linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 3/3] mtd: ubi: use 'max_bad_blocks' to compute bad_peb

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Date:   Thu, 27 Oct 2016 22:05:24 +0200
From:   Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>
To:     Zach Brown <zach.brown@...com>
Cc:     <dwmw2@...radead.org>, <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        <richard@....at>, <dedekind1@...il.com>,
        <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 3/3] mtd: ubi: use 'max_bad_blocks' to compute
 bad_peb_limit if available

On Thu, 27 Oct 2016 14:14:02 -0500
Zach Brown <zach.brown@...com> wrote:

> From: Jeff Westfahl <jeff.westfahl@...com>
> 
> Use the MTD function 'max_bad_blocks' to compute the UBI bad_peb_limit,
> if the function is implemented for an MTD and doesn't return an error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Westfahl <jeff.westfahl@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@...com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c | 9 +++++++++
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
> index 85d54f3..0648863 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
> @@ -584,6 +584,15 @@ static int get_bad_peb_limit(const struct ubi_device *ubi, int max_beb_per1024)
>  	int limit, device_pebs;
>  	uint64_t device_size;
>  
> +	/* If the MTD provides a max_bad_blocks function, use that value. Fall
> +	 * back to max_beb_per1024 if that function returns an error.
> +	 */
> +	if (ubi->mtd->_max_bad_blocks) {
> +		limit = ubi->mtd->_max_bad_blocks(ubi->mtd, 0, ubi->mtd->size);
> +		if (limit > 0)
> +			return limit;
> +	}

Please use the helper I was suggesting in patch 1.

> +
>  	if (!max_beb_per1024)
>  		return 0;
>