sansapatcher: move sectorbuf pointer into sansa_t structure.

Similar as the ipod_t structure for ipodpatcher the sansa_t structure holds all
relevant information for sansapatcher. Put the global sansa_sectorbuf pointer
into it as well.

Change-Id: Iad08ef6aafc49609c3d0d556914246f230ee0179

9 files changed, 77 insertions, 97 deletions

diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/autodetection.cpp b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/autodetection.cpp
index 8fba1d8cea..a453fa8d60 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/autodetection.cpp
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/autodetection.cpp
@@ -167,9 +167,8 @@ bool Autodetection::detect()
 
     // try sansapatcher
     // initialize sector buffer. Needed.
-    sansa_sectorbuf = NULL;
-    sansa_alloc_buffer(&sansa_sectorbuf, BUFFER_SIZE);
     struct sansa_t sansa;
+    sansa_alloc_buffer(&sansa, BUFFER_SIZE);
     n = sansa_scan(&sansa);
     if(n == 1) {
         qDebug() << "[Autodetect] Sansa found:" << sansa.targetname << "at" << sansa.diskname;
@@ -187,8 +186,8 @@ bool Autodetection::detect()
     else {
         qDebug() << "[Autodetect] sansapatcher: no Sansa found." << n;
     }
-    free(sansa_sectorbuf);
-    sansa_sectorbuf = NULL;
+    free(sansa.sectorbuf);
+    sansa.sectorbuf = NULL;
 
     if(m_mountpoint.isEmpty() && m_device.isEmpty()
             && m_errdev.isEmpty() && m_incompat.isEmpty())
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/bootloaderinstallsansa.cpp b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/bootloaderinstallsansa.cpp
index b05839e297..061ec2578f 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/bootloaderinstallsansa.cpp
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/bootloaderinstallsansa.cpp
@@ -27,22 +27,17 @@ BootloaderInstallSansa::BootloaderInstallSansa(QObject *parent)
         : BootloaderInstallBase(parent)
 {
     (void)parent;
-    // initialize sector buffer. sansa_sectorbuf is instantiated by
-    // sansapatcher.
-    // The buffer itself is only present once, so make sure to not allocate
-    // it if it was already allocated. The application needs to take care
-    // no concurrent (i.e. multiple objects of this class running) requests
-    // are done.
-    if(sansa_sectorbuf == NULL)
-        sansa_alloc_buffer(&sansa_sectorbuf, BUFFER_SIZE);
+    // initialize sector buffer. The sector buffer is part of the sansa_t
+    // structure, so a second instance of this class will have its own buffer.
+    sansa_alloc_buffer(&sansa, BUFFER_SIZE);
 }
 
 
 BootloaderInstallSansa::~BootloaderInstallSansa()
 {
-    if(sansa_sectorbuf) {
-        free(sansa_sectorbuf);
-        sansa_sectorbuf = NULL;
+    if(sansa.sectorbuf) {
+        free(sansa.sectorbuf);
+        sansa.sectorbuf = NULL;
     }
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +46,7 @@ BootloaderInstallSansa::~BootloaderInstallSansa()
  */
 bool BootloaderInstallSansa::install(void)
 {
-    if(sansa_sectorbuf == NULL) {
+    if(sansa.sectorbuf == NULL) {
         emit logItem(tr("Error: can't allocate buffer memory!"), LOGERROR);
         return false;
         emit done(true);
@@ -59,8 +54,6 @@ bool BootloaderInstallSansa::install(void)
 
     emit logItem(tr("Searching for Sansa"), LOGINFO);
 
-    struct sansa_t sansa;
-
     int n = sansa_scan(&sansa);
     if(n == -1) {
         emit logItem(tr("Permission for disc access denied!\n"
@@ -95,7 +88,6 @@ bool BootloaderInstallSansa::install(void)
  */
 void BootloaderInstallSansa::installStage2(void)
 {
-    struct sansa_t sansa;
     unsigned char* buf = NULL;
     unsigned int len;
 
@@ -174,8 +166,6 @@ void BootloaderInstallSansa::installStage3(bool mounted)
  */
 bool BootloaderInstallSansa::uninstall(void)
 {
-    struct sansa_t sansa;
-
     emit logItem(tr("Uninstalling bootloader"), LOGINFO);
     QCoreApplication::processEvents();
 
@@ -222,7 +212,6 @@ bool BootloaderInstallSansa::uninstall(void)
  */
 BootloaderInstallBase::BootloaderType BootloaderInstallSansa::installed(void)
 {
-    struct sansa_t sansa;
     int num;
 
     if(!sansaInitialize(&sansa)) {
diff --git a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/bootloaderinstallsansa.h b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/bootloaderinstallsansa.h
index 55a6341534..40dc89ff25 100644
--- a/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/bootloaderinstallsansa.h
+++ b/rbutil/rbutilqt/base/bootloaderinstallsansa.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <QtCore>
 #include "bootloaderinstallbase.h"
+#include "sansapatcher.h"
 
 
 // bootloader installation class for devices handled by sansapatcher.
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ class BootloaderInstallSansa : public BootloaderInstallBase
 
     private:
         bool sansaInitialize(struct sansa_t *);
+        struct sansa_t sansa;
 
     private slots:
         void installStage2(void);
diff --git a/rbutil/sansapatcher/main.c b/rbutil/sansapatcher/main.c
index 985e1b7262..743ebfedbd 100644
--- a/rbutil/sansapatcher/main.c
+++ b/rbutil/sansapatcher/main.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
         return 1;
     }
 
-    if (sansa_alloc_buffer(&sansa_sectorbuf,BUFFER_SIZE) < 0) {
+    if (sansa_alloc_buffer(&sansa, BUFFER_SIZE) < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr,"Failed to allocate memory buffer\n");
     }
 
diff --git a/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansaio-posix.c b/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansaio-posix.c
index cb169ce309..d173fbc300 100644
--- a/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansaio-posix.c
+++ b/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansaio-posix.c
@@ -113,10 +113,10 @@ int sansa_close(struct sansa_t* sansa)
     return 0;
 }
 
-int sansa_alloc_buffer(unsigned char** sectorbuf, int bufsize)
+int sansa_alloc_buffer(struct sansa_t *sansa, int bufsize)
 {
-    *sectorbuf=malloc(bufsize);
-    if (*sectorbuf == NULL) {
+    sansa->sectorbuf=malloc(bufsize);
+    if (sansa->sectorbuf == NULL) {
         return -1;
     }
     return 0;
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ int sansa_read(struct sansa_t* sansa, unsigned char* buf, int nbytes)
     return read(sansa->dh, buf, nbytes);
 }
 
-int sansa_write(struct sansa_t* sansa, unsigned char* buf, int nbytes)
+int sansa_write(struct sansa_t* sansa, int nbytes)
 {
-    return write(sansa->dh, buf, nbytes);
+    return write(sansa->dh, sansa->sectorbuf, nbytes);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansaio-win32.c b/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansaio-win32.c
index 196ee1c636..256712fe20 100644
--- a/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansaio-win32.c
+++ b/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansaio-win32.c
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ int sansa_close(struct sansa_t* sansa)
     return 0;
 }
 
-int sansa_alloc_buffer(unsigned char** sectorbuf, int bufsize)
+int sansa_alloc_buffer(struct sansa_t* sansa, int bufsize)
 {
     /* The ReadFile function requires a memory buffer aligned to a multiple of
        the disk sector size. */
-    *sectorbuf = (unsigned char*)VirtualAlloc(NULL, bufsize, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
-    if (*sectorbuf == NULL) {
+    sansa->sectorbuf = (unsigned char*)VirtualAlloc(NULL, bufsize, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
+    if (sansa->sectorbuf == NULL) {
         sansa_print_error(" Error allocating a buffer: ");
         return -1;
     }
@@ -189,11 +189,11 @@ int sansa_read(struct sansa_t* sansa, unsigned char* buf, int nbytes)
     return count;
 }
 
-int sansa_write(struct sansa_t* sansa, unsigned char* buf, int nbytes)
+int sansa_write(struct sansa_t* sansa, int nbytes)
 {
     unsigned long count;
 
-    if (!WriteFile(sansa->dh, buf, nbytes, &count, NULL)) {
+    if (!WriteFile(sansa->dh, sansa->sectorbuf, nbytes, &count, NULL)) {
         sansa_print_error(" Error writing to disk: ");
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansaio.h b/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansaio.h
index de25433765..9e8ebb93c9 100644
--- a/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansaio.h
+++ b/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansaio.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct mi4header_t {
 
 struct sansa_t {
     HANDLE dh;
+    unsigned char* sectorbuf;
     char diskname[4096];
     int sector_size;
     struct sansa_partinfo_t pinfo[4];
@@ -77,8 +78,8 @@ int sansa_reopen_rw(struct sansa_t* sansa);
 int sansa_close(struct sansa_t* sansa);
 int sansa_seek(struct sansa_t* sansa, loff_t pos);
 int sansa_read(struct sansa_t* sansa, unsigned char* buf, int nbytes);
-int sansa_write(struct sansa_t* sansa, unsigned char* buf, int nbytes);
-int sansa_alloc_buffer(unsigned char** sectorbuf, int bufsize);
+int sansa_write(struct sansa_t* sansa, int nbytes);
+int sansa_alloc_buffer(struct sansa_t* sansa, int bufsize);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansapatcher.c b/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansapatcher.c
index 9297f36e02..5cf7d8ae75 100644
--- a/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansapatcher.c
+++ b/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansapatcher.c
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ int sansa_verbose = 0;
    and initialise it with sansa_alloc_buf() in main().
 */
 
-unsigned char* sansa_sectorbuf = NULL;
-
 static off_t filesize(int fd) {
     struct stat buf;
 
@@ -92,17 +90,17 @@ int sansa_read_partinfo(struct sansa_t* sansa, int silent)
     int i;
     unsigned long count;
 
-    count = sansa_read(sansa,sansa_sectorbuf, sansa->sector_size);
+    count = sansa_read(sansa,sansa->sectorbuf, sansa->sector_size);
 
     if (count <= 0) {
         sansa_print_error(" Error reading from disk: ");
         return -1;
     }
 
-    if ((sansa_sectorbuf[510] == 0x55) && (sansa_sectorbuf[511] == 0xaa)) {
+    if ((sansa->sectorbuf[510] == 0x55) && (sansa->sectorbuf[511] == 0xaa)) {
         /* parse partitions */
         for ( i = 0; i < 4; i++ ) {
-            unsigned char* ptr = sansa_sectorbuf + 0x1be + 16*i;
+            unsigned char* ptr = sansa->sectorbuf + 0x1be + 16*i;
             sansa->pinfo[i].type  = ptr[4];
             sansa->pinfo[i].start = BYTES2INT32(ptr, 8);
             sansa->pinfo[i].size  = BYTES2INT32(ptr, 12);
@@ -112,7 +110,7 @@ int sansa_read_partinfo(struct sansa_t* sansa, int silent)
                 /* not handled yet */
             }
         }
-    } else if ((sansa_sectorbuf[0] == 'E') && (sansa_sectorbuf[1] == 'R')) {
+    } else if ((sansa->sectorbuf[0] == 'E') && (sansa->sectorbuf[1] == 'R')) {
         if (!silent) fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Bad boot sector signature\n");
         return -1;
     }
@@ -406,14 +404,14 @@ int is_sansa(struct sansa_t* sansa)
     }
 
     /* Check Bootloader header */
-    if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa, sansa->start, sansa_sectorbuf, 0x200) < 0) {
+    if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa, sansa->start, sansa->sectorbuf, 0x200) < 0) {
         return -2;
     }
-    if (memcmp(sansa_sectorbuf,"PPBL",4)!=0) {
+    if (memcmp(sansa->sectorbuf,"PPBL",4)!=0) {
         /* No bootloader header, abort */
         return -4;
     }
-    ppbl_length = (le2int(sansa_sectorbuf+4) + 0x1ff) & ~0x1ff;
+    ppbl_length = (le2int(sansa->sectorbuf+4) + 0x1ff) & ~0x1ff;
 
     /* Sanity/safety check - the bootloader can't be larger than PPMI_OFFSET */
     if (ppbl_length > PPMI_OFFSET)
@@ -422,12 +420,12 @@ int is_sansa(struct sansa_t* sansa)
     }
 
     /* Load Sansa bootloader and check for "Sansa C200" magic string */
-    if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa, sansa->start + 0x200, sansa_sectorbuf, ppbl_length) < 0) {
+    if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa, sansa->start + 0x200, sansa->sectorbuf, ppbl_length) < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Seek and read to 0x%08llx in is_sansa failed.\n",
                        sansa->start+0x200);
         return -6;
     }
-    if (sansa_memmem(sansa_sectorbuf, ppbl_length, "Sansa C200", 10) != NULL) {
+    if (sansa_memmem(sansa->sectorbuf, ppbl_length, "Sansa C200", 10) != NULL) {
         /* C200 */
         sansa->targetname="c200";
     } else {
@@ -436,25 +434,25 @@ int is_sansa(struct sansa_t* sansa)
     }
     
     /* Check Main firmware header */
-    if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa, sansa->start+PPMI_OFFSET, sansa_sectorbuf, 0x200) < 0) {
+    if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa, sansa->start+PPMI_OFFSET, sansa->sectorbuf, 0x200) < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Seek to 0x%08llx in is_sansa failed.\n",
                        sansa->start+PPMI_OFFSET);
         return -5;
     }
-    if (memcmp(sansa_sectorbuf,"PPMI",4)!=0) {
+    if (memcmp(sansa->sectorbuf,"PPMI",4)!=0) {
         /* No bootloader header, abort */
         return -7;
     }
-    ppmi_length = le2int(sansa_sectorbuf+4);
+    ppmi_length = le2int(sansa->sectorbuf+4);
 
     /* Check main mi4 file header */
-    if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa, sansa->start+PPMI_OFFSET+0x200, sansa_sectorbuf, 0x200) < 0) {
+    if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa, sansa->start+PPMI_OFFSET+0x200, sansa->sectorbuf, 0x200) < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Seek to 0x%08llx in is_sansa failed.\n",
                        sansa->start+PPMI_OFFSET+0x200);
         return -5;
     }
 
-    if (get_mi4header(sansa_sectorbuf,&mi4header) < 0) {
+    if (get_mi4header(sansa->sectorbuf,&mi4header) < 0) {
         fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Invalid mi4header\n");
         return -6;
     }
@@ -466,15 +464,15 @@ int is_sansa(struct sansa_t* sansa)
      */
 
     sansa->hasoldbootloader = 0;
-    if (memcmp(sansa_sectorbuf+0x1f8,"RBBL",4)==0) {
+    if (memcmp(sansa->sectorbuf+0x1f8,"RBBL",4)==0) {
         /* Look for an original firmware after the first image */
         if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa,
                                 sansa->start + PPMI_OFFSET + 0x200 + ppmi_length,
-                                sansa_sectorbuf, 512) < 0) {
+                                sansa->sectorbuf, 512) < 0) {
             return -7;
         }
 
-        if (get_mi4header(sansa_sectorbuf,&mi4header)!=0) {
+        if (get_mi4header(sansa->sectorbuf,&mi4header)!=0) {
             fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  No original firmware found\n");
             sansa->hasoldbootloader = 1;
         }
@@ -659,7 +657,7 @@ int sansa_read_firmware(struct sansa_t* sansa, const char* filename)
     int outfile;
     struct mi4header_t mi4header;
 
-    res = load_original_firmware(sansa,sansa_sectorbuf,&mi4header);
+    res = load_original_firmware(sansa,sansa->sectorbuf,&mi4header);
     if (res < 0)
         return res;
 
@@ -669,7 +667,7 @@ int sansa_read_firmware(struct sansa_t* sansa, const char* filename)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    res = write(outfile,sansa_sectorbuf,mi4header.mi4size);
+    res = write(outfile,sansa->sectorbuf,mi4header.mi4size);
     if (res != (int)mi4header.mi4size) {
         fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Write error - %d\n", res);
         return -1;
@@ -730,16 +728,16 @@ int sansa_add_bootloader(struct sansa_t* sansa, const unsigned char* bootloader,
     int n;
 
     /* Create PPMI header */
-    memset(sansa_sectorbuf,0,0x200);
-    memcpy(sansa_sectorbuf,"PPMI",4);
-    int2le(bl_length,   sansa_sectorbuf+4);
-    int2le(0x00020000,  sansa_sectorbuf+8);
+    memset(sansa->sectorbuf,0,0x200);
+    memcpy(sansa->sectorbuf,"PPMI",4);
+    int2le(bl_length,   sansa->sectorbuf+4);
+    int2le(0x00020000,  sansa->sectorbuf+8);
 
-    /* copy bootloader to sansa_sectorbuf+0x200 */
-    memcpy(sansa_sectorbuf+0x200,bootloader,bl_length);
+    /* copy bootloader to sansa->sectorbuf+0x200 */
+    memcpy(sansa->sectorbuf+0x200,bootloader,bl_length);
 
     /* Load original firmware from Sansa to the space after the bootloader */
-    res = load_original_firmware(sansa,sansa_sectorbuf+0x200+bl_length,&mi4header);
+    res = load_original_firmware(sansa,sansa->sectorbuf+0x200+bl_length,&mi4header);
     if (res < 0)
         return res;
 
@@ -753,7 +751,7 @@ int sansa_add_bootloader(struct sansa_t* sansa, const unsigned char* bootloader,
 
     length = 0x200 + bl_length + mi4header.mi4size;
 
-    n=sansa_write(sansa, sansa_sectorbuf, length);
+    n=sansa_write(sansa, length);
     if (n < length) {
         fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Short write in add_bootloader\n");
         return -6;
@@ -769,16 +767,16 @@ int sansa_delete_bootloader(struct sansa_t* sansa)
     int n;
     int length;
 
-    /* Load original firmware from Sansa to sansa_sectorbuf+0x200 */
-    res = load_original_firmware(sansa,sansa_sectorbuf+0x200,&mi4header);
+    /* Load original firmware from Sansa to sansa->sectorbuf+0x200 */
+    res = load_original_firmware(sansa,sansa->sectorbuf+0x200,&mi4header);
     if (res < 0)
         return res;
 
     /* Create PPMI header */
-    memset(sansa_sectorbuf,0,0x200);
-    memcpy(sansa_sectorbuf,"PPMI",4);
-    int2le(mi4header.mi4size, sansa_sectorbuf+4);
-    int2le(0x00020000,        sansa_sectorbuf+8);
+    memset(sansa->sectorbuf,0,0x200);
+    memcpy(sansa->sectorbuf,"PPMI",4);
+    int2le(mi4header.mi4size, sansa->sectorbuf+4);
+    int2le(0x00020000,        sansa->sectorbuf+8);
 
     /* Now write the whole thing back to the Sansa */
 
@@ -790,7 +788,7 @@ int sansa_delete_bootloader(struct sansa_t* sansa)
 
     length = 0x200 + mi4header.mi4size;
 
-    n=sansa_write(sansa, sansa_sectorbuf, length);
+    n=sansa_write(sansa, length);
     if (n < length) {
         fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Short write in delete_bootloader\n");
         return -6;
@@ -808,21 +806,21 @@ int sansa_list_images(struct sansa_t* sansa)
     int num = 0;
 
     /* Check Main firmware header */
-    if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa, sansa->start+PPMI_OFFSET, sansa_sectorbuf, 0x200) < 0) {
+    if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa, sansa->start+PPMI_OFFSET, sansa->sectorbuf, 0x200) < 0) {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    ppmi_length = le2int(sansa_sectorbuf+4);
+    ppmi_length = le2int(sansa->sectorbuf+4);
 
     printf("[INFO] Image 1 - %llu bytes\n",ppmi_length);
     num = 1;
 
     /* Look for an original firmware after the first image */
-    if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa, sansa->start + PPMI_OFFSET + 0x200 + ppmi_length, sansa_sectorbuf, 512) < 0) {
+    if (sansa_seek_and_read(sansa, sansa->start + PPMI_OFFSET + 0x200 + ppmi_length, sansa->sectorbuf, 512) < 0) {
         return 0;
     }
 
-    if (get_mi4header(sansa_sectorbuf,&mi4header)==0) {
+    if (get_mi4header(sansa->sectorbuf,&mi4header)==0) {
         printf("[INFO] Image 2 - %d bytes\n",mi4header.mi4size);
         num = 2;
     }
@@ -874,8 +872,8 @@ int sansa_update_of(struct sansa_t* sansa, const char* filename)
     of_length = filesize(infile);
 
     /* Load original firmware from file */
-    memset(sansa_sectorbuf,0,0x200);
-    n = read(infile,sansa_sectorbuf,of_length);
+    memset(sansa->sectorbuf,0,0x200);
+    n = read(infile,sansa->sectorbuf,of_length);
     close(infile);
     if (n < of_length) {
            fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Short read - requested %d bytes, received %d\n"
@@ -884,13 +882,13 @@ int sansa_update_of(struct sansa_t* sansa, const char* filename)
     }
 
     /* Check we have a valid MI4 file. */
-    if (get_mi4header(sansa_sectorbuf,&mi4header)!=0) {
+    if (get_mi4header(sansa->sectorbuf,&mi4header)!=0) {
         fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  %s is not a valid mi4 file\n",filename);
         return -1;
     }
 
     /* Decrypt and build the header */
-    if(prepare_original_firmware(sansa, sansa_sectorbuf, &mi4header)!=0){
+    if(prepare_original_firmware(sansa, sansa->sectorbuf, &mi4header)!=0){
         fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Unable to build decrypted mi4 from %s\n"
                       ,filename);
         return -1;
@@ -903,7 +901,7 @@ int sansa_update_of(struct sansa_t* sansa, const char* filename)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    n=sansa_write(sansa, sansa_sectorbuf, of_length);
+    n=sansa_write(sansa, of_length);
     if (n < of_length) {
         fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Short write in sansa_update_of\n");
         return -1;
@@ -920,8 +918,8 @@ int sansa_update_of(struct sansa_t* sansa, const char* filename)
             return -1;
         }
         
-        memset(sansa_sectorbuf,0,NVPARAMS_SIZE);
-        n=sansa_write(sansa, sansa_sectorbuf, NVPARAMS_SIZE);
+        memset(sansa->sectorbuf,0,NVPARAMS_SIZE);
+        n=sansa_write(sansa, NVPARAMS_SIZE);
         if (n < NVPARAMS_SIZE) {
             fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Short write in sansa_update_of\n");
             return -1;
@@ -947,7 +945,7 @@ int sansa_update_ppbl(struct sansa_t* sansa, const char* filename)
 
     ppbl_length = filesize(infile);
 
-    n = read(infile,sansa_sectorbuf+0x200,ppbl_length);
+    n = read(infile,sansa->sectorbuf+0x200,ppbl_length);
     close(infile);
     if (n < ppbl_length) {
            fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Short read - requested %d bytes, received %d\n", ppbl_length, n);
@@ -955,10 +953,10 @@ int sansa_update_ppbl(struct sansa_t* sansa, const char* filename)
     }
 
     /* Step 2 - Build the header */
-    memset(sansa_sectorbuf,0,0x200);
-    memcpy(sansa_sectorbuf,"PPBL",4);
-    int2le(ppbl_length, sansa_sectorbuf+4);
-    int2le(0x00010000,  sansa_sectorbuf+8);
+    memset(sansa->sectorbuf,0,0x200);
+    memcpy(sansa->sectorbuf,"PPBL",4);
+    int2le(ppbl_length, sansa->sectorbuf+4);
+    int2le(0x00010000,  sansa->sectorbuf+8);
 
     /* Step 3 - write the bootloader to the Sansa */
     if (sansa_seek(sansa, sansa->start) < 0) {
@@ -966,7 +964,7 @@ int sansa_update_ppbl(struct sansa_t* sansa, const char* filename)
         return -1;
     }
 
-    n=sansa_write(sansa, sansa_sectorbuf, ppbl_length + 0x200);
+    n=sansa_write(sansa, ppbl_length + 0x200);
     if (n < (ppbl_length+0x200)) {
         fprintf(stderr,"[ERR]  Short write in sansa_update_ppbl\n");
         return -1;
diff --git a/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansapatcher.h b/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansapatcher.h
index 80cef4d417..1ae101e012 100644
--- a/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansapatcher.h
+++ b/rbutil/sansapatcher/sansapatcher.h
@@ -32,15 +32,6 @@ extern int sansa_verbose;
 /* Size of buffer for disk I/O - 8MB is large enough for any version
    of the Apple firmware, but not the Nano's RSRC image. */
 #define BUFFER_SIZE 8*1024*1024
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
-extern unsigned char* sansa_sectorbuf;
-#else
-/* MSVC needs to use dllimport to allow using it directly from a DLL.
- * See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/90530
- * Building with MSVC is only when using as DLL.
- */
-_declspec(dllimport) unsigned char* sansa_sectorbuf;
-#endif
 
 int sansa_read_partinfo(struct sansa_t* sansa, int silent);
 int is_sansa(struct sansa_t* sansa);