From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.nokia.com ([192.100.122.230] helo=mgw-mx03.nokia.com) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.69 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1N7sHn-0005jr-B6 for linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:05:40 +0000 Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd-nand: davinci: Correct 4-bit error correction From: Artem Bityutskiy To: Sudhakar Rajashekhara In-Reply-To: <1257244270-2433-1-git-send-email-sudhakar.raj@ti.com> References: <1257244270-2433-1-git-send-email-sudhakar.raj@ti.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:05:02 +0200 Message-Id: <1257865502.21596.773.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: nsnehaprabha@ti.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, davinci-linux-open-source@linux.davincidsp.com, LKML Reply-To: dedekind1@gmail.com List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 16:01 +0530, Sudhakar Rajashekhara wrote: > On TI's DA830/OMAP-L137, DA850/OMAP-L138 and DM365, after > setting the 4BITECC_ADD_CALC_START bit in the NAND Flash > control register to 1 and before waiting for the NAND Flash > status register to be equal to 1, 2 or 3, we have to wait > till the ECC HW goes to correction state. Without this wait, > ECC correction calculations will not be proper. > > This has been tested on DA830/OMAP-L137, DA850/OMAP-L138, > DM355 and DM365 EVMs. > > Signed-off-by: Sudhakar Rajashekhara > Acked-by: Sneha Narnakaje > --- > drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c > index fe3eba8..8a32999 100644 > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c > @@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ static int nand_davinci_correct_4bit(struct mtd_info *mtd, > unsigned short ecc10[8]; > unsigned short *ecc16; > u32 syndrome[4]; > + u32 ecc_state; > unsigned num_errors, corrected; > > /* All bytes 0xff? It's an erased page; ignore its ECC. */ > @@ -360,6 +361,21 @@ compare: > */ > davinci_nand_writel(info, NANDFCR_OFFSET, > davinci_nand_readl(info, NANDFCR_OFFSET) | BIT(13)); > + > + /* > + * ECC_STATE field reads 0x3 (Error correction complete) immediately > + * after setting the 4BITECC_ADD_CALC_START bit. So if you immediately > + * begin trying to poll for the state, you may fall right out of your > + * loop without any of the correction calculations having taken place. > + * The recommendation from the hardware team is to wait till ECC_STATE > + * reads less than 4, which means ECC HW has entered correction state. > + */ > + do { > + ecc_state = (davinci_nand_readl(info, > + NANDFSR_OFFSET) >> 8) & 0x0f; > + cpu_relax(); > + } while (ecc_state < 4); > + > for (;;) { > u32 fsr = davinci_nand_readl(info, NANDFSR_OFFSET); I see a lot of constructs like this in many mtd drivers. I wonder, what happens if ecc_state never becomes < 4? Should there be some protection against this, e.g., exit the loop with an error message if we are looping for more than 1 or several seconds? What is the "official" / "right" way for this kind of loops? -- Best Regards, Artem Bityutskiy (Артём Битюцкий)