From: Frieder Schrempf <frieder@fris.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@ti.com>
Cc: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>,
stable@vger.kernel.org,
Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de>,
David LaPorte <dalaport@amazon.com>,
Gabor Juhos <j4g8y7@gmail.com>,
Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y 2/3] mtd: spinand: try a regular dirmap if creating a dirmap for continuous reading fails
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:13:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260811161342.533280-3-frieder@fris.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260811161342.533280-1-frieder@fris.de>
From: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>
[ Upstream commit 004f8ea0d9917398aabff7388b3bf62a84a4088b ]
Continuous reading may result in multiple flash pages reading in one
operation. Typically only one flash page has read/written (a little bit
more than 2-4 Kb), but continuous reading requires the spi controller
to read up to 512 Kb in one operation without toggling CS in beetween.
Roughly speaking spi controllers can be divided on 2 categories:
* spi controllers without dirmap acceleration support
* spi controllers with dirmap acceleration support
Firt of them will have issues with continuous reading if restriction on
the transfer length is implemented in the adjust_op_size() handler.
Second group often supports acceleration of single page only reading.
Thus enabling of continuous reading can break flash reading.
This patch tries to create dirmap for continuous reading first and
fallback to regular reading if spi controller refuses to create it.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de>
---
drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
index a480243385e2e..10339209e7322 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
@@ -1032,6 +1032,39 @@ static int spinand_mtd_block_isreserved(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t offs)
return ret;
}
+static struct spi_mem_dirmap_desc *spinand_create_rdesc(
+ struct spinand_device *spinand,
+ struct spi_mem_dirmap_info *info)
+{
+ struct nand_device *nand = spinand_to_nand(spinand);
+ struct spi_mem_dirmap_desc *desc = NULL;
+
+ if (spinand->cont_read_possible) {
+ /*
+ * spi controller may return an error if info->length is
+ * too large
+ */
+ info->length = nanddev_eraseblock_size(nand);
+ desc = devm_spi_mem_dirmap_create(&spinand->spimem->spi->dev,
+ spinand->spimem, info);
+ }
+
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(desc)) {
+ /*
+ * continuous reading is not supported by flash or
+ * its spi controller, use regular reading
+ */
+ spinand->cont_read_possible = false;
+
+ info->length = nanddev_page_size(nand) +
+ nanddev_per_page_oobsize(nand);
+ desc = devm_spi_mem_dirmap_create(&spinand->spimem->spi->dev,
+ spinand->spimem, info);
+ }
+
+ return desc;
+}
+
static int spinand_create_dirmap(struct spinand_device *spinand,
unsigned int plane)
{
@@ -1051,11 +1084,8 @@ static int spinand_create_dirmap(struct spinand_device *spinand,
spinand->dirmaps[plane].wdesc = desc;
- if (spinand->cont_read_possible)
- info.length = nanddev_eraseblock_size(nand);
info.op_tmpl = *spinand->op_templates.read_cache;
- desc = devm_spi_mem_dirmap_create(&spinand->spimem->spi->dev,
- spinand->spimem, &info);
+ desc = spinand_create_rdesc(spinand, &info);
if (IS_ERR(desc))
return PTR_ERR(desc);
@@ -1078,12 +1108,9 @@ static int spinand_create_dirmap(struct spinand_device *spinand,
spinand->dirmaps[plane].wdesc_ecc = desc;
- if (spinand->cont_read_possible)
- info.length = nanddev_eraseblock_size(nand);
info.op_tmpl = *spinand->op_templates.read_cache;
info.op_tmpl.data.ecc = true;
- desc = devm_spi_mem_dirmap_create(&spinand->spimem->spi->dev,
- spinand->spimem, &info);
+ desc = spinand_create_rdesc(spinand, &info);
if (IS_ERR(desc))
return PTR_ERR(desc);
--
2.55.0
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From: Frieder Schrempf <frieder@fris.de>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@ti.com>
Cc: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>,
stable@vger.kernel.org,
Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de>,
David LaPorte <dalaport@amazon.com>,
Gabor Juhos <j4g8y7@gmail.com>,
Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.12.y 2/3] mtd: spinand: try a regular dirmap if creating a dirmap for continuous reading fails
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:13:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260811161342.533280-3-frieder@fris.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260811161342.533280-1-frieder@fris.de>
From: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>
[ Upstream commit 004f8ea0d9917398aabff7388b3bf62a84a4088b ]
Continuous reading may result in multiple flash pages reading in one
operation. Typically only one flash page has read/written (a little bit
more than 2-4 Kb), but continuous reading requires the spi controller
to read up to 512 Kb in one operation without toggling CS in beetween.
Roughly speaking spi controllers can be divided on 2 categories:
* spi controllers without dirmap acceleration support
* spi controllers with dirmap acceleration support
Firt of them will have issues with continuous reading if restriction on
the transfer length is implemented in the adjust_op_size() handler.
Second group often supports acceleration of single page only reading.
Thus enabling of continuous reading can break flash reading.
This patch tries to create dirmap for continuous reading first and
fallback to regular reading if spi controller refuses to create it.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@kontron.de>
---
drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
index a480243385e2e..10339209e7322 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
@@ -1032,6 +1032,39 @@ static int spinand_mtd_block_isreserved(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t offs)
return ret;
}
+static struct spi_mem_dirmap_desc *spinand_create_rdesc(
+ struct spinand_device *spinand,
+ struct spi_mem_dirmap_info *info)
+{
+ struct nand_device *nand = spinand_to_nand(spinand);
+ struct spi_mem_dirmap_desc *desc = NULL;
+
+ if (spinand->cont_read_possible) {
+ /*
+ * spi controller may return an error if info->length is
+ * too large
+ */
+ info->length = nanddev_eraseblock_size(nand);
+ desc = devm_spi_mem_dirmap_create(&spinand->spimem->spi->dev,
+ spinand->spimem, info);
+ }
+
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(desc)) {
+ /*
+ * continuous reading is not supported by flash or
+ * its spi controller, use regular reading
+ */
+ spinand->cont_read_possible = false;
+
+ info->length = nanddev_page_size(nand) +
+ nanddev_per_page_oobsize(nand);
+ desc = devm_spi_mem_dirmap_create(&spinand->spimem->spi->dev,
+ spinand->spimem, info);
+ }
+
+ return desc;
+}
+
static int spinand_create_dirmap(struct spinand_device *spinand,
unsigned int plane)
{
@@ -1051,11 +1084,8 @@ static int spinand_create_dirmap(struct spinand_device *spinand,
spinand->dirmaps[plane].wdesc = desc;
- if (spinand->cont_read_possible)
- info.length = nanddev_eraseblock_size(nand);
info.op_tmpl = *spinand->op_templates.read_cache;
- desc = devm_spi_mem_dirmap_create(&spinand->spimem->spi->dev,
- spinand->spimem, &info);
+ desc = spinand_create_rdesc(spinand, &info);
if (IS_ERR(desc))
return PTR_ERR(desc);
@@ -1078,12 +1108,9 @@ static int spinand_create_dirmap(struct spinand_device *spinand,
spinand->dirmaps[plane].wdesc_ecc = desc;
- if (spinand->cont_read_possible)
- info.length = nanddev_eraseblock_size(nand);
info.op_tmpl = *spinand->op_templates.read_cache;
info.op_tmpl.data.ecc = true;
- desc = devm_spi_mem_dirmap_create(&spinand->spimem->spi->dev,
- spinand->spimem, &info);
+ desc = spinand_create_rdesc(spinand, &info);
if (IS_ERR(desc))
return PTR_ERR(desc);
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-11 16:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-11 16:13 [PATCH 6.12.y 0/3] Backport fixes for SPI NAND on i.MX6UL Frieder Schrempf
2026-08-11 16:13 ` Frieder Schrempf
2026-08-11 16:13 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 1/3] mtd: spinand: fix direct mapping creation sizes Frieder Schrempf
2026-08-11 16:13 ` Frieder Schrempf
2026-08-11 16:13 ` Frieder Schrempf [this message]
2026-08-11 16:13 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 2/3] mtd: spinand: try a regular dirmap if creating a dirmap for continuous reading fails Frieder Schrempf
2026-08-11 16:13 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 3/3] mtd: spinand: repeat reading in regular mode if " Frieder Schrempf
2026-08-11 16:13 ` Frieder Schrempf
2026-08-11 16:23 ` [PATCH 6.12.y 0/3] Backport fixes for SPI NAND on i.MX6UL Miquel Raynal
2026-08-11 16:23 ` Miquel Raynal
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