Commit 67a9ad9b authored by Ezequiel Garcia's avatar Ezequiel Garcia Committed by Brian Norris

mtd: nand: Warn the user if the selected ECC strength is too weak

This commit makes use of the chip->ecc_strength_ds and chip->ecc_step_ds which
contain the datasheet minimum requested ECC strength to produce a noisy warning
if the configured ECC strength is weaker.
Signed-off-by: default avatarEzequiel Garcia <ezequiel.garcia@free-electrons.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarBrian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
parent edf02fb2
......@@ -3794,6 +3794,39 @@ int nand_scan_ident(struct mtd_info *mtd, int maxchips,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(nand_scan_ident);
/*
* Check if the chip configuration meet the datasheet requirements.
* If our configuration corrects A bits per B bytes and the minimum
* required correction level is X bits per Y bytes, then we must ensure
* both of the following are true:
*
* (1) A / B >= X / Y
* (2) A >= X
*
* Requirement (1) ensures we can correct for the required bitflip density.
* Requirement (2) ensures we can correct even when all bitflips are clumped
* in the same sector.
*/
static bool nand_ecc_strength_good(struct mtd_info *mtd)
{
struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
struct nand_ecc_ctrl *ecc = &chip->ecc;
int corr, ds_corr;
if (ecc->size == 0 || chip->ecc_step_ds == 0)
/* Not enough information */
return true;
/*
* We get the number of corrected bits per page to compare
* the correction density.
*/
corr = (mtd->writesize * ecc->strength) / ecc->size;
ds_corr = (mtd->writesize * chip->ecc_strength_ds) / chip->ecc_step_ds;
return corr >= ds_corr && ecc->strength >= chip->ecc_strength_ds;
}
/**
* nand_scan_tail - [NAND Interface] Scan for the NAND device
......@@ -4014,6 +4047,9 @@ int nand_scan_tail(struct mtd_info *mtd)
ecc->layout->oobavail += ecc->layout->oobfree[i].length;
mtd->oobavail = ecc->layout->oobavail;
/* ECC sanity check: warn noisily if it's too weak */
WARN_ON(!nand_ecc_strength_good(mtd));
/*
* Set the number of read / write steps for one page depending on ECC
* mode.
......
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