Re: [PATCH -next v3] ubi: Fix failure attaching when vid_hdr offset equals to (sub)page size

From: Miquel Raynal
Date: Wed Mar 29 2023 - 11:56:04 EST


Hello,

chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx wrote on Sat, 25 Mar 2023 09:02:40 +0800:

> Hi,
> >
> >> Following process will make ubi attaching failed since commit
> >> 1b42b1a36fc946 ("ubi: ensure that VID header offset ... size"):
> >>
> >> ID="0xec,0xa1,0x00,0x15" # 128M 128KB 2KB
> >> modprobe nandsim id_bytes=$ID
> >> flash_eraseall /dev/mtd0
> >> modprobe ubi mtd="0,2048" # set vid_hdr offset as 2048 (one page)
> >> (dmesg):
> >> ubi0 error: ubi_attach_mtd_dev [ubi]: VID header offset 2048 too large.
> >> UBI error: cannot attach mtd0
> >> UBI error: cannot initialize UBI, error -22
> >>
> >> Rework original solution, the key point is making sure
> >> 'vid_hdr_shift + UBI_VID_HDR_SIZE < ubi->vid_hdr_alsize',
> >> so we should check vid_hdr_shift rather not vid_hdr_offset.
> >> Then, ubi still support (sub)page aligined VID header offset.

aligned

> >>
> >> Fixes: 1b42b1a36fc946 ("ubi: ensure that VID header offset ... size")

This commit has been backported to stable, so it is important this fix
also gets there quickly:

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> >> Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> v2->v3: Use printing format '%zu' for UBI_VID_HDR_SIZE.
> >> drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c | 21 +++++++++++++++------
> >> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Having had the problem, and found this patch as a fix, feel free to
> > add my:
> >
>
> Thanks for testing.
>
> > Tested-by: Nicolas Schichan <nschichan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Same here.

Tested-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx> # v5.10, v4.19

Thanks,
Miquèl