[PATCH v2] mtd: nand: omap: fix BCHx ecc.correct to return detected bit-flips in erased-page

[Gupta, Pekon]

Hi Brian,

>From: Brian Norris [mailto:computersforpeace at gmail.com]
>
>On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 12:28:19PM +0530, Pekon Gupta wrote:
>> fixes: commit 62116e5171e00f85a8d53f76e45b84423c89ff34
>>        mtd: nand: omap2: Support for hardware BCH error correction.
>>
>> In omap_elm_correct_data(), if bitflip_count in an erased-page is within the
>> correctable limit (< ecc.strength), then it is not indicated back to the caller
>> ecc->read_page().
>> This mis-guides upper layers like MTD and UBIFS layer to assume erased-page as
>> perfectly clean and use it for writing even if actual bitflip_count was
>> dangerously high (bitflip_count > mtd->bitflip_threshold).
>>
>> This patch fixes this above issue, by returning 'stats' to caller
>> ecc->read_page() under all scenarios.
>>
>> Reported-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Pekon Gupta <pekon at ti.com>
>
>Pushed to l2-mtd.git. Thanks!
>

Just forgot to ask, Is this patch candidate for stable? 

This one fixes the long standing issue of returning bit-flip count of an
erased-page to upper layers. So that upper layers take correct decision.


with regards, pekon