linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] MTD: pxa3xx_nand: Fix blank page ECC mismatch

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Date:	Fri, 3 Jun 2011 23:31:06 +0800
From:	Lei Wen <adrian.wenl@...il.com>
To:	Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>,
	Lei Wen <leiwen@...vell.com>,
	Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...vell.com>, stable@...nel.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] MTD: pxa3xx_nand: Fix blank page ECC mismatch

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On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Lei Wen <adrian.wenl@...il.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com> wrote:
>> This bug was introduced in f8155a40 ("mtd: pxa3xx_nand: rework irq
>> logic") and causes the PXA3xx NAND controller fail to operate with NAND
>> flash that has empty pages. According to the comment in this block, the
>> hardware controller will report a double-bit error for empty pages,
>> which can and must be ignored.
>>
>> This patch restores the original behaviour of the driver.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Mack <zonque@...il.com>
>> Cc: Lei Wen <leiwen@...vell.com>
>> Cc: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@...vell.com>
>> Cc: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>
>> Cc: stable@...nel.org
>> ---
>>  drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c |    2 ++
>>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
>> index 0c6ed72..60167d1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c
>> @@ -687,6 +687,8 @@ static int pxa3xx_nand_read_page_hwecc(struct mtd_info *mtd,
>>                 * OOB, ignore such double bit errors
>>                 */
>>                if (is_buf_blank(buf, mtd->writesize))
>> +                       info->retcode = ERR_NONE;
>> +               else
>>                        mtd->ecc_stats.failed++;
>>        }
>>
>> --
>> 1.7.5.1
>>
>
> Acked-by: Lei Wen <leiwen@...vell.com>
>
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