Re: [PATCH 3/6] UBI: Fastmap: Notify user in case of an ubi_update_fastmap() failure

[Tanya Brokhman <tlinder@codeaurora.org>]

Hi Richard,

On 11/30/2014 1:35 PM, Richard Weinberger wrote:
> If ubi_update_fastmap() fails notify the user.
> This is not a hard error as ubi_update_fastmap() makes sure that upon failure
> the current on-flash fastmap will no be used upon next UBI attach.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
> ---
>   drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c | 6 +++++-
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
> index 523d8a4..7821342 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
> @@ -657,7 +657,11 @@ again:
>   	 * refill the WL pool synchronous. */
>   	if (pool->used == pool->size || wl_pool->used == wl_pool->size) {
>   		spin_unlock(&ubi->wl_lock);
> -		ubi_update_fastmap(ubi);
> +		ret = ubi_update_fastmap(ubi);
> +		if (ret) {
> +			ubi_msg(ubi, "Unable to write a new fastmap: %i", ret);
> +			return -ENOSPC;

Why do you fail the whole function (ubi_wl_get_peb) if fastmap update 
failed? Its possible that the fm_pools were refilled correctly, and the 
actual fastmap_write failed, so there is nothing preventing the user to 
get peb allocated and continue working. You invalidate the fastmap, so 
if powercut occurs a full scan will be performed. So its possible to 
allocate from fm_pools (although fastmap is not valid on disc) and try 
writing fastmap again when the pools filled up.
I'm for the ubi_msg but against "return -ENOSPC;"

> +		}
>   		spin_lock(&ubi->wl_lock);
>   	}
>
>


Thanks,
Tanya Brokhman
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