_slot + 1 == first_missing_slot) ||
+        (first_missing_slot == -1 && last_existing_slot + 1 == kMaxNumSlots)) {
+      boot_ctrl->nb_slot = last_existing_slot + 1;
+      LOG(INFO) << "Found a system with " << last_existing_slot + 1 << " slots.";
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (unsigned int slot = 0; slot < kMaxNumSlots; ++slot) {
+    slot_metadata entry = {};
+
+    if (slot < boot_ctrl->nb_slot) {
+      entry.priority = 7;
+      entry.tries_remaining = kDefaultBootAttempts;
+      entry.successful_boot = 0;
+    } else {
+      entry.priority = 0;  // Unbootable
+    }
+
+    // When the boot_control stored on disk is invalid, we assume that the
+    // current slot is successful. The bootloader should repair this situation
+    // before booting and write a valid boot_control slot, so if we reach this
+    // stage it means that the misc partition was corrupted since boot.
+    if (current_slot == slot) {
+      entry.successful_boot = 1;
+    }
+
+    boot_ctrl->slot_info[slot] = entry;
+  }
+  boot_ctrl->recovery_tries_remaining = 0;
+
+  boot_ctrl->crc32_le = BootloaderControlLECRC(boot_ctrl);
+}
+
+// Return the index of the slot suffix passed or -1 if not a valid slot suffix.
+int SlotSuffixToIndex(const char* suffix) {
+  for (unsigned int slot = 0; slot < kMaxNumSlots; ++slot) {
+    if (!strcmp(kSlotSuffixes[slot], suffix)) return slot;
+  }
+  return -1;
+}
+
+// Initialize the boot_control_private struct with the information from
+// the bootloader_message buffer stored in |boot_ctrl|. Returns whether the
+// initialization succeeded.
+bool BootControl::Init() {
+  if (initialized_) return true;
+
+  // Initialize the current_slot from the read-only property. If the property
+  // was not set (from either the command line or the device tree), we can later
+  // initialize it from the bootloader_control struct.
+  std::string suffix_prop = android::base::GetProperty("ro.boot.slot_suffix", "");
+  current_slot_ = SlotSuffixToIndex(suffix_prop.c_str());
+
+  std::string err;
+  std::string device = get_bootloader_message_blk_device(&err);
+  if (device.empty()) return false;
+
+  bootloader_control boot_ctrl;
+  if (!LoadBootloaderControl(device.c_str(), &boot_ctrl)) return false;
+
+  // Note that since there isn't a module unload function this memory is leaked.
+  misc_device_ = strdup(device.c_str());
+  initialized_ = true;
+
+  // Validate the loaded data, otherwise we will destroy it and re-initialize it
+  // with the current information.
+  uint32_t computed_crc32 = BootloaderControlLECRC(&boot_ctrl);
+  if (boot_ctrl.crc32_le != computed_crc32) {
+    LOG(WARNING) << "Invalid boot control found, expected CRC-32 0x" << std::hex << computed_crc32
+                 << " but found 0x" << std::hex << boot_ctrl.crc32_le << ". Re-initializing.";
+    InitDefaultBootloaderControl(this, &boot_ctrl);
+    UpdateAndSaveBootloaderControl(device.c_str(), &boot_ctrl);
+  }
+
+  num_slots_ = boot_ctrl.nb_slot;
+  return true;
+}
+
+unsigned int BootControl::GetNumberSlots() {
+  return num_slots_;
+}
+
+unsigned int BootControl::GetCurrentSlot() {
+  return current_slot_;
+}
+
+bool BootControl::MarkBootSuccessful() {
+  bootloader_control bootctrl;
+  if (!LoadBootloaderControl(misc_device_, &bootctrl)) return false;
+
+  bootctrl.slot_info[current_slot_].successful_boot = 1;
+  // tries_remaining == 0 means that the slot is not bootable anymore, make
+  // sure we mark the current slot as bootable if it succeeds in the last
+  // attempt.
+  bootctrl.slot_info[current_slot_].tries_remaining = 1;
+  return UpdateAndSaveBootloaderControl(misc_device_, &bootctrl);
+}
+
+bool BootControl::SetActiveBootSlot(unsigned int slot) {
+  if (slot >= kMaxNumSlots || slot >= num_slots_) {
+    // Invalid slot number.
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  bootloader_control bootctrl;
+  if (!LoadBootloaderControl(misc_device_, &bootctrl)) return false;
+
+  // Set every other slot with a lower priority than the new "active" slot.
+  const unsigned int kActivePriority = 15;
+  const unsigned int kActiveTries = 6;
+  for (unsigned int i = 0; i < num_slots_; ++i) {
+    if (i != slot) {
+      if (bootctrl.slot_info[i].priority >= kActivePriority)
+        bootctrl.slot_info[i].priority = kActivePriority - 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Note that setting a slot as active doesn't change the successful bit.
+  // The successful bit will only be changed by setSlotAsUnbootable().
+  bootctrl.slot_info[slot].priority = kActivePriority;
+  bootctrl.slot_info[slot].tries_remaining = kActiveTries;
+
+  // Setting the current slot as active is a way to revert the operation that
+  // set *another* slot as active at the end of an updater. This is commonly
+  // used to cancel the pending update. We should only reset the verity_corrpted
+  // bit when attempting a new slot, otherwise the verity bit on the current
+  // slot would be flip.
+  if (slot != current_slot_) bootctrl.slot_info[slot].verity_corrupted = 0;
+
+  return UpdateAndSaveBootloaderControl(misc_device_, &bootctrl);
+}
+
+bool BootControl::SetSlotAsUnbootable(unsigned int slot) {
+  if (slot >= kMaxNumSlots || slot >= num_slots_) {
+    // Invalid slot number.
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  bootloader_control bootctrl;
+  if (!LoadBootloaderControl(misc_device_, &bootctrl)) return false;
+
+  // The only way to mark a slot as unbootable, regardless of the priority is to
+  // set the tries_remaining to 0.
+  bootctrl.slot_info[slot].successful_boot = 0;
+  bootctrl.slot_info[slot].tries_remaining = 0;
+  return UpdateAndSaveBootloaderControl(misc_device_, &bootctrl);
+}
+
+bool BootControl::IsSlotBootable(unsigned int slot) {
+  if (slot >= kMaxNumSlots || slot >= num_slots_) {
+    // Invalid slot number.
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  bootloader_control bootctrl;
+  if (!LoadBootloaderControl(misc_device_, &bootctrl)) return false;
+
+  return bootctrl.slot_info[slot].tries_remaining != 0;
+}
+
+bool BootControl::IsSlotMarkedSuccessful(unsigned int slot) {
+  if (slot >= kMaxNumSlots || slot >= num_slots_) {
+    // Invalid slot number.
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  bootloader_control bootctrl;
+  if (!LoadBootloaderControl(misc_device_, &bootctrl)) return false;
+
+  return bootctrl.slot_info[slot].successful_boot && bootctrl.slot_info[slot].tries_remaining;
+}
+
+const char* BootControl::GetSuffix(unsigned int slot) {
+  if (slot >= kMaxNumSlots || slot >= num_slots_) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  return kSlotSuffixes[slot];
+}
+
+}  // namespace bootable
+}  // namespace android