From: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@bootlin.com>
To: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@ti.com>,
Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@csie.org>,
Jernej Skrabec <jernej.skrabec@gmail.com>,
Samuel Holland <samuel@sholland.org>
Cc: Wentao Liang <vulab@iscas.ac.cn>,
Maxime Ripard <mripard@kernel.org>,
Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@kernel.org>,
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-sunxi@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@bootlin.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/9] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: do not count BBM bytes twice
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:24:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260317142437.580204-4-richard.genoud@bootlin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260317142437.580204-1-richard.genoud@bootlin.com>
BBM is already part of USER_DATA section, so we should not remove it twice
This was working ok because we are on the safe size, advertising that
there was 2 bytes less available than in reality.
But we can't change old platforms, since it may lead to a different ECC
strength, so, introduce a legacy flag for old platforms, and switch the
new platforms to the correct count.
Signed-off-by: Richard Genoud <richard.genoud@bootlin.com>
---
drivers/mtd/nand/raw/sunxi_nand.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/sunxi_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/sunxi_nand.c
index 8af449e548d4..d126dc18ef27 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/sunxi_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/sunxi_nand.c
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ static inline struct sunxi_nand_chip *to_sunxi_nand(struct nand_chip *nand)
* @has_ecc_block_512: If the ECC can handle 512B or only 1024B chuncks
* @has_ecc_clk: If the controller needs an ECC clock.
* @has_mbus_clk: If the controller needs a mbus clock.
+ * @legacy_max_strength:If the maximize strength function was off by 2 bytes
+ * NB: this should not be used in new controllers
* @reg_io_data: I/O data register
* @reg_ecc_err_cnt: ECC error counter register
* @reg_user_data: User data register
@@ -304,6 +306,7 @@ struct sunxi_nfc_caps {
bool has_ecc_block_512;
bool has_ecc_clk;
bool has_mbus_clk;
+ bool legacy_max_strength;
unsigned int reg_io_data;
unsigned int reg_ecc_err_cnt;
unsigned int reg_user_data;
@@ -1805,10 +1808,22 @@ static int sunxi_nand_hw_ecc_ctrl_init(struct nand_chip *nand,
ecc->size = 1024;
nsectors = mtd->writesize / ecc->size;
- /* Reserve 2 bytes for the BBM */
- bytes = (mtd->oobsize - 2) / nsectors;
+ /*
+ * The 2 BBM bytes should not be removed from the grand total,
+ * because they are part of the USER_DATA_SZ.
+ * But we can't modify that for older platform since it may
+ * result in a stronger ECC at the end, and break the
+ * compatibility.
+ */
+ if (nfc->caps->legacy_max_strength)
+ bytes = (mtd->oobsize - 2) / nsectors;
+ else
+ bytes = mtd->oobsize / nsectors;
- /* 4 non-ECC bytes are added before each ECC bytes section */
+ /*
+ * USER_DATA_SZ non-ECC bytes are added before each ECC bytes
+ * section, they contain the 2 BBM bytes
+ */
bytes -= USER_DATA_SZ;
/* and bytes has to be even. */
@@ -2373,6 +2388,7 @@ static const u8 sunxi_user_data_len_h6[] = {
static const struct sunxi_nfc_caps sunxi_nfc_a10_caps = {
.has_ecc_block_512 = true,
+ .legacy_max_strength = true,
.reg_io_data = NFC_REG_A10_IO_DATA,
.reg_ecc_err_cnt = NFC_REG_A10_ECC_ERR_CNT,
.reg_user_data = NFC_REG_A10_USER_DATA,
@@ -2394,6 +2410,7 @@ static const struct sunxi_nfc_caps sunxi_nfc_a10_caps = {
static const struct sunxi_nfc_caps sunxi_nfc_a23_caps = {
.has_mdma = true,
.has_ecc_block_512 = true,
+ .legacy_max_strength = true,
.reg_io_data = NFC_REG_A23_IO_DATA,
.reg_ecc_err_cnt = NFC_REG_A10_ECC_ERR_CNT,
.reg_user_data = NFC_REG_A10_USER_DATA,
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-17 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-17 14:24 [PATCH v3 0/9] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: Fixes user data length for H6 Richard Genoud
2026-03-17 14:24 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: sunxi_nand_ooblayout_free code clarification Richard Genoud
2026-03-18 7:15 ` Richard GENOUD
2026-03-17 14:24 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: fix sunxi_nfc_hw_ecc_read_extra_oob Richard Genoud
2026-03-17 14:24 ` Richard Genoud [this message]
2026-03-17 14:24 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: replace hard coded value by a define - take2 Richard Genoud
2026-03-17 14:24 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: make the code more self-explanatory Richard Genoud
2026-03-17 14:24 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: remove dead code Richard Genoud
2026-03-17 14:34 ` Miquel Raynal
2026-03-17 14:24 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: change error prone variable name Richard Genoud
2026-03-17 14:24 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: fix typos in comments Richard Genoud
2026-03-17 14:24 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: introduce maximize variable user data length Richard Genoud
2026-03-25 14:29 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] mtd: rawnand: sunxi: Fixes user data length for H6 Miquel Raynal
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