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Daniel Samson c81120ef0f volume-manager: partition parser takes a SectorReader; identity is a tagged Identity (S1)
The identity ladder's flag-day — no behavior change. partition.firstVolume stops
taking one preloaded block-0 slice and takes a SectorReader (a read-one-sector
fn), so it can reach GPT metadata at LBA 1 and each partition's VBR on demand
(the next commits). The u64 identity becomes Identity{rung,key,label}: key is the
id (the mount path derives from it), label is display metadata (empty at rung 4).
Identity equality is id-only (rung+key) — the label never enters it. Only rung-4
(MBR sig+index / bare-FAT index 0) is produced, byte-identical to before; the
four host tests port to a RAM-disk reader, and fat-mount/volume-probe/
volume-removal stay green.
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//! Partition-table parsing, the policy the storage architecture places above the
//! block driver and below the filesystem (docs/file-system-development/
//! storage-architecture.md): read the medium, decide what block sub-ranges are
//! volumes, and read each volume's content identity. The block DRIVER never does
//! this — it clamps ranges it is told about; this is what tells it the numbers.
//!
//! Reads happen through a `SectorReader` (not one preloaded block-0 slice) so the
//! parser can reach GPT metadata at LBA 1, the entry array beyond it, and each
//! partition's VBR on demand. The identity it returns is a tagged `Identity`: the
//! `key` is the id (the mount path is derived from it — a stable, unique,
//! content-derived handle), and `label` is display metadata (the FAT volume label
//! or the GPT partition name), never part of the id. Today's rung is MBR/bare-FAT;
//! GPT (rung 1) and the FAT serial (rung 3) slot in without changing the shape.
const std = @import("std");
/// A single 512-byte sector's worth of bytes. The parser assumes 512-byte
/// logical sectors (4Kn media is a separate concern, noted in the plan).
pub const sector_bytes = 512;
/// The longest display label the parser records: a GPT partition name is 36
/// UTF-16 units; a FAT volume label is 11 bytes; 36 ASCII bytes covers both.
pub const label_maximum = 36;
/// Which rung of the identity ladder produced this identity. The rung tags the
/// `key` namespace so a FAT serial and an MBR signature that happen to share bits
/// stay distinct, and it drives how the mount path is rendered from the id.
pub const Rung = enum(u8) {
gpt_guid = 1,
filesystem_uuid = 2, // reserved: no non-FAT engine reads a superblock UUID yet
fat_serial = 3,
mbr_index = 4,
anonymous = 5,
};
/// A volume's content identity. `key` is the ID — the stable, unique handle the
/// mount path is derived from and the mount map keys on. `label` is DISPLAY
/// metadata (FAT volume label / GPT partition name), exposed to a UI but never
/// part of the path; two volumes with the same label but different keys are
/// different volumes. Derived from the medium, never from a port.
pub const Identity = struct {
rung: Rung,
key: u128 = 0,
label: [label_maximum]u8 = [_]u8{0} ** label_maximum,
label_len: u8 = 0,
pub fn labelSlice(self: *const Identity) []const u8 {
return self.label[0..self.label_len];
}
/// Identity equality is the ID (rung + key) only — the label is display
/// metadata and does not enter it. Same rung + same key means the same
/// volume (the dd-cloned-media case the duplicate policy is for).
pub fn eql(a: Identity, b: Identity) bool {
return a.rung == b.rung and a.key == b.key;
}
};
/// One volume the parser found on the device: the block sub-range it occupies
/// and its content identity.
pub const Volume = struct {
base_lba: u64,
block_count: u64,
identity: Identity,
};
/// Read sectors on demand. `context` + `readFn` mirror the FAT engine's
/// `BlockDevice` vtable; `readFn` returns false past the end of the device or on
/// an I/O error, which the parser treats as "no volume".
pub const SectorReader = struct {
context: *anyopaque,
readFn: *const fn (context: *anyopaque, lba: u64, buffer: *[sector_bytes]u8) bool,
pub fn read(self: SectorReader, lba: u64, buffer: *[sector_bytes]u8) bool {
return self.readFn(self.context, lba, buffer);
}
};
/// The MBR disk signature (offset 440, 4 bytes LE) — a 32-bit id written at
/// partition time. Weak (dd-cloned disks share it) but on the medium, and the
/// last rung of the identity ladder; the fuller rungs (GPT GUID, FAT serial)
/// take precedence when present.
fn diskSignature(block0: []const u8) u32 {
if (block0.len < 444) return 0;
return std.mem.readInt(u32, block0[440..444], .little);
}
/// The rung-4 identity of the volume at partition `index`: the disk signature
/// paired with the index, so two partitions of one disk stay distinct. For a
/// bare FAT (no table) the index is 0. Carries no label.
fn mbrIdentity(block0: []const u8, index: u8) Identity {
return .{ .rung = .mbr_index, .key = (@as(u128, diskSignature(block0)) << 8) | index };
}
/// Whether a block looks like a boot sector / partition table (the 0x55AA boot
/// signature). A bare FAT also carries it, so the caller distinguishes by whether
/// any partition entry is non-empty.
fn hasBootSignature(block0: []const u8) bool {
return block0.len >= 512 and block0[510] == 0x55 and block0[511] == 0xAA;
}
/// The first volume on the device `reader` addresses, whose whole-device size is
/// `device_blocks`, or null if none is found. An MBR with a non-empty entry
/// yields that partition's [start, size); otherwise a boot signature with no
/// partitions is treated as a bare FAT spanning the whole device.
pub fn firstVolume(reader: SectorReader, device_blocks: u64) ?Volume {
var block0: [sector_bytes]u8 = undefined;
if (!reader.read(0, &block0)) return null;
if (!hasBootSignature(&block0)) return null;
var index: u8 = 0;
while (index < 4) : (index += 1) {
const entry = block0[446 + @as(usize, index) * 16 ..][0..16];
const kind = entry[4];
const start = std.mem.readInt(u32, entry[8..12], .little);
const size = std.mem.readInt(u32, entry[12..16], .little);
if (kind == 0 or start == 0 or size == 0) continue;
// These bytes come off an untrusted removable medium. A partition that
// does not fit inside the device is not a partition — skip it. This is
// where the driver's confinement-safety invariant is established: the
// clamp's overflow-safety rests on base + count staying inside the
// device (usb-storage.zig resolveTransfer), which only holds because the
// range handed down is validated here. The subtraction cannot overflow.
if (start > device_blocks or device_blocks - start < size) continue;
return .{ .base_lba = start, .block_count = size, .identity = mbrIdentity(&block0, index) };
}
// No partition entries: a bare FAT spanning the device.
return .{ .base_lba = 0, .block_count = device_blocks, .identity = mbrIdentity(&block0, 0) };
}
/// A read-only RAM disk over a byte slice of sectors, for the host tests.
const RamDisk = struct {
sectors: []const u8,
fn readFn(context: *anyopaque, lba: u64, buffer: *[sector_bytes]u8) bool {
const self: *const RamDisk = @ptrCast(@alignCast(context));
const off = lba * sector_bytes;
if (off + sector_bytes > self.sectors.len) return false;
@memcpy(buffer, self.sectors[off..][0..sector_bytes]);
return true;
}
fn reader(self: *const RamDisk) SectorReader {
return .{ .context = @constCast(self), .readFn = readFn };
}
};
test "an MBR with one partition yields its range and a distinct identity" {
var block0 = [_]u8{0} ** 512;
block0[510] = 0x55;
block0[511] = 0xAA;
std.mem.writeInt(u32, block0[440..444], 0xDEADBEEF, .little);
// partition 0: type 0x0c (FAT32 LBA), start 2048, size 100000
block0[446 + 4] = 0x0c;
std.mem.writeInt(u32, block0[446 + 8 ..][0..4], 2048, .little);
std.mem.writeInt(u32, block0[446 + 12 ..][0..4], 100000, .little);
const disk = RamDisk{ .sectors = &block0 };
const v = firstVolume(disk.reader(), 200000).?;
try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(u64, 2048), v.base_lba);
try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(u64, 100000), v.block_count);
try std.testing.expectEqual(Rung.mbr_index, v.identity.rung);
try std.testing.expectEqual((@as(u128, 0xDEADBEEF) << 8) | 0, v.identity.key);
}
test "a boot signature with no partitions is a bare FAT over the whole device" {
var block0 = [_]u8{0} ** 512;
block0[510] = 0x55;
block0[511] = 0xAA;
const disk = RamDisk{ .sectors = &block0 };
const v = firstVolume(disk.reader(), 65536).?;
try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(u64, 0), v.base_lba);
try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(u64, 65536), v.block_count);
}
test "no boot signature is no volume" {
const block0 = [_]u8{0} ** 512;
const disk = RamDisk{ .sectors = &block0 };
try std.testing.expect(firstVolume(disk.reader(), 65536) == null);
}
test "a partition that runs past the device is skipped, not trusted" {
var block0 = [_]u8{0} ** 512;
block0[510] = 0x55;
block0[511] = 0xAA;
// partition 0: start 0xFFFFFF00, size 0x400 — far past a 200000-block device.
block0[446 + 4] = 0x0c;
std.mem.writeInt(u32, block0[446 + 8 ..][0..4], 0xFFFFFF00, .little);
std.mem.writeInt(u32, block0[446 + 12 ..][0..4], 0x400, .little);
// partition 1: start 2048, size 1000 — fits.
block0[462 + 4] = 0x0c;
std.mem.writeInt(u32, block0[462 + 8 ..][0..4], 2048, .little);
std.mem.writeInt(u32, block0[462 + 12 ..][0..4], 1000, .little);
const disk = RamDisk{ .sectors = &block0 };
const v = firstVolume(disk.reader(), 200000).?;
try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(u64, 2048), v.base_lba); // the fitting one, not the overflowing one
try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(u64, 1000), v.block_count);
}