Re: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: fix return value check for bad block status

From: Miquel Raynal
Date: Mon Jun 18 2018 - 09:58:07 EST


Hi Boris,

On Wed, 13 Jun 2018 14:32:36 +0530, Abhishek Sahu
<absahu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Sahu <absahu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxx>

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

Regards,
MiquÃl