linux-kernel - Re: fsl_ifc_nand: are blank pages protected by ECC?

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Date:   Sat, 22 Apr 2017 09:01:39 +0200
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
Cc:     Dipen.Dudhat@...escale.com, richard@....at, dwmw2@...radead.org,
        computersforpeace@...il.com, marek.vasut@...il.com,
        cyrille.pitchen@...el.com, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mark.marshall@...cronenergy.com,
        b44839@...escale.com, prabhakar@...escale.com
Subject: Re: fsl_ifc_nand: are blank pages protected by ECC?

Hi!

> > Maybe I figured it out. Unfortunately, it is only compile tested. Does
> > it look approximately right?
> 
> Yep that's definitely better. Just one thing missing (see below),
> otherwise it looks good.

Thanks for review. Unfortunately it is still untested, so...

> > +		if (res < 0)
> > +			mtd->ecc_stats.failed++;
> 
> 		else
> 			mtd->ecc_stats.corrected += res;

Ok, I copied this from tango_nand. I'll submit a patch to fix it
there...

> > +
> > +		bitflips = max(res, bitflips);
> > +		buf += pkt_size;
> > +		ecc += ecc_size;
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	mtd_ooblayout_ecc(mtd, 1, &oobregion);
> > +	BUG_ON(oobregion.length);
> 
> Probably something you should check at registration time only.

Drive defensively, buy a tank ;-). Ok, I'll delete this one in final
version.
									Pavel
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