[PATCH] mtdblock: tolerate corrected bit-flips

Richard Weinberger richard at nod.at
Tue Mar 28 06:21:50 PDT 2023


Hi!

----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> libang.linuxer at gmail.com wrote on Thu, 23 Mar 2023 22:03:50 +0800:
> 
>> mtd_read() may return -EUCLEAN in case of corrected bit-flips.This
>> particular condition should not be treated like an error.
> 
> I'm fine with the patch, Richard, are you okay as well?

Hm yes. I see the bug. I think it broke about 10 years ago
by e47f68587b82 ("mtd: check for max_bitflips in mtd_read_oob()").

In the early day I'd expect someone to hit this bug but I guess
on the last 10 years mtdblock had no real users.

Thanks,
//richard



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