[PATCH] nand_omap_bch_decoder: Fix up error detection
Teresa Gamez
T.Gamez at phytec.de
Wed Dec 21 08:18:38 EST 2011
Am Freitag, den 09.12.2011, 11:00 +0100 schrieb Teresa Gámez:
> From: Steve Schefter <steve at scheftech.com>
>
> Bit errors in the ECC itself are not beeing taken into account.
> In this cases the number of detected errors != number of corrected errors and
> chien search returns an error.
> This patch adds detection of bit errors in the ECC.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steve Schefter <steve at scheftech.com>
> Signed-off-by: Teresa Gámez <t.gamez at phytec.de>
Ping?
Regards
Teresa
> ---
> drivers/mtd/nand/nand_omap_bch_decoder.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_omap_bch_decoder.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_omap_bch_decoder.c
> index 356f71f..d1455e4 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_omap_bch_decoder.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_omap_bch_decoder.c
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ static int chien(unsigned int select_4_8, int err_nums,
> unsigned int err[], unsigned int *location)
> {
> int i, count; /* Number of dectected errors */
> + int errorsinecc; /* Number of detected errors in ECC bits */
> /* Contains accumulation of evaluation at x^i (i:1->8) */
> unsigned int gammas[8] = {0};
> unsigned int alpha;
> @@ -77,7 +78,8 @@ static int chien(unsigned int select_4_8, int err_nums,
> gammas[i] = err[i];
>
> count = 0;
> - for (i = 1; (i <= nn) && (count < err_nums); i++) {
> + errorsinecc = 0;
> + for (i = 1; (i <= nn) && ((count + errorsinecc) < err_nums); i++) {
>
> /* Result of evaluation at root */
> elp_sum = 1 ^ gammas[0] ^ gammas[1] ^
> @@ -108,11 +110,13 @@ static int chien(unsigned int select_4_8, int err_nums,
> if (i >= 2 * ecc_bits)
> location[count++] =
> kk_shorten - (bit - 2 * ecc_bits) - 1;
> + else
> + errorsinecc++;
> }
> }
>
> /* Failure: No. of detected errors != No. or corrected errors */
> - if (count != err_nums) {
> + if ((count + errorsinecc) != err_nums) {
> count = -1;
> printk(KERN_ERR "BCH decoding failed\n");
> }
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