Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 2/5] mtd: ubi: use 'max_bad_blocks' to compute bad_peb_limit if available

From: Brian Norris
Date: Tue Nov 22 2016 - 13:42:25 EST


On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 01:51:36PM -0600, Zach Brown wrote:
> From: Jeff Westfahl <jeff.westfahl@xxxxxx>
>
> Use the MTD function 'max_bad_blocks' to compute the UBI bad_peb_limit,
> if the function is implemented for an MTD and doesn't return an error.

I'm not exactly a UBI expert here, but it seems reasonable that we
should adjust the Kconfig documentation for MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT to further
emphasize that it's a default, if the value can't be determined by other
means.

> Signed-off-by: Jeff Westfahl <jeff.westfahl@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zach Brown <zach.brown@xxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c | 4 ++++
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
> index 85d54f3..e9940a9 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
> @@ -584,6 +584,10 @@ static int get_bad_peb_limit(const struct ubi_device *ubi, int max_beb_per1024)
> int limit, device_pebs;
> uint64_t device_size;
>
> + limit = mtd_max_bad_blocks(ubi->mtd, 0, ubi->mtd->size);
> + if (limit > 0)
> + return limit;

Are you sure you want to even override the user-provided
max_beb_per1024 value taken from the mtd= line? I'd think if someone
went as far as to specify this in the kernel command line, they don't
expect it to get overridden. Just my two cents.

Brian

> +
> if (!max_beb_per1024)
> return 0;
>
> --
> 2.7.4
>