[PATCH 2/5] ubi: Limit amount of reserved eraseblocks for bad PEB handling

[Shmulik Ladkani]

On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 12:15:17 +0200 Richard Genoud <richard.genoud at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/7/4 Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladkani at gmail.com>:
> > +       /*
> > +        * Calculate the actual number of PEBs currently needed to be reserved
> > +        * for future bad eraseblock handling.
> > +        */
> > +       ubi->beb_rsvd_level = ubi->bad_peb_limit - ubi->bad_peb_count;
> > +       if (ubi->beb_rsvd_level < 0) {
> > +               ubi->beb_rsvd_level = 0;
> > +               ubi_warn("number of bad PEBs (%d) is above the expected limit "
> > +                        "(%d), not reserving any PEBs for bad PEB handling, "
> > +                        "will use available PEBs (if any)",
> > +                        ubi->bad_peb_count, ubi->bad_peb_limit);
> > +       }
> >  }
> is it ok for beb_rsvd_level to be in the range [0..x[ instead of [2..x[ ?

Yes, it is ok in my new scheme.
It is even mandatory, otherwise more and more PEBs will attempt to be
reserved for future bad PEB handling (as 'beb_rsvd_pebs' always wishes
to reach 'beb_rsvd_level') even if passed the limit - this is exactly
what I'd like to fix.

Regards
Shmulik