Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932402Ab2JDHus (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Oct 2012 03:50:48 -0400 Received: from arroyo.ext.ti.com ([192.94.94.40]:39291 "EHLO arroyo.ext.ti.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754441Ab2JDHuq convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Oct 2012 03:50:46 -0400 From: "Philip, Avinash" To: Peter Meerwald CC: "dwmw2@infradead.org" , "artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com" , "tony@atomide.com" , "Mohammed, Afzal" , "linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-omap@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org" , "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , "devicetree-discuss@lists.ozlabs.org" , "ivan.djelic@parrot.com" , Grant Likely , Rob Herring , Rob Landley Subject: RE: [PATCH 2/4] mtd: devices: elm: Add support for ELM error correction Thread-Topic: [PATCH 2/4] mtd: devices: elm: Add support for ELM error correction Thread-Index: AQHNoXZIJO5M+tejI0OdjKXrVMye75enU2cAgAFvsJA= Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 07:49:14 +0000 Deferred-Delivery: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 07:49:00 +0000 Message-ID: <518397C60809E147AF5323E0420B992E3E9B48A7@DBDE01.ent.ti.com> References: <1349274589-11389-1-git-send-email-avinashphilip@ti.com> <1349274589-11389-3-git-send-email-avinashphilip@ti.com> In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [172.24.170.142] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4289 Lines: 149 On Wed, Oct 03, 2012 at 20:40:46, Peter Meerwald wrote: > > some minor nitpicks below > > > + * > > + * On completion of processing by elm module, error location status > > + * register updated with correctable/uncorrectable error information. > > + * In case of correctable errors, number of errors located from > > + * elm location status register & read the these many positions from > > should probably be: "... & read the positions from ..."? Ok I will correct it. > > > + * elm error location register. > > + */ > > +static void elm_error_correction(struct elm_info *info, > > + struct elm_errorvec *err_vec) > > +{ > > + int i, j, errors = 0; > > + void *err_loc_base = info->elm_base + ELM_ERROR_LOCATION_0; > > + elm_error_t *err_loc; > > + void *offset; > > + u32 reg_val; > > + > > + for (i = 0; i < ERROR_VECTOR_MAX; i++) { > > + /* check error reported */ > > + if (err_vec[i].error_reported) { > > + offset = info->elm_base + ELM_LOCATION_STATUS + > > + i * ERROR_LOCATION_SIZE; > > + reg_val = elm_read_reg(offset); > > + /* check correctable error or not */ > > + if (reg_val & ECC_CORRECTABLE_MASK) { > > + err_loc = err_loc_base + > > + i * ERROR_LOCATION_SIZE; > > + /* read count of correctable errors */ > > + err_vec[i].error_count = reg_val & > > + ECC_NB_ERRORS_MASK; > > + > > + /* update the error locations in error vector */ > > + for (j = 0; j < err_vec[i].error_count; j++) { > > + > > + reg_val = elm_read_reg(*err_loc + j); > > + err_vec[i].error_loc[j] = reg_val & > > + ECC_ERROR_LOCATION_MASK; > > + } > > + > > + errors += err_vec[i].error_count; > > + } else { > > + err_vec[i].error_uncorrectable++; > > + } > > extra braces above As per coding style This does not apply if only one branch of a conditional statement is a single statement; in the latter case use braces in both branches: > > > + > > + /* clearing interrupts for processed error vectors */ > > + elm_write_reg(info->elm_base + ELM_IRQSTATUS, BIT(i)); > > + > > + /* disable page mode */ > > + elm_configure_page_mode(info, i, false); > > + } > > + } > > + > > + return; > > +} > > + > > +/** > > + * elm_decode_bch_error_page - Locate error position > > + * @info: elm info > > should be dev, not info Ok I will correct it. > > > + * @ecc_calc: calculated ECC bytes from GPMC > > + * @err_vec: elm error vectors > > + * > > + * Called with one or greater reported and is vectors with error reported > > + * is updated in err_vec[].error_reported > > + */ > > I do not understand the statement "Called with one ..." elm_decode_bch_error_page() API will called from nand driver if and only if errors are present while reading page. Errors can be reported in one or multiple error vectors. I will reword it as. Called with one or more error reported vectors & vectors with error reported is updated in err_vec[].error_reported > [snip] > > + > > +#define BCH8_ECC_OOB_BYTES 13 > > +/* RBL requires 14 byte even though BCH8 uses only 13 byte */ > > not sure what RBL is? RBL stands for Rom boot Loader > > > +#define BCH8_SIZE (BCH8_ECC_OOB_BYTES + 1) > > +#define BCH4_SIZE 7 > > + > > +#define BCH8_SYNDROME_SIZE 4 /* 13 bytes of ecc */ > > +#define BCH4_SYNDROME_SIZE 2 /* 7 bytes of ecc */ > > + > > +/** > > + * struct elm_errorvec - error vector for elm > > + * @error_reported: set true for vectors error is reported > > + * > > + * @error_count: number of correctable errors in the sector > > + * @error_uncorrectable: number of uncorrectable errors > > + * @error_loc: buffer for error location > > + * > > + */ > > +struct elm_errorvec { > > + bool error_reported; > > + int error_count; > > + int error_uncorrectable; > > + int error_loc[ERROR_VECTOR_MAX]; > > +}; > > + > > +void elm_decode_bch_error_page(struct device *dev, u8 *ecc_calc, > > + struct elm_errorvec *err_vec); > > +struct device *elm_request(enum bch_ecc bch_type); > > +#endif /* __ELM_H */ > > > > -- > > Peter Meerwald > +43-664-2444418 (mobile) > -- 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/