Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: pass page number to ecc->write_xxx() methods

From: Brian Norris
Date: Thu Oct 01 2015 - 13:17:59 EST


On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 07:10:19PM +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> The ->read_xxx() methods are all passed the page number the NAND controller
> is supposed to read, but ->write_xxx() do not have such a parameter.
>
> This is a problem if we want to properly implement data
> scrambling/randomization in order to mitigate MLC sensibility to repeated
> pattern: to prevent bitflips in adjacent pages in the same block we need
> to avoid repeating the same pattern at the same offset in those pages,
> hence the randomizer/scrambler engine need to be passed the page value
> in order to adapt its seed accordingly.
>
> Moreover, adding the page parameter the ->write_xxx() methods add some
> consistency to the current model.
>
> Signed-off-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Josh Wu <josh.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Huang Shijie <shijie.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ---
> drivers/mtd/nand/atmel_nand.c | 6 ++++--
> drivers/mtd/nand/bf5xx_nand.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/mtd/nand/brcmnand/brcmnand.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/mtd/nand/cafe_nand.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/mtd/nand/denali.c | 5 +++--
> drivers/mtd/nand/docg4.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c | 4 ++--
> drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_nand.c | 2 +-
> drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c | 6 +++---
> drivers/mtd/nand/hisi504_nand.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/mtd/nand/lpc32xx_mlc.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/mtd/nand/lpc32xx_slc.c | 5 +++--
> drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++---------
> drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/mtd/nand/pxa3xx_nand.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/mtd/nand/sh_flctl.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/mtd/nand/sunxi_nand.c | 5 +++--
> drivers/staging/mt29f_spinand/mt29f_spinand.c | 3 ++-
> include/linux/mtd/nand.h | 6 +++---
> 19 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

Tip for rebasing -- I noticed one build failure for docg4:

drivers/mtd/nand/docg4.c: In function âdocg4_block_markbadâ:
drivers/mtd/nand/docg4.c:1116:2: error: too few arguments to function âdocg4_write_pageâ
drivers/mtd/nand/docg4.c:985:12: note: declared here

Brian
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