linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mtdblock: tolerate corrected bit-flips

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Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2023 18:51:56 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
To:     Bang Li <libang.linuxer@...il.com>
Cc:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        linux-mtd <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mtdblock: tolerate corrected bit-flips

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> Von: "Bang Li" <libang.linuxer@...il.com>
> An: "Miquel Raynal" <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>, "richard" <richard@....at>, "Vignesh Raghavendra" <vigneshr@...com>
> CC: "linux-mtd" <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>, "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Bang Li"
> <libang.linuxer@...il.com>, "stable" <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 28. März 2023 18:30:12
> Betreff: [PATCH v2] mtdblock: tolerate corrected bit-flips

> mtd_read() may return -EUCLEAN in case of corrected bit-flips.This
> particular condition should not be treated like an error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bang Li <libang.linuxer@...il.com>
> Fixes: e47f68587b82 ("mtd: check for max_bitflips in mtd_read_oob()")
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # v3.7
> ---

Acked-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>

Thanks,
//richard