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Then sent it through the SSH air.
The write-head checked each byte and CRC,
And sent an ACK back merrily.
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- Around line 158-159: Update the remote-command flow around `remote_command` to
create the upload target with an exclusive temporary-file operation instead of
using the predictable `/tmp/fls-wh` path. Reuse the generated path, safely
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could be possible to replace with std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel(N)
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I would probably keep it as it is, the SEEK part is less important, it would reduce the throughput if you interleave many seeks, the error propagation could be more important. IDK, probably makes failing slower, it's marginal TBH. I will have a look at the difference / implementation to see how it looks.
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sync_channel(N) bounds by message count, not by byte weight — a single 8 MiB DATA must consume 8 MiB of the 128 MiB window, while a SEEK consumes almost nothing. With sync_channel, N slots of mixed-size commands can't express that constraint. The error-propagation path (fail() wakes blocked senders immediately) also has no stdlib equivalent.
We could use a bounded channel for the command-count cap (1024) and keep byte tracking separate, but that adds a second synchronization layer without removing the first.
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hmmm, now that I am trying, the fact that we make the write head exit when an error happens makes it much cleaner ...
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I reverted it, it slows down transfers to half in practical scenarios, the reason is that the channel will interleave data writes/seeks/ etc. and we only count on messages, not on total size. Making it channel + keeping the buffer characteristics is more complicated than just keeping the original implementation.
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perhaps: ssh://[user@]host[:port]/dev/x ?
which would be less ambiguous, and support ipv6
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Done in 5a87954. ssh://[user@]host[:port]/device is now the primary form — handles IPv6 brackets and an inline port. The legacy host:/device syntax still works. A port in the URI overrides --ssh-port; conflicting values are rejected.
Also rebased #18 onto the updated #17 (SKIP removal, exit-on-ERR, CRC staging).
Stream HTTP and OCI images using the embedded write head. Support password auth, compression, ZERO fills and device-size bounds. Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: GPT-6.1 Sol <noreply@openai.com>
Probe OS, CPU and release before uploading a compatible write head. Preserve startup errors when the writer channel closes. Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: GPT-6.1 Sol <noreply@openai.com>
Coalesce DATA frames and read ordered responses concurrently. Use the configured write buffer for in-flight backpressure. Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: GPT-6.1 Sol <noreply@openai.com>
Include sparse skips in final progress, like the local writer. Keep DONE validation based on acknowledged DATA and ZERO bytes. Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: GPT-6.1 Sol <noreply@openai.com>
Replace constant-size chunk iteration with as_chunks_mut to satisfy newer Clippy. Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: GPT-6.1 Sol <noreply@openai.com>
Require verified host keys for streaming SSH connections and use batch mode for key authentication. Preserve sshpass password authentication and report how to verify host setup before retrying. Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: GPT-6.1 Sol <noreply@openai.com>
Default to StrictHostKeyChecking=no, UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null, and LogLevel=ERROR for all SSH connections. Add --strict-ssh-host-key-checking to require verified keys using configured known-hosts files and logging. Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: GPT-6.1 Sol <noreply@openai.com>
Capture platform-probe stderr in the returned error, include the SSH destination and diagnostic command, and terminate inline progress on exit. Remove the redundant raw-pipeline closure message. Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: GPT-6.1 Sol <noreply@openai.com>
The inline error report and the final summary can both carry the diagnostic; the inline one races the process exit, so the count is timing-dependent. Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: Qwen 3.8 27B <noreply@qwen.ai>
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Support the ssh:// URI form alongside the legacy host:/device syntax. The URI form handles IPv6 brackets and an inline port, replacing the --ssh-port CLI flag (removed). Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Review comments at @src/fls/ssh_writer.rs:
- Around line 96-120: Update parse_ssh_target to distinguish non-SSH local paths
from malformed strings beginning with ssh://, returning an InvalidInput error
for malformed destinations such as missing device paths, invalid ports, or
unbracketed IPv6. Change its return type to io::Result<Option<SshTarget>> and
propagate errors through DeviceWriter::new so malformed SSH destinations cannot
fall back to local writing.
- Around line 135-164: Update the SSH command construction to emit a warning to
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SSHPASS and strict_ssh_host_key_checking is false; ensure the warning is emitted
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The write head exits on any error, breaking the pipe immediately. The reader thread always has the real cause (the remote ERR frame); the sender just joins it on failure. This makes the custom FlowControl (Mutex + Condvar + byte-weighted accounting) unnecessary: - sync_channel(window / CHUNK_SIZE * 3/2) bounds in-flight commands - sender joins the reader thread on send/write failure to surface the real remote error instead of a secondary broken-pipe symptom - FIFO ordering means SYNC naturally waits for prior commands; wait_idle is removed Net: −120 lines. Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
… local A string starting with ssh:// is never a usable local path. parse_ssh_target now returns io::Result<Option<SshTarget>>: Ok(None) for local paths, Err for malformed ssh:// URIs (bad port, missing device path, empty host, unbracketed IPv6). Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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When the remote write head dies (e.g. the SSH connection breaks), the writer task errors and stops draining the decompressor. The byte-bounded input buffer then fills, and the feed loop blocks forever in buffer_tx.send() without ever checking writer_handle.is_finished(). Race the buffer send against a writer-done watch channel (signaled by a Drop guard, so it fires on success, error, and panic) so the feed loop always unblocks when the writer stops. Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: Qwen 3.8 27B <noreply@qwen.ai>
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- Around line 65-68: Update ssh_command to verify SSH host keys by default,
using the configured known-hosts files and normal logging; require an explicit
opt-out to disable verification, while preserving the existing strict-checking
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| if options.strict_ssh_host_key_checking { | ||
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Add SSH keepalives so a dead connection fails the flash instead of hanging it.
ssh_command does not set ServerAliveInterval or ServerAliveCountMax. Consider a board that reboots, loses power, or drops off the network without sending a TCP RST. The fls-ssh-acks thread then blocks in FrameReader::read_frame on the child's stdout. Outstanding unacknowledged data can trigger the kernel's TCP retransmission timeout, but that takes many minutes. If the session is waiting for the SYNC ACK or for DONE, no data is outstanding, so nothing times out. Session::finish blocks in join() indefinitely. The writer_done watch in src/fls/from_url.rs cannot help, because the writer task never ends. The operator sees a hung flash and gets no diagnostic.
The remote sshd answers keepalives at the SSH layer while the write head runs. A long SYNC therefore does not trigger a false timeout. The probe and upload commands also benefit from ConnectTimeout.
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--- "a/src/fls/ssh_writer.rs"
+++ "b/src/fls/ssh_writer.rs"
@@ -173,8 +173,17 @@
if let Some(port) = port {
command.arg("-p").arg(port.to_string());
}
// Streaming stdin belongs to the protocol; terminal prompts would stall it.
+ // Detect a silently dead peer instead of blocking on ACK reads forever.
+ command.args([
+ "-o",
+ "ServerAliveInterval=15",
+ "-o",
+ "ServerAliveCountMax=4",
+ "-o",
+ "ConnectTimeout=30",
+ ]);
if options.strict_ssh_host_key_checking {
command.args(["-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=yes"]);
} else {
command.args([Update the expected argument list in target_parsing_auth_and_shell_quoting. Also update the fake ssh script in tests/ssh_remote.rs, which parses the options in order.
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Update `ssh_command` to add SSH keepalive options (`ServerAliveInterval` and
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There is a speed regression with 8cc0df2 From 21MB/s to 9MB/s in my tests. With the default 128 MiB buffer, the new queue has 24 slots; a 4 KiB DATA frame or a SEEK consumes the same slot as 8 MiB DATA. Sparse seeks flush partial DATA frames, so the effective window shrinks... I am going to revert it. |
This reverts commit 8cc0df2. The sync_channel replacement bounded in-flight commands by slot count instead of byte weight: a SEEK consumed the same slot as an 8 MiB DATA frame. For sparse images with interleaved SEEK + small DATA, the effective byte window shrank dramatically (e.g. 24 slots × 16 KiB = 384 KiB vs the old 128 MiB budget), causing the sender to stall waiting for ACKs and halving measured throughput (21 → 9 MB/s). Restores byte-weighted FlowControl while keeping reader_error() from the deadlock fix (joins the reader thread on failure to surface the real remote error instead of a secondary broken-pipe symptom). Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Introduce fls-wh to execute framed commands on remote raw block devices (e.g., /dev/emmc0) over stdin/stdout. This acts as the remote counterpart to the local O_DIRECT writer, supporting cross-compilation (e.g., QNX7). Core features and protocol improvements: - Implement commands: DATA, ZERO (wire-efficient zeroing without network overhead), SEEK, SYNC, and SIZE. - Increase staging and disk write chunks to 8 MiB for optimized throughput. - Enforce pre-write CRC32 validation: DATA payloads are fully staged and verified in memory before touching the disk to prevent corrupt partial writes. - Adopt a fail-fast error model: the head immediately reports ERR and exits on any I/O fault, malformed frame, or CRC mismatch, dropping complex and unused stream recovery logic. - Remove the unused SKIP command in favor of SEEK. - Ensure protocol robustness by handling partial stdout writes over SSH and rejecting zero-progress writes. - Add comprehensive fault-injection testing via isolated processes to verify correct READY/ERR/DONE sequences and fail-state integrity.
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I am going to merge since comments were addressed and I have some other job blocked on this, I will hold #20 for more review |
Resolve the CI workflow conflict by retaining the SSH writer branch's workflow. The resulting tree is identical to the pre-merge PR head. Assisted-by: OpenCode Co-Authored-By: GPT-6 Astra <noreply@openai.com>
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Continuation of #17, implementing the SSH writer plan.
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[user@]host:/absolute/devicedestinations for HTTP/HTTPS and OCI flashing.--wh-bin/FLS_WH_BINoverrides.SSHPASSauthentication, SSH compression, and--ssh-portfor all SSH connections. Preserve-pas the registry-password option.StrictHostKeyChecking=no,UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null, andLogLevel=ERROR; add--strict-ssh-host-key-checkingfor verified host keys and configured known-hosts files/logging. Keep key/agent authentication non-interactive and preserve sshpass password support.--wh-binfor platforms without a compatible embedded head.--write-buffer-size(default 128 MiB), cap small-command metadata, and propagate failures to blocked senders.DeviceWriter, embed CI write-head artifacts, and run checks for stacked PR bases.Checks
cargo test --all-features— 137 tests pass.cargo fmt -- --checkcargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warningsStack base: #17 (
add-remote-write-head).