[PATCH 1/2] mtd: nand: Add erased page bitflip check helper functions

[Markus Pargmann]

This adds the bitflip check helper functions from the kernel. They are
used to check for bitflips in erased pages and correct them in the
buffer so that UBI can work with it. Unfortunately most nand controllers
do not have ECC for erased pages and don't do this on their own.

Signed-off-by: Markus Pargmann <mpa at pengutronix.de>
---
 drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c | 128 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/mtd/nand.h     |   5 ++
 2 files changed, 133 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index ca48f59de1b1..554d3d2f96d4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -907,6 +907,134 @@ out:
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nand_lock);
 
 /**
+ * nand_check_erased_buf - check if a buffer contains (almost) only 0xff data
+ * @buf: buffer to test
+ * @len: buffer length
+ * @bitflips_threshold: maximum number of bitflips
+ *
+ * Check if a buffer contains only 0xff, which means the underlying region
+ * has been erased and is ready to be programmed.
+ * The bitflips_threshold specify the maximum number of bitflips before
+ * considering the region is not erased.
+ * Note: The logic of this function has been extracted from the memweight
+ * implementation, except that nand_check_erased_buf function exit before
+ * testing the whole buffer if the number of bitflips exceed the
+ * bitflips_threshold value.
+ *
+ * Returns a positive number of bitflips less than or equal to
+ * bitflips_threshold, or -ERROR_CODE for bitflips in excess of the
+ * threshold.
+ */
+static int nand_check_erased_buf(void *buf, int len, int bitflips_threshold)
+{
+	const unsigned char *bitmap = buf;
+	int bitflips = 0;
+	int weight;
+
+	for (; len && ((uintptr_t)bitmap) % sizeof(long);
+	     len--, bitmap++) {
+		weight = hweight8(*bitmap);
+		bitflips += BITS_PER_BYTE - weight;
+		if (unlikely(bitflips > bitflips_threshold))
+			return -EBADMSG;
+	}
+
+	for (; len >= sizeof(long);
+	     len -= sizeof(long), bitmap += sizeof(long)) {
+		weight = hweight_long(*((unsigned long *)bitmap));
+		bitflips += BITS_PER_LONG - weight;
+		if (unlikely(bitflips > bitflips_threshold))
+			return -EBADMSG;
+	}
+
+	for (; len > 0; len--, bitmap++) {
+		weight = hweight8(*bitmap);
+		bitflips += BITS_PER_BYTE - weight;
+		if (unlikely(bitflips > bitflips_threshold))
+			return -EBADMSG;
+	}
+
+	return bitflips;
+}
+
+/**
+ * nand_check_erased_ecc_chunk - check if an ECC chunk contains (almost) only
+ *				 0xff data
+ * @data: data buffer to test
+ * @datalen: data length
+ * @ecc: ECC buffer
+ * @ecclen: ECC length
+ * @extraoob: extra OOB buffer
+ * @extraooblen: extra OOB length
+ * @bitflips_threshold: maximum number of bitflips
+ *
+ * Check if a data buffer and its associated ECC and OOB data contains only
+ * 0xff pattern, which means the underlying region has been erased and is
+ * ready to be programmed.
+ * The bitflips_threshold specify the maximum number of bitflips before
+ * considering the region as not erased.
+ *
+ * Note:
+ * 1/ ECC algorithms are working on pre-defined block sizes which are usually
+ *    different from the NAND page size. When fixing bitflips, ECC engines will
+ *    report the number of errors per chunk, and the NAND core infrastructure
+ *    expect you to return the maximum number of bitflips for the whole page.
+ *    This is why you should always use this function on a single chunk and
+ *    not on the whole page. After checking each chunk you should update your
+ *    max_bitflips value accordingly.
+ * 2/ When checking for bitflips in erased pages you should not only check
+ *    the payload data but also their associated ECC data, because a user might
+ *    have programmed almost all bits to 1 but a few. In this case, we
+ *    shouldn't consider the chunk as erased, and checking ECC bytes prevent
+ *    this case.
+ * 3/ The extraoob argument is optional, and should be used if some of your OOB
+ *    data are protected by the ECC engine.
+ *    It could also be used if you support subpages and want to attach some
+ *    extra OOB data to an ECC chunk.
+ *
+ * Returns a positive number of bitflips less than or equal to
+ * bitflips_threshold, or -ERROR_CODE for bitflips in excess of the
+ * threshold. In case of success, the passed buffers are filled with 0xff.
+ */
+int nand_check_erased_ecc_chunk(void *data, int datalen,
+				void *ecc, int ecclen,
+				void *extraoob, int extraooblen,
+				int bitflips_threshold)
+{
+	int data_bitflips = 0, ecc_bitflips = 0, extraoob_bitflips = 0;
+
+	data_bitflips = nand_check_erased_buf(data, datalen,
+					      bitflips_threshold);
+	if (data_bitflips < 0)
+		return data_bitflips;
+
+	bitflips_threshold -= data_bitflips;
+
+	ecc_bitflips = nand_check_erased_buf(ecc, ecclen, bitflips_threshold);
+	if (ecc_bitflips < 0)
+		return ecc_bitflips;
+
+	bitflips_threshold -= ecc_bitflips;
+
+	extraoob_bitflips = nand_check_erased_buf(extraoob, extraooblen,
+						  bitflips_threshold);
+	if (extraoob_bitflips < 0)
+		return extraoob_bitflips;
+
+	if (data_bitflips)
+		memset(data, 0xff, datalen);
+
+	if (ecc_bitflips)
+		memset(ecc, 0xff, ecclen);
+
+	if (extraoob_bitflips)
+		memset(extraoob, 0xff, extraooblen);
+
+	return data_bitflips + ecc_bitflips + extraoob_bitflips;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nand_check_erased_ecc_chunk);
+
+/**
  * nand_read_page_raw - [INTERN] read raw page data without ecc
  * @mtd: mtd info structure
  * @chip: nand chip info structure
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
index f126cd9fbfbb..83d664e7ee06 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/nand.h
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ extern int nand_lock(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len);
 /* unlocks specified locked blocks */
 extern int nand_unlock(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len);
 
+extern int nand_check_erased_ecc_chunk(void *data, int datalen,
+				       void *ecc, int ecclen,
+				       void *extraoob, int extraooblen,
+				       int bitflips_threshold);
+
 /* The maximum number of NAND chips in an array */
 #define NAND_MAX_CHIPS		8
 
-- 
2.6.2