libfreemkv/CLAUDE.md

libfreemkv — Rules

No English in library code

The library contains ZERO user-facing English text. All errors use numeric codes from error.rs. Applications (CLI, GUI, server) handle i18n.

• io::Error::new(kind, "english string") — NEVER. Use Error::VariantName.into().
• If you need a new error, add a variant to error.rs with a code, not a string.
• Acceptable strings: debug/trace logging, test assertions, comments, data format strings (paths, codec IDs).
• Error implements From<Error> for io::Error — use ? or .into() anywhere an io::Error is expected.

Architecture

• Streams are PES. Every stream reads its format → PES frames out, or PES frames in → writes its format. One type per format.
• Disc::copy() for sector dumps. disc→ISO is NOT a stream. It's Disc::copy().
• DiscStream = any disc. Physical drive or ISO file. Same type, different SectorReader.
• No IOStream. Deleted. No byte-level Read/Write on streams.
• Streams don't know their size. Progress/file_size is a CLI concern.
• One method per action. No foo_with_X variants. Use Option<T> params.
• Streams impl Read only (conceptually). No Seek, no File backing.
• Functions return errors, only main() exits. No process::exit in library code.

Device rules

• Always use /dev/sg* not /dev/sr* for SCSI.
• --raw only skips decryption. Init/probe/speed still run.
• Each function does one thing. One runner orchestrates the sequence.

macOS IOKit transport

The macOS SCSI transport uses exclusive IOKit access, not hybrid MMC+pread.

• C shim (src/scsi/macos_shim.c):
  • shim_open_exclusive(bsd_name): diskutil unmountDisk force on target device only → find IOBDServices matching BSD name via IOKit registry walk → MMCDeviceInterface → SCSITaskDeviceInterface → ObtainExclusiveAccess → raw CDB dispatch.
  • shim_list_drives(): registry-based enumeration. Walks all IOBDServices entries, reads "Device Characteristics" for vendor/model/firmware, walks child chain to IOMedia for BSD name. Zero SCSI, zero exclusive access, zero unmounts.
  • shim_execute() / shim_close(): raw CDB dispatch and cleanup.
• Build (build.rs): compiles shim via cc into static lib, linked by Cargo. NOT the cc crate (produces object code that breaks IOKit exclusive access).
• Rust (src/scsi/macos.rs): FFI to shim_open_exclusive, shim_close, shim_execute, shim_list_drives. list_drives() uses registry-based enumeration. MacScsiTransport::open() uses exclusive access only when ripping a specific device.
• IOBDServices parent chain: IOSCSIPeripheralDeviceType05 → IOBDServices → IOBDBlockStorageDriver → IOMedia (has "BSD Name"). The shim walks this chain to match BSD name to IOBDServices.
• IOKit lookup order: (1) iterate all IOBDServices → match child IOMedia BSD name, (2) fallback: find IOMedia by BSD name → walk parent chain to IOBDServices, (3) fallback: first IOBDServices (single-drive systems).
• Test disc: DUNE_PART_TWO UHD, /dev/disk6, ~84.6 GB.

Bad-sector handling (BU40N + Initio INIC-1618L)

Three failure modes on this USB bridge:

1. NOT READY (sense_key=2, ASC=0x04, ASCQ=0x3E) — most common on BU40N for bad sectors. Pause 3s, retry up to 3x, then mark NonTrimmed.
2. Transport failure (status=0xFF) — bridge crash, auto-recovers ~15s. Aborts copy.
3. INCOMPATIBLE FORMAT (ASC=0x30) wedge — ALL sectors fail, requires power cycle.

Damage-jump algorithm (Pass 1 sweep)

When skip_on_error=true (multipass mode):

• Read each ECC block sequentially. Track a sliding window of the last 16 ECC block results.
• On error: zero-fill, mark NonTrimmed, push false to window.
• On success: write data, mark Finished, push true to window. Track consecutive good count.
• When ≥12% of the 16-block window are failures → jump ahead by 256×batch×multiplier sectors (8 MB base for UHD). Zero-fill the gap as NonTrimmed. Double the multiplier (8→16→32→64 MB...).
• When 16 consecutive good reads → reset multiplier to 1, restore max read speed.
• Only transport failures (bridge crash) abort the pass.

Tuning knobs: DAMAGE_WINDOW=16 and DAMAGE_THRESHOLD_PCT=12%. Calibrated from live BU40N data: old 50/25% was too diluted by good reads between sparse failures; 16/12% triggers on the 2nd scattered failure (2/16 = 12.5% ≥ 12%).

Patch (Pass N) — disc/mod.rs:1910

• Default: reverse mode. Walks bad ranges from highest LBA to lowest, and within each range from end to start. Rationale: sweep jumps forward with escalating gaps, so NonTrimmed ranges have good data at their tail (where the jump landed). Reverse hits good data first, converges on actual bad block boundaries.
• Single-sector reads with 60 s timeout (READ_RECOVERY_TIMEOUT_MS).
• NOT_READY (sense=2, ASC ∈ {0x02, 0x03, 0x04}): 15 s pause, retry without immediate Unreadable mark.
• Non-marginal SCSI sense → mark Unreadable and continue.
• Skip escalation: damage window 16/12 %, skip 64 << escalation sectors capped at 4096; max 10 skips per range, then mark range Unreadable.
• Wedge exit: 50 consecutive failures and ≥ 2 ranges attempted (single-range stalls don't kill the pass).
• Whole-pass watchdog: STALL_SECS = 3600 on bytes_good. Per-range watchdog: MAX_RANGE_SECS = 180.

Constants live at disc/mod.rs:1974-1985 (PASSN_*, STALL_SECS, MAX_RANGE_SECS, MAX_SKIPS_PER_RANGE). The full algorithm is documented in freemkv-private/memory/project_recovery_v0_16.md.

Public repo rules

• No internal docs. Audit reports, test plans, roadmaps, TODOs go in freemkv-private, never here.
• No Co-Authored-By in commit messages. One contributor: MattJackson.
• No private references. No Gitea URLs, no /data/code paths, no internal IPs in code.