[PATCH] mtd: nand: samsung: Disable subpage writes on E-die NAND
Boris Brezillon
boris.brezillon at free-electrons.com
Tue Jan 9 05:07:17 PST 2018
On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 12:19:13 +0100
Ladislav Michl <ladis at linux-mips.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 11:06:30AM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 10:58:03 +0100
> > Ladislav Michl <ladis at linux-mips.org> wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 10:27:04AM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 10:08:45 +0100
> > > > Ladislav Michl <ladis at linux-mips.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 09:46:21AM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > > > > On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 00:48:37 +0100
> > > > > > Ladislav Michl <ladis at linux-mips.org> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Samsung E-die SLC NAND manufactured using 21nm process supports only
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I would add the chip name here (K9F1G08U0E).
> > > > >
> > > > > Ok.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > 1 partial program cycle, so disable subpage writes for it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Which means it does not support partial page programming, so how about
> > > > > > rewording it like that:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Samsung E-die SLC NAND manufactured using 21nm process (K9F1G08U0E)
> > > > > > does not support partial page programming, so disable subpage writes
> > > > > > for it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Yes, will post v2 eventually, but see bellow.
> > > > >
> > > > > > > Manufacturing process is stored in lowest two bits of 5th ID byte.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ladislav Michl <ladis at linux-mips.org>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > Note: Patch generated and tested against next-20180108 on at91sam9g20
> > > > > > > board with K9F1G08U0E.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just out of curiosity, what are the symptoms when you don't have this
> > > > > > flag set?
> > > > >
> > > > > Device is identified as:
> > > > > nand: device found, Manufacturer ID: 0xec, Chip ID: 0xf1
> > > > > nand: Samsung NAND 128MiB 3,3V 8-bit
> > > > > nand: 128 MiB, SLC, erase size: 128 KiB, page size: 2048, OOB size: 64
> > > > >
> > > > > Short test:
> > > > > # flash_erase /dev/mtd4 0 0
> > > > > Erasing 128 Kibyte @ 7f60000 -- 99 % complete flash_erase: Skipping bad block at 07f80000
> > > > > flash_erase: Skipping bad block at 07fa0000
> > > > > flash_erase: Skipping bad block at 07fc0000
> > > > > flash_erase: Skipping bad block at 07fe0000
> > > > > Erasing 128 Kibyte @ 7fe0000 -- 100 % complete
> > > > > # ubiformat /dev/mtd4
> > > > > ubiformat: mtd4 (nand), size 134217728 bytes (128.0 MiB), 1024 eraseblocks of 131072 bytes (128.0 KiB), min. I/O size 2048 bytes
> > > > > libscan: scanning eraseblock 1023 -- 100 % complete
> > > > > ubiformat: 1020 eraseblocks are supposedly empty
> > > > > ubiformat: 4 bad eraseblocks found, numbers: 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023
> > > > > ubiformat: formatting eraseblock 1023 -- 100 % complete
> > > > > # ubiattach -m 4
> > > > > ubi0: default fastmap pool size: 50
> > > > > ubi0: default fastmap WL pool size: 25
> > > > > ubi0: attaching mtd4
> > > > > ubi0: scanning is finished
> > > > > ubi0: attached mtd4 (name "atmel_nand", size 128 MiB)
> > > > > ubi0: PEB size: 131072 bytes (128 KiB), LEB size: 126976 bytes
> > > > > ubi0: min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048/2048, sub-page size 2048
> > > > > ubi0: VID header offset: 2048 (aligned 2048), data offset: 4096
> > > > > ubi0: good PEBs: 1020, bad PEBs: 4, corrupted PEBs: 0
> > > > > ubi0: user volume: 0, internal volumes: 1, max. volumes count: 128
> > > > > ubi0: max/mean erase counter: 0/0, WL threshold: 4096, image sequence number: 1387212117
> > > > > ubi0: available PEBs: 998, total reserved PEBs: 22, PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling: 16
> > > > > ubi0: background thread "ubi_bgt0d" started, PID 716
> > > > > UBI device number 0, total 1020 LEBs (129515520 bytes, 123.5 MiB), available 998 LEBs (126722048 bytes, 120.9 MiB), LEB size 126976 bytes (124.0 KiB)
> > > > > # ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -s 4MiB -N kernel -t static
> > > > > Volume ID 0, size 34 LEBs (4317184 bytes, 4.1 MiB), LEB size 126976 bytes (124.0 KiB), static, name "kernel", alignment 1
> > > > > # ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_0 linuximage
> > > > > __nand_correct_data: uncorrectable ECC error
> > > > > ubi0 warning: ubi_io_read: error -74 (ECC error) while reading 64 bytes from PEB 309:512, read only 64 bytes, retry
> > > > > __nand_correct_data: uncorrectable ECC error
> > > > > ubi0 warning: ubi_io_read: error -74 (ECC error) while reading 64 bytes from PEB 309:512, read only 64 bytes, retry
> > > > > __nand_correct_data: uncorrectable ECC error
> > > > > ubi0 warning: ubi_io_read: error -74 (ECC error) while reading 64 bytes from PEB 309:512, read only 64 bytes, retry
> > > > > __nand_correct_data: uncorrectable ECC error
> > > > > ubi0 error: ubi_io_read: error -74 (ECC error) while reading 64 bytes from PEB 309:512, read 64 bytes
> > > > > CPU: 0 PID: 720 Comm: ubiupdatevol Not tainted 4.14.4 #7
> > > > > Hardware name: Atmel AT91SAM9
> > > > > [<c010796c>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c01053e0>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
> > > > > [<c01053e0>] (show_stack) from [<c0337fac>] (ubi_io_read+0x1d8/0x2ac)
> > > > > [<c0337fac>] (ubi_io_read) from [<c03384c4>] (ubi_io_read_vid_hdr+0x70/0x214)
> > > > > [<c03384c4>] (ubi_io_read_vid_hdr) from [<c0335b44>] (ubi_eba_read_leb+0x154/0x414)
> > > > > [<c0335b44>] (ubi_eba_read_leb) from [<c033e5b8>] (ubi_check_volume+0x7c/0xb8)
> > > > > [<c033e5b8>] (ubi_check_volume) from [<c0334180>] (vol_cdev_write+0x254/0x364)
> > > > > [<c0334180>] (vol_cdev_write) from [<c01a617c>] (__vfs_write+0x20/0x128)
> > > > > [<c01a617c>] (__vfs_write) from [<c01a6420>] (vfs_write+0xb4/0x13c)
> > > > > [<c01a6420>] (vfs_write) from [<c01a65b8>] (SyS_write+0x40/0x74)
> > > > > [<c01a65b8>] (SyS_write) from [<c0102480>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x44)
> > > > > ubi0 warning: ubi_eba_read_leb: corrupted VID header at PEB 309, LEB 0:0
> > > > > ubi0 warning: vol_cdev_write: volume 0 on UBI device 0 is corrupted
> > > > >
> > > > > There's another patchset to deal with this issue:
> > > > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.drivers.mtd/54167
> > > >
> > > > Are you sure it fixes your problem??? Did you try it?
> > >
> > > Just forward ported them to -next yesterday. Will give it a try for sure.
>
> Assuming I forward ported patches correctly they does _not_ solve my problem,
> as you expected :)
>
> > > > > And it brings a problem to us as those patches are mutually exclusive.
> > > > > Once no subpage write patch is applied UBI's VID header offset changes to 2048
> > > > > from 512, so on flash filesystem is no longer readable if we wish to give
> > > > > optimize subpage writes a chance later.
> > > >
> > > > If your NAND does not support subpage writes, you have to expose a
> > > > min_io_size of a page not a subpage. AFAICT, the patchset you're
> > > > referring to won't fix your problem.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I do want to introduce any hard to overcome incompatibility, so isn't Pekon's
> > > > > patch worth considering again?
> > > >
> > > > Incompatibility with what? The datasheet clearly says that the chip
> > > > does not support subpage writes.
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > > drivers/mtd/nand/nand_samsung.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> > > > > > > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_samsung.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_samsung.c
> > > > > > > index f6b0a63a068c..9400b4a84243 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_samsung.c
> > > > > > > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_samsung.c
> > > > > > > @@ -92,10 +92,17 @@ static void samsung_nand_decode_id(struct nand_chip *chip)
> > > > > > > } else {
> > > > > > > nand_decode_ext_id(chip);
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - /* Datasheet values for SLC Samsung K9F4G08U0D-S[I|C]B0(T00) */
> > > > > > > - if (nand_is_slc(chip) && chip->id.data[1] == 0xDC) {
> > > > > > > - chip->ecc_step_ds = 512;
> > > > > > > - chip->ecc_strength_ds = 1;
> > > > > > > + if (nand_is_slc(chip)) {
> > > > > > > + /* K9F4G08U0D-S[I|C]B0(T00) */
> > > > > > > + if (chip->id.data[1] == 0xDC) {
> > > > > > > + chip->ecc_step_ds = 512;
> > > > > > > + chip->ecc_strength_ds = 1;
> > > > > > > + }
> > > > > > > +
> > > > > > > + /* 21nm chips do not support partial page write */
> > > > > > > + if (chip->id.len > 4 &&
> > > > > > > + (chip->id.data[4] & GENMASK(1,0)) == 0x1)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > NAND vendors tend to change their ID decoding scheme a lot, so maybe we
> > > > > > should be more restrictive here: replace "chip->id.len > 4" by
> > > > > > "chip->id.len == 5" and restrict it to chip->id.data[1] == 0xF1.
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, K9F1G08U0E returns chip->id.len = 6, but adding chip->id.data[1]
> > > > > seems to be a good idea.
> > > >
> > > > That's not what the datasheet says :-/. What's the value of
> > > > chip->id.data[5]?
> > >
> > > The result of
> > > printk("id_len %d, id_data4 %x, id_data5 %x\n",
> > > chip->id.len, chip->id.data[4], chip->id.data[5]);
> > > is
> > > id_len 6, id_data4 41, id_data5 ec
> >
> > So id.data[5] == id.data[0], can you print id.data[6] and id.data[7]?
>
> The result of
> printk("id_len %d, id_data4 %x, id_data5 %x, id_data6 %x, id_data7 %x\n",
> chip->id.len, chip->id.data[4], chip->id.data[5], chip->id.data[6], chip->id.data[7]);
> is
> id_len 6, id_data4 41, id_data5 ec, id_data6 ec, id_data7 f1
Okay, this explains why we get a len of 6 instead of 5: the
manufacturer code is repeated twice (data[5] and data[6]).
>
> Based on previous comments patch so far looks like (and unless there are
> objections, I'm temped to replace if (chip->id.data[1] == XX) with
> switch statement):
Yes, sounds good (one extra comment below)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_samsung.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_samsung.c
> index f6b0a63a068c..67ca9978cf27 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_samsung.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_samsung.c
> @@ -92,10 +92,18 @@ static void samsung_nand_decode_id(struct nand_chip *chip)
> } else {
> nand_decode_ext_id(chip);
>
> - /* Datasheet values for SLC Samsung K9F4G08U0D-S[I|C]B0(T00) */
> - if (nand_is_slc(chip) && chip->id.data[1] == 0xDC) {
> - chip->ecc_step_ds = 512;
> - chip->ecc_strength_ds = 1;
> + if (nand_is_slc(chip)) {
> + /* K9F4G08U0D-S[I|C]B0(T00) */
> + if (chip->id.data[1] == 0xDC) {
> + chip->ecc_step_ds = 512;
> + chip->ecc_strength_ds = 1;
> + }
> +
> + /* 21nm chips do not support partial page write */
Please give the chip name in your comment (K9F1G08U0E).
> + if (chip->id.data[1] == 0xF1 &&
> + chip->id.len > 4 &&
> + (chip->id.data[4] & GENMASK(1,0)) == 0x1)
> + chip->options |= NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE;
> }
> }
> }
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