Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] mtd: rawnand: brcmnand: improve hamming oob layout

Miquel Raynal
2020-05-12T07:41:21Z

Hi Álvaro,

Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com> wrote on Tue, 12 May 2020
09:26:23 +0200:

> Hi Miquèl,
>
> > El 12 may 2020, a las 9:19, Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> escribió:
> >
> > Hi Álvaro,
> >
> > Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com> wrote on Tue, 12 May 2020
> > 09:12:10 +0200:
> >
> >> Hi Miquel,
> >>
> >> I also had a hard time understanding your email.
> >> It was quite misleading.
> >>
> >>> El 12 may 2020, a las 9:08, Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> escribió:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Álvaro,
> >>>
> >>> Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com> wrote on Tue, 12 May 2020
> >>> 08:00:23 +0200:
> >>>
> >>>> The current code generates 8 oob sections:
> >>>> S1 1-5
> >>>> ECC 6-8
> >>>> S2 9-15
> >>>> S3 16-21
> >>>> ECC 22-24
> >>>> S4 25-31
> >>>> S5 32-37
> >>>> ECC 38-40
> >>>> S6 41-47
> >>>> S7 48-53
> >>>> ECC 54-56
> >>>> S8 57-63
> >>>>
> >>>> Change it by merging continuous sections:
> >>>> S1 1-5
> >>>> ECC 6-8
> >>>> S2 9-21
> >>>> ECC 22-24
> >>>> S3 25-37
> >>>> ECC 38-40
> >>>> S4 41-53
> >>>> ECC 54-56
> >>>> S5 57-63
> >>>>
> >>>> Fixes: ef5eeea6e911 ("mtd: nand: brcm: switch to mtd_ooblayout_ops")
> >>>
> >>> Sorry for leading you the wrong way, actually this patch does not
> >>> deserve a Fixes tag.
> >>
> >> Do I need to resend this again?
> >> Looks like no matter what I do it’s always wrong...
> >
> > Please don't give up! It is normal to work back and forth with the
> > community. I need the patch to be clear and bug-free so I ask you to
> > make changes and ask questions, that's how it works. But all your
> > patches are enhancing this driver so please keep posting!
> >
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> v3: invert patch order
> >>>> v2: keep original comment and fix correctly skip byte 6 for small-page nand
> >>>>
> >>>> drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c | 37 ++++++++++++------------
> >>>> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
> >>>> index 1c1070111ebc..0a1d76fde37b 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
> >>>> @@ -1100,33 +1100,32 @@ static int brcmnand_hamming_ooblayout_free(struct mtd_info *mtd, int section,
> >>>> struct brcmnand_cfg *cfg = &host->hwcfg;
> >>>> int sas = cfg->spare_area_size << cfg->sector_size_1k;
> >>>> int sectors = cfg->page_size / (512 << cfg->sector_size_1k);
> >>>> + u32 next;
> >>>>
> >>>> - if (section >= sectors * 2)
> >>>> + if (section > sectors)
> >>>> return -ERANGE;
> >>>>
> >>>> - oobregion->offset = (section / 2) * sas;
> >>>> + next = (section * sas);
> >>>> + if (section < sectors)
> >>>> + next += 6;
> >>>>
> >>>> - if (section & 1) {
> >>>> - oobregion->offset += 9;
> >>>> - oobregion->length = 7;
> >>>> + if (section) {
> >>>> + oobregion->offset = ((section - 1) * sas) + 9;
> >>>> } else {
> >>>> - oobregion->length = 6;
> >>>> -
> >>>> - /* First sector of each page may have BBI */
> >>>> - if (!section) {
> >>>> - /*
> >>>> - * Small-page NAND use byte 6 for BBI while large-page
> >>>> - * NAND use bytes 0 and 1.
> >>>> - */
> >>>> - if (cfg->page_size > 512) {
> >>>> - oobregion->offset += 2;
> >>>> - oobregion->length -= 2;
> >>>> - } else {
> >>>> - oobregion->length--;
> >>>> - }
> >>>> + /*
> >>>> + * Small-page NAND use byte 6 for BBI while large-page
> >>>> + * NAND use bytes 0 and 1.
> >>>> + */
> >>>> + if (cfg->page_size > 512) {
> >>>> + oobregion->offset = 2;
> >>>> + } else {
> >>>> + oobregion->offset = 0;
> >>>> + next--;
> >>>
> >>> This next-- seems very strange, can you explain?
> >>
> >> In this case next will be 6 (which is the first ECC byte).
> >> However, for small page NANDs byte 5 is reserved for BBT, so we want next to be 5 only in this case.
> >
> > That's clear, please add a comment there then.
>
> Isn’t “Small-page NAND use byte 6 for BBI while large-page NAND use bytes 0 and 1.” enough?
> Do we really need a specific comment before next--?

Given the time it took me to understand these lines, I'd say : "no" :)

Just give more information in your main comment, explaining than in one
case the reserved bytes are at the beginning (enlarging the offset)
while in the other case it is at the end, so reducing the section.

>
> >
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> }
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> + oobregion->length = next - oobregion->offset;
> >>>> +
> >>>> return 0;
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Miquèl
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Álvaro.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Miquèl
>
> Regards,
> Álvaro.
>

Thanks,
Miquèl