linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] mmc: core: add random fault injection

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Date:	Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:16:42 +0200
From:	Linus Walleij <linus.ml.walleij@...il.com>
To:	Per Forlin <per.forlin@...ricsson.com>
Cc:	linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linaro-dev@...ts.linaro.org, Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>,
	Chris Ball <cjb@...top.org>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	Per Forlin <per.forlin@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 2/3] mmc: core: add random fault injection

2011/8/19 Per Forlin <per.forlin@...ricsson.com>:

> From: Per Forlin <per.forlin@...aro.org>
>
> This adds support to inject data errors after a completed host transfer.
> The mmc core will return error even though the host transfer is successful.
> This simple fault injection proved to be very useful to test the
> non-blocking error handling in the mmc_blk_issue_rw_rq().
> Random faults can also test how the host driver handles pre_req()
> and post_req() in case of errors.
>
> Signed-off-by: Per Forlin <per.forlin@...aro.org>
> Acked-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>

OK!

Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
For the MMC portions in 2/3.

Linus Walleij
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