linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: kill MTD_NAND_VERIFY

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:09:12 +0200
From:	Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>
To:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Huang Shijie <b32955@...escale.com>,
	Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani@...il.com>,
	dedekind1@...il.com, Huang Shijie <shijie8@...il.com>,
	dwmw2@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: kill MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE

Dear Huang Shijie,

> 于 2012年08月15日 15:06, Shmulik Ladkani 写道:
> > Hi Huang,
> > 
> > On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:38:45 -0400 Huang Shijie<shijie8@...il.com>  wrote:
> >> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
> >> index 588e989..0ca7257 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
> >> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
> >> @@ -22,15 +22,6 @@ menuconfig MTD_NAND
> >> 
> >>   if MTD_NAND
> >> 
> >> -config MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE
> >> -	bool "Verify NAND page writes"
> >> -	help
> >> -	  This adds an extra check when data is written to the flash. The
> >> -	  NAND flash device internally checks only bits transitioning
> >> -	  from 1 to 0. There is a rare possibility that even though the
> >> -	  device thinks the write was successful, a bit could have been
> >> -	  flipped accidentally due to device wear or something else.
> >> -
> > 
> > There are some defconfig files which set CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE.
> > 
> > I guess you should submit an accompanying patch that removes
> > CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE from all defconfig files.
> 
> thanks a lot.
> 
> I will send out a separate patch to fix it.

I'd still prefer for this to be rather fixed. It seems to be able to find some 
obvious mistakes etc.

[...]

Best regards,
Marek Vasut
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/