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Date:   Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:57:57 +0200
From:   Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To:     Abhishek Sahu <absahu@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: fix return value check for bad block
 status

Hi Boris,

On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 14:32:36 +0530, Abhishek Sahu
<absahu@...eaurora.org> wrote:

> Positive return value from read_oob() is making false BAD
> blocks. For some of the NAND controllers, OOB bytes will be
> protected with ECC and read_oob() will return number of bitflips.
> If there is any bitflip in ECC protected OOB bytes for BAD block
> status page, then that block is getting treated as BAD.
> 
> Fixes: c120e75e0e7d ("mtd: nand: use read_oob() instead of cmdfunc() for bad block check")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Sahu <absahu@...eaurora.org>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
> index f28c3a5..4a73f73 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_base.c
> @@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static int nand_block_bad(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs)
>  
>  	for (; page < page_end; page++) {
>  		res = chip->ecc.read_oob(mtd, chip, page);
> -		if (res)
> +		if (res < 0)
>  			return res;
>  
>  		bad = chip->oob_poi[chip->badblockpos];

Reviewed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>

I suppose this patch is a good candidate to be part of a future
mtd/fixes PR?

Regards,
Miquèl

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