[PATCH] mtd: gpmi: Always report ECC stats and return max_bitflips

Zach Sadecki zsadecki at itwatchdogs.com
Mon Dec 3 14:48:08 EST 2012


Always report corrected and failed ECC stats back up to the MTD layer.  Also
return max_bitflips from read_page() as is expected from NAND drivers now.

Signed-off-by: Zach Sadecki <zsadecki at itwatchdogs.com>
---
   drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c |   27 ++++++++-------------------
   1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
index d79696b..fe10c53 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.c
@@ -914,8 +914,7 @@ static int gpmi_ecc_read_page(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
   	dma_addr_t    auxiliary_phys;
   	unsigned int  i;
   	unsigned char *status;
-	unsigned int  failed;
-	unsigned int  corrected;
+	unsigned int  max_bitflips = 0;
   	int           ret;
   
   	pr_debug("page number is : %d\n", page);
@@ -939,35 +938,25 @@ static int gpmi_ecc_read_page(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
   			payload_virt, payload_phys);
   	if (ret) {
   		pr_err("Error in ECC-based read: %d\n", ret);
-		goto exit_nfc;
+		return ret;
   	}
   
   	/* handle the block mark swapping */
   	block_mark_swapping(this, payload_virt, auxiliary_virt);
   
   	/* Loop over status bytes, accumulating ECC status. */
-	failed		= 0;
-	corrected	= 0;
-	status		= auxiliary_virt + nfc_geo->auxiliary_status_offset;
+	status = auxiliary_virt + nfc_geo->auxiliary_status_offset;
   
   	for (i = 0; i < nfc_geo->ecc_chunk_count; i++, status++) {
   		if ((*status == STATUS_GOOD) || (*status == STATUS_ERASED))
   			continue;
   
   		if (*status == STATUS_UNCORRECTABLE) {
-			failed++;
+			mtd->ecc_stats.failed++;
   			continue;
   		}
-		corrected += *status;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Propagate ECC status to the owning MTD only when failed or
-	 * corrected times nearly reaches our ECC correction threshold.
-	 */
-	if (failed || corrected >= (nfc_geo->ecc_strength - 1)) {
-		mtd->ecc_stats.failed    += failed;
-		mtd->ecc_stats.corrected += corrected;
+		mtd->ecc_stats.corrected += *status;
+		max_bitflips = max_t(unsigned int, max_bitflips, *status);
   	}
   
   	if (oob_required) {
@@ -989,8 +978,8 @@ static int gpmi_ecc_read_page(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
   			this->payload_virt, this->payload_phys,
   			nfc_geo->payload_size,
   			payload_virt, payload_phys);
-exit_nfc:
-	return ret;
+
+	return max_bitflips;
   }
   
   static int gpmi_ecc_write_page(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
-- 
1.7.9.5




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