2021-03-12 19:08:18

by Michael Walle

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Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/3] mtd: spi-nor: support dumping sfdp tables

Add the possibility to dump the SFDP data of a flash device.

More and more flash devices share the same flash ID and we need per device
fixups. Usually, these fixups differentiate flashes by looking at
differences in the SFDP data. Determining the difference is only possible
if we have the SFDP data for all the flashes which share a flash ID. This
will lay the foundation to dump the whole SFDP data of a flash device.

This is even more important, because some datasheets doesn't even contain
the SFDP data. Fixups for these kind of flashes are nearly impossible to
do.

I envision having a database of all the SFDP data for the flashes we
support and make it a requirement to submit it when a new flash is added.
This might or might not have legal implications. Thus I'd start with having
that database private to the SPI NOR maintainers.

There are two ways to provide access to the SFDP data:
(1) We just read the SFDP data once and cache it
(2) Any userspace access will always read the SFDP data

I choose (2) because it isn't as invasive as (1). The current SFDP code
reads the SFDP data only partially and only the part which are actually
used. Using (1) would mean to change that behavior.

Michael Walle (3):
mtd: spi-nor: sfdp: remember sfdp_size
mtd: spi-nor: sfdp: fix spi_nor_read_sfdp()
mtd: spi-nor: add sysfs and SFDP support

drivers/mtd/spi-nor/Makefile | 2 +-
drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c | 5 +++
drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h | 3 ++
drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c | 24 +++++++++++-
drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.h | 2 +
drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sysfs.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/mtd/spi-nor.h | 1 +
7 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sysfs.c

--
2.20.1


2021-03-12 19:10:10

by Michael Walle

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Subject: [RFC PATCH 2/3] mtd: spi-nor: sfdp: fix spi_nor_read_sfdp()

If spi_nor_read_sfdp() is used after probe, we have to set read_proto
and the read dirmap.

Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <[email protected]>
---
drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
index b1814afefc33..47634ec9b899 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
@@ -179,19 +179,27 @@ static int spi_nor_read_sfdp(struct spi_nor *nor, u32 addr,
size_t len, void *buf)
{
u8 addr_width, read_opcode, read_dummy;
+ struct spi_mem_dirmap_desc *rdesc;
+ enum spi_nor_protocol read_proto;
int ret;

read_opcode = nor->read_opcode;
+ read_proto = nor->read_proto;
+ rdesc = nor->dirmap.rdesc;
addr_width = nor->addr_width;
read_dummy = nor->read_dummy;

nor->read_opcode = SPINOR_OP_RDSFDP;
+ nor->read_proto = SNOR_PROTO_1_1_1;
+ nor->dirmap.rdesc = NULL;
nor->addr_width = 3;
nor->read_dummy = 8;

ret = spi_nor_read_raw(nor, addr, len, buf);

nor->read_opcode = read_opcode;
+ nor->read_proto = read_proto;
+ nor->dirmap.rdesc = rdesc;
nor->addr_width = addr_width;
nor->read_dummy = read_dummy;

--
2.20.1

2021-03-16 15:33:01

by Michael Walle

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] mtd: spi-nor: sfdp: fix spi_nor_read_sfdp()

Am 2021-03-16 12:04, schrieb Pratyush Yadav:
> On 12/03/21 08:05PM, Michael Walle wrote:
>> If spi_nor_read_sfdp() is used after probe, we have to set read_proto
>> and the read dirmap.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <[email protected]>
>> ---
>> drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c | 8 ++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
>> index b1814afefc33..47634ec9b899 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
>> @@ -179,19 +179,27 @@ static int spi_nor_read_sfdp(struct spi_nor
>> *nor, u32 addr,
>> size_t len, void *buf)
>> {
>> u8 addr_width, read_opcode, read_dummy;
>> + struct spi_mem_dirmap_desc *rdesc;
>> + enum spi_nor_protocol read_proto;
>> int ret;
>>
>> read_opcode = nor->read_opcode;
>> + read_proto = nor->read_proto;
>> + rdesc = nor->dirmap.rdesc;
>> addr_width = nor->addr_width;
>> read_dummy = nor->read_dummy;
>>
>> nor->read_opcode = SPINOR_OP_RDSFDP;
>> + nor->read_proto = SNOR_PROTO_1_1_1;
>> + nor->dirmap.rdesc = NULL;
>> nor->addr_width = 3;
>> nor->read_dummy = 8;
>
> NACK. You can't assume the device is still in 1S-1S-1S mode after
> probe.
> For example, the s28hs512t flash is switched to 8D-8D-8D mode by the
> time the probe finishes so this would be an invalid command. Same for
> any flash that goes into a stateful mode.

I see.

> And you can't even keep using nor->read_proto to read SFDP because the
> Read SFDP command might not be supported in all modes. xSPI spec
> (JESD251) says that the Read SFDP command is optional in 8D-8D-8D mode.
>
> I think the best approach for this would be to cache the entire SFDP
> table at parse time. This obviously comes with a memory overhead but I
> don't think it would be too big. For example, the sfdp table on
> s28hs512t is 491 bytes and it has 6 tables. Anyway, if the memory usage
> is too much of a problem we can put the feature behind a config.

I don't like to have it a config option, because then, if you really
need it, i.e. some user has an unknown flash, it might not be there.

The next question would be, should I leave the current parsing code
as is or should I also change that to use the sftp data cache. I'd
prefer to leave it as is.

-michael

2021-03-16 18:30:32

by Pratyush Yadav

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] mtd: spi-nor: sfdp: fix spi_nor_read_sfdp()

On 12/03/21 08:05PM, Michael Walle wrote:
> If spi_nor_read_sfdp() is used after probe, we have to set read_proto
> and the read dirmap.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c | 8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
> index b1814afefc33..47634ec9b899 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
> @@ -179,19 +179,27 @@ static int spi_nor_read_sfdp(struct spi_nor *nor, u32 addr,
> size_t len, void *buf)
> {
> u8 addr_width, read_opcode, read_dummy;
> + struct spi_mem_dirmap_desc *rdesc;
> + enum spi_nor_protocol read_proto;
> int ret;
>
> read_opcode = nor->read_opcode;
> + read_proto = nor->read_proto;
> + rdesc = nor->dirmap.rdesc;
> addr_width = nor->addr_width;
> read_dummy = nor->read_dummy;
>
> nor->read_opcode = SPINOR_OP_RDSFDP;
> + nor->read_proto = SNOR_PROTO_1_1_1;
> + nor->dirmap.rdesc = NULL;
> nor->addr_width = 3;
> nor->read_dummy = 8;

NACK. You can't assume the device is still in 1S-1S-1S mode after probe.
For example, the s28hs512t flash is switched to 8D-8D-8D mode by the
time the probe finishes so this would be an invalid command. Same for
any flash that goes into a stateful mode.

And you can't even keep using nor->read_proto to read SFDP because the
Read SFDP command might not be supported in all modes. xSPI spec
(JESD251) says that the Read SFDP command is optional in 8D-8D-8D mode.

I think the best approach for this would be to cache the entire SFDP
table at parse time. This obviously comes with a memory overhead but I
don't think it would be too big. For example, the sfdp table on
s28hs512t is 491 bytes and it has 6 tables. Anyway, if the memory usage
is too much of a problem we can put the feature behind a config.

>
> ret = spi_nor_read_raw(nor, addr, len, buf);
>
> nor->read_opcode = read_opcode;
> + nor->read_proto = read_proto;
> + nor->dirmap.rdesc = rdesc;
> nor->addr_width = addr_width;
> nor->read_dummy = read_dummy;
>
> --
> 2.20.1
>

--
Regards,
Pratyush Yadav
Texas Instruments Inc.

2021-03-16 20:25:48

by Pratyush Yadav

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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] mtd: spi-nor: sfdp: fix spi_nor_read_sfdp()

On 16/03/21 12:15PM, Michael Walle wrote:
> Am 2021-03-16 12:04, schrieb Pratyush Yadav:
> > On 12/03/21 08:05PM, Michael Walle wrote:
> > > If spi_nor_read_sfdp() is used after probe, we have to set read_proto
> > > and the read dirmap.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c | 8 ++++++++
> > > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
> > > index b1814afefc33..47634ec9b899 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/sfdp.c
> > > @@ -179,19 +179,27 @@ static int spi_nor_read_sfdp(struct spi_nor
> > > *nor, u32 addr,
> > > size_t len, void *buf)
> > > {
> > > u8 addr_width, read_opcode, read_dummy;
> > > + struct spi_mem_dirmap_desc *rdesc;
> > > + enum spi_nor_protocol read_proto;
> > > int ret;
> > >
> > > read_opcode = nor->read_opcode;
> > > + read_proto = nor->read_proto;
> > > + rdesc = nor->dirmap.rdesc;
> > > addr_width = nor->addr_width;
> > > read_dummy = nor->read_dummy;
> > >
> > > nor->read_opcode = SPINOR_OP_RDSFDP;
> > > + nor->read_proto = SNOR_PROTO_1_1_1;
> > > + nor->dirmap.rdesc = NULL;
> > > nor->addr_width = 3;
> > > nor->read_dummy = 8;
> >
> > NACK. You can't assume the device is still in 1S-1S-1S mode after probe.
> > For example, the s28hs512t flash is switched to 8D-8D-8D mode by the
> > time the probe finishes so this would be an invalid command. Same for
> > any flash that goes into a stateful mode.
>
> I see.
>
> > And you can't even keep using nor->read_proto to read SFDP because the
> > Read SFDP command might not be supported in all modes. xSPI spec
> > (JESD251) says that the Read SFDP command is optional in 8D-8D-8D mode.
> >
> > I think the best approach for this would be to cache the entire SFDP
> > table at parse time. This obviously comes with a memory overhead but I
> > don't think it would be too big. For example, the sfdp table on
> > s28hs512t is 491 bytes and it has 6 tables. Anyway, if the memory usage
> > is too much of a problem we can put the feature behind a config.
>
> I don't like to have it a config option, because then, if you really
> need it, i.e. some user has an unknown flash, it might not be there.

Right. Then let's hope people don't mind us using up an extra half
kilobyte or so.

>
> The next question would be, should I leave the current parsing code
> as is or should I also change that to use the sftp data cache. I'd
> prefer to leave it as is.

For this series its fine if you leave it as is. But eventually it would
be a good idea to convert all SFDP parsers to use the cache to reduce
the number of SFDP reads and potentially speed up flash initialization a
bit.

--
Regards,
Pratyush Yadav
Texas Instruments Inc.