[RFC] UBI: MLC Support v0

[Boris Brezillon]

On Mon, 30 May 2016 14:04:21 +0200
Richard Weinberger <richard at nod.at> wrote:

> as announced in [1] I'd like to submit the very first patch series to
> have MLC support in UBI (and therefore also UBIFS).
> The code has not changed much since the announcement but now the patches
> are in a more reviewable shape. Still not mainline ready but better.
> I'm sending this now as I'm on vacation until June 15th and hope that
> we get some reviews on the concept.
> The series consists of three parts:
> 	a) Generic UBI rework to make the MLC implementation possible.
> 	b) SLC emulation mode to access only lower pages on MLC NAND.
> 	c) LEB consolidation to exploit MLC NAND's higher pages.
> 
> [1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-mtd/2016-April/067322.html

Artem, I know you're quite busy, but that would be great to have your
feedback. Not asking for a detailed review, but at least some comments
on the general approach.

Bean, I'd like to have your feedback too. You proposed a solution to
address the same problem a while ago, and your feedback on this
solution would be valuable.

Thanks,

Boris

> 
> Thanks,
> //richard
> 
> ---
> 
> David Gstir (1):
>       ubi: Add debugfs knob to force LEB consolidation
> 
> Richard Weinberger (12):
>       ubi: Undo "UBI: modify ubi_wl_flush function to clear work queue for a lnum"
>       ubi: Rework UBI worker
>       ubi: auto re-size after UBI thread is ready
>       ubi: Kill ubi->alc_mutex
>       ubi: Get rid of __schedule_ubi_work()
>       ubi: Remove tst_disable_bgt debugfs knob
>       ubi: Move work related functions to work.c
>       ubi: Remove lnum and vol_id from erase work
>       ubi: Remove usless debug info from wear_leveling_worker()
>       ubi: SLC mode
>       ubi: LEB consolidation
>       ubi: Add debugfs knob to trigger LEB consolidation
> 
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig       |   4 +
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/Makefile      |   3 +-
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/attach.c      | 407 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c       |  41 ++--
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/cdev.c        |  14 +-
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/consolidate.c | 516 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.c       |  49 ++--
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.h       |  19 +-
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c         | 429 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap-wl.c  |  33 ++-
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/fastmap.c     | 265 ++++++++++++++-------
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c          | 426 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/kapi.c        |  43 +---
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi-media.h   |  18 +-
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h         | 221 ++++++++++++++----
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/upd.c         |   7 +-
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c         | 106 +++++----
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c        |  87 ++++---
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c          | 531 +++++++++++++++---------------------------
>  drivers/mtd/ubi/work.c        | 332 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/mtd/ubi.h       |   1 -
>  21 files changed, 2554 insertions(+), 998 deletions(-)
> 
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