[PATCH 2/2] mtd: nand_bbt: Skip bad blocks when searching for the BBT in NAND

[Stefan Riedmüller]

Hi Sascha,

just wanted to let you know that the kernel patch has been accepted and is
included in the pull request for 5.13.

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mtd/linux.git/log/?h=nand/for-5.13

Regards,
Stefan

On Mon, 2021-03-29 at 07:20 +0000, Stefan Riedmüller wrote:
> Hi Sascha,
> 
> here is the link to the kernel patch.
> Sorry, I forgot to put you in cc.
> 
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-mtd/patch/20210325102337.481172-1-s.riedmueller@phytec.de/
> 
> Stefan
> 
> On Mon, 2021-03-22 at 06:59 +0100, sha at pengutronix.de wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 05:14:05PM +0000, Stefan Riedmüller wrote:
> > > Hi Sascha,
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 2021-03-17 at 10:41 +0100, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > > > Hi Stefan,
> > > > 
> > > > On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 01:36:26PM +0100, Stefan Riedmueller wrote:
> > > > > The blocks containing the bad block table can become bad as well. So
> > > > > make sure to skip any blocks that are marked bad when searching for
> > > > > the
> > > > > bad block table.
> > > > 
> > > > The file is a more or less direct copy from the kernel. Does the
> > > > problem
> > > > exist in the kernel as well?
> > > 
> > > From my point of view I would say yes. I have just made a small test
> > > Issue
> > > is
> > > shown in the kernel as well. It is a very raw case where two BBT blocks
> > > need
> > > to be worn out but on the other hand this fix should not have that much
> > > of
> > > an
> > > impact.
> > > 
> > > I will send a similar patch to the kernel.
> > 
> > I'd like to delay this one until it is accepted in the kernel. I do not
> > fully understand the consequences of this patch, but hopefully on the
> > mtd list there is someone.
> > 
> > Sascha
> > 
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