linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmc: core: Add no single read retries

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Date:   Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:00:36 +0200
From:   Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To:     DooHyun Hwang <dh0421.hwang@...sung.com>,
        linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, ulf.hansson@...aro.org,
        robh+dt@...nel.org, axboe@...nel.dk, satyat@...gle.com,
        ebiggers@...gle.com, gustavoars@...nel.org
Cc:     grant.jung@...sung.com, jt77.jang@...sung.com,
        junwoo80.lee@...sung.com, jangsub.yi@...sung.com,
        sh043.lee@...sung.com, cw9316.lee@...sung.com,
        sh8267.baek@...sung.com, wkon.kim@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mmc: core: Add no single read retries

On 17/02/21 7:46 am, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> On 17/02/21 7:22 am, DooHyun Hwang wrote:
>> This makes to handle read errors faster by not retrying
>> multiple block read(CMD18) errors with single block reads(CMD17).
>>
>> On some bad SD Cards that have problem with read operations,
>> it is not helpful to retry multiple block read errors with
>> several single block reads, and it is delayed to treat read
>> operations as I/O error as much as retrying single block reads.
> 
> If the issue is that it takes too long, then maybe it would be better to get
> mmc_blk_read_single() to give up after a certain amount of time.
> 

So that a device property would not be needed I mean.  Then everyone would
benefit.