Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756128AbbHYSeI (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:34:08 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-f51.google.com ([209.85.220.51]:34037 "EHLO mail-pa0-f51.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751738AbbHYSeE (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:34:04 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 11:34:00 -0700 From: Brian Norris To: Xander Huff Cc: dwmw2@infradead.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, jeff.westfahl@ni.com, jaeden.amero@ni.com, joshc@ni.com, Ben Shelton , Bean Huo =?utf-8?B?6ZyN5paM5paMIChiZWFuaHVvKQ==?= Subject: Re: [RESEND RESEND RESEND PATCH v2] mtd: nand_bbt: scan for next free bbt block if writing bbt fails Message-ID: <20150825183400.GH81844@google.com> References: <1439330122-41912-1-git-send-email-xander.huff@ni.com> <1440524966-29627-1-git-send-email-xander.huff@ni.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1440524966-29627-1-git-send-email-xander.huff@ni.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 5780 Lines: 162 + Bean, who is looking at refactoring this driver. Perhaps he can review this. On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 12:49:26PM -0500, Xander Huff wrote: > From: Ben Shelton > > If erasing or writing the BBT fails, we should mark the current BBT > block as bad and use the BBT descriptor to scan for the next available > unused block in the BBT. We should only return a failure if there isn't > any space left. > > Based on original code implemented by Jeff Westfahl > . > > Signed-off-by: Ben Shelton > Reviewed-by: Jaeden Amero > Suggested-by: Jeff Westfahl > Signed-off-by: Xander Huff > --- > This v2 patch is in reply to comments from Brian Norris on 7/22/13. See > the following links for context: > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2013-July/047596.html > http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/244324/ Wow, a blast from the past... > --- > drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c | 4 ++++ > drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > include/linux/mtd/nand.h | 7 +++++++ > 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c > index ceb68ca..48299dc 100644 > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c > @@ -2761,6 +2761,7 @@ int nand_erase_nand(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr, > pr_debug("%s: device is write protected!\n", > __func__); > instr->state = MTD_ERASE_FAILED; > + instr->priv = NAND_ERASE_WRITE_PROTECTED; I'm pretty sure this is an illegal overloading of the 'priv' field. Notice how ioctl(MEMERASE64) uses this field in mtdchard.c. So I suspect you've broken char access to /dev/mtdX. Try 'flash_erase' from mtd-utils, for instance. > goto erase_exit; > } > > @@ -2776,6 +2777,7 @@ int nand_erase_nand(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr, > pr_warn("%s: attempt to erase a bad block at page 0x%08x\n", > __func__, page); > instr->state = MTD_ERASE_FAILED; > + instr->priv = NAND_ERASE_BAD_BLOCK; > goto erase_exit; > } > > @@ -2802,6 +2804,7 @@ int nand_erase_nand(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr, > pr_debug("%s: failed erase, page 0x%08x\n", > __func__, page); > instr->state = MTD_ERASE_FAILED; > + instr->priv = NAND_ERASE_BLOCK_ERASE_FAILED; > instr->fail_addr = > ((loff_t)page << chip->page_shift); > goto erase_exit; > @@ -2819,6 +2822,7 @@ int nand_erase_nand(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr, > } > } > instr->state = MTD_ERASE_DONE; > + instr->priv = NAND_ERASE_OK; > > erase_exit: > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c > index 63a1a36..09f9e62 100644 > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c > @@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ static int write_bbt(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint8_t *buf, > page = td->pages[chip]; > goto write; > } > +next: > > /* > * Automatic placement of the bad block table. Search direction > @@ -787,13 +788,42 @@ static int write_bbt(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint8_t *buf, > einfo.addr = to; > einfo.len = 1 << this->bbt_erase_shift; > res = nand_erase_nand(mtd, &einfo, 1); > - if (res < 0) > + if (res == -EIO && einfo.state == MTD_ERASE_FAILED > + && einfo.priv == NAND_ERASE_BLOCK_ERASE_FAILED) { Do you actually need that last condition? What's wrong with the first two? > + /* This block is bad. Mark it as such and see if > + * there's another block available in the BBT area. */ > + int block = page >> > + (this->bbt_erase_shift - this->page_shift); > + pr_info("nand_bbt: failed to erase block %d when writing BBT\n", > + block); > + bbt_mark_entry(this, block, BBT_BLOCK_WORN); > + > + res = this->block_markbad(mtd, block); > + if (res) > + pr_warn("nand_bbt: error %d while marking block %d bad\n", > + res, block); > + goto next; > + } else if (res < 0) > goto outerr; > > res = scan_write_bbt(mtd, to, len, buf, > td->options & NAND_BBT_NO_OOB ? NULL : > &buf[len]); > - if (res < 0) > + if (res == -EIO) { > + /* This block is bad. Mark it as such and see if > + * there's another block available in the BBT area. */ > + int block = page >> > + (this->bbt_erase_shift - this->page_shift); > + pr_info("nand_bbt: failed to erase block %d when writing BBT\n", > + block); > + bbt_mark_entry(this, block, BBT_BLOCK_WORN); > + > + res = this->block_markbad(mtd, block); > + if (res) > + pr_warn("nand_bbt: error %d while marking block %d bad\n", > + res, block); > + goto next; > + } else if (res < 0) > goto outerr; > > pr_info("Bad block table written to 0x%012llx, version 0x%02X\n", > diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h > index 272f429..86e11f6 100644 > --- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h > +++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h > @@ -1030,4 +1030,11 @@ struct nand_sdr_timings { > > /* get timing characteristics from ONFI timing mode. */ > const struct nand_sdr_timings *onfi_async_timing_mode_to_sdr_timings(int mode); > + > +/* reasons for erase failures */ > +#define NAND_ERASE_OK 0 > +#define NAND_ERASE_WRITE_PROTECTED 1 > +#define NAND_ERASE_BAD_BLOCK 2 > +#define NAND_ERASE_BLOCK_ERASE_FAILED 3 Why exactly do you need these statuses? I thought the existing error codes were sufficient.. > + > #endif /* __LINUX_MTD_NAND_H */ Brian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/