nand: Use common read function instead of verify_buf()
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PATCH 1/5 nand: Use common read function instead of verify_buf()
The driver-specific verify_buf() function can be replaced with the standard read_page_raw() function to verify writes. This will allow verify_buf() to be removed from individual drivers. verify_buf() is no longer supported in mainline Linux, so it is a pain to continue supporting.
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drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c +11 -1
@@ -2394,6 +2394,7 @@ static int nand_write_page(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip, int oob_required, int page, int cached, int raw) { int status, subpage; +__maybe_unused uint8_t *vfy_buf;if (!(chip->options &NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE ) && chip->ecc.write_subpage)
@@ -2443,10 +2444,19 @@ static int nand_write_page(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,#ifdef __UBOOT__#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) + vfy_buf =malloc (mtd->writesize); +if (!vfy_buf) +return -ENOMEM ; +/* Send command to read back the data */ chip->cmdfunc (mtd,NAND_CMD_READ0 ,0 , page); + chip->ecc.read_page_raw (mtd, chip, vfy_buf, oob_required, page); + + status =memcmp (buf, vfy_buf, mtd->writesize); -if (chip->verify_buf (mtd, buf, mtd->writesize)) +free (vfy_buf); + +if (status)return -EIO ;/* Make sure the next page prog is preceded by a status read */
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PATCH 2/5 mtd: davinci_nand: Use common read function instead of verify_buf()
The driver-specific verify_buf() function can be replaced with the standard read_page_raw() function to verify writes. This will allow verify_buf() to be removed. verify_buf() is no longer supported in mainline Linux, so it is a pain to continue supporting.
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I don't have davinci hardware to test on, but the change should mirror the nand_base.c change.
drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c | 17 +++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c +13 -4
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ static int nand_davinci_write_page(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,int status;int ret =0 ;struct nand_ecclayout *saved_ecc_layout; +__maybe_unused uint8_t *vfy_buf;/* save current ECC layout and assign Keystone RBL ECC layout */ if (page <CONFIG_KEYSTONE_NAND_MAX_RBL_PAGE ) {
@@ -406,16 +407,24 @@ static int nand_davinci_write_page(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip, }#ifdef CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE + vfy_buf =malloc (mtd->writesize); +if (!vfy_buf) { + ret = -ENOMEM ; + goto err; + } +/* Send command to read back the data */ chip->cmdfunc (mtd,NAND_CMD_READ0 ,0 , page); + chip->ecc.read_page_raw (mtd, chip, vfy_buf, oob_required, page); -if (chip->verify_buf (mtd, buf, mtd->writesize)) { +if (memcmp (buf, vfy_buf, mtd->writesize)) ret = -EIO ; - goto err; - } + +free (vfy_buf);/* Make sure the next page prog is preceded by a status read */ - chip->cmdfunc (mtd,NAND_CMD_STATUS ,-1 ,-1 ); +if (!ret) + chip->cmdfunc (mtd,NAND_CMD_STATUS ,-1 ,-1 );#endif err:/* restore ECC layout */
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1.9.1
PATCH 3/5 mtd: nand: Remove nand_verify_buf() function
In reply to Peter TyserThe nand_verify_buf() function is no longer used, so remove it. This function has been removed in mainline Linux for a long time, so it brings U-Boot's NAND implementation a bit closer to its source.
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board/prodrive/alpr/nand.c | 16 ------------- board/socrates/nand.c | 25 -------------------- drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c | 38 ------------------------------ drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_nand.c | 38 ------------------------------ drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_upm.c | 19 +-------------- drivers/mtd/nand/mpc5121_nfc.c | 26 -------------------- drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c | 33 -------------------------- drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c | 51 ---------------------------------------- drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c | 20 +--------------- include/linux/mtd/nand.h | 5 ---- 10 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 269 deletions(-)
board/prodrive/alpr/nand.c +0 -16
@@ -93,19 +93,6 @@ static void alpr_nand_read_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *buf, int len) } } -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) -static int alpr_nand_verify_buf (struct mtd_info *mtd,const u_char *buf,int len) -{ -int i; - -for (i =0 ; i < len; i++) -if (buf[i] !=readb (&(alpr_ndfc->data))) -return i; - -return 0 ; -} -#endif -static int alpr_nand_dev_ready (struct mtd_info *mtd) {/*
@@ -130,9 +117,6 @@ int board_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand) nand->read_byte = alpr_nand_read_byte; nand->write_buf = alpr_nand_write_buf; nand->read_buf = alpr_nand_read_buf; -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) - nand->verify_buf = alpr_nand_verify_buf; -#endif nand->dev_ready = alpr_nand_dev_ready;return 0 ;
board/socrates/nand.c +0 -25
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ static void sc_nand_write_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd, const u_char *buf, int len);static u_char sc_nand_read_byte (struct mtd_info *mtd);static u16 sc_nand_read_word (struct mtd_info *mtd);static void sc_nand_read_buf (struct mtd_info *mtd,u_char *buf,int len); -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) -static int sc_nand_verify_buf (struct mtd_info *mtd,const u_char *buf,int len); -#endif static int sc_nand_device_ready (struct mtd_info *mtdinfo);#define FPGA_NAND_CMD_MASK (0x7 << 28)
@@ -102,25 +99,6 @@ static void sc_nand_read_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *buf, int len) } } -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) -/** -* sc_nand_verify_buf - Verify chip data against buffer -* @mtd: MTD device structure -* @buf: buffer containing the data to compare -* @len: number of bytes to compare -*/ -static int sc_nand_verify_buf (struct mtd_info *mtd,const u_char *buf,int len) -{ -int i; - -for (i =0 ; i < len; i++) { -if (buf[i] !=sc_nand_read_byte (mtd)); -return -EFAULT ; - } -return 0 ; -} -#endif -/** * sc_nand_device_ready - Check the NAND device is ready for next command. * @mtd: MTD device structure
@@ -178,9 +156,6 @@ int board_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand) nand->read_word = sc_nand_read_word; nand->write_buf = sc_nand_write_buf; nand->read_buf = sc_nand_read_buf; -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) - nand->verify_buf = sc_nand_verify_buf; -#endif return 0 ; }
drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_elbc_nand.c +0 -38
@@ -561,41 +561,6 @@ static void fsl_elbc_read_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd, u8 *buf, int len) len, avail); } -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) -/* -* Verify buffer against the FCM Controller Data Buffer -*/ -static int fsl_elbc_verify_buf (struct mtd_info *mtd, -const u_char *buf,int len) -{ -struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv; -struct fsl_elbc_mtd *priv = chip->priv; -struct fsl_elbc_ctrl *ctrl = priv->ctrl; -int i; - -if (len <0 ) { -printf ("write_buf of %d bytes" , len); -return -EINVAL ; - } - -if ((unsigned int )len > ctrl->read_bytes - ctrl->index) { -printf ("verify_buf beyond end of buffer " -"(%d requested, %u available)\n" , - len, ctrl->read_bytes - ctrl->index); - - ctrl->index = ctrl->read_bytes; -return -EINVAL ; - } - -for (i =0 ; i < len; i++) -if (in_8 (&ctrl->addr[ctrl->index + i]) != buf[i]) -break ; - - ctrl->index += len; -return i == len && ctrl->status ==LTESR_CC ?0 : -EIO ; -} -#endif -/* This function is called after Program and Erase Operations to * check for success or failure. */
@@ -727,9 +692,6 @@ static int fsl_elbc_chip_init(int devnum, u8 *addr) nand->read_byte = fsl_elbc_read_byte; nand->write_buf = fsl_elbc_write_buf; nand->read_buf = fsl_elbc_read_buf; -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) - nand->verify_buf = fsl_elbc_verify_buf; -#endif nand->select_chip = fsl_elbc_select_chip; nand->cmdfunc = fsl_elbc_cmdfunc; nand->waitfunc = fsl_elbc_wait;
drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_ifc_nand.c +0 -38
@@ -683,41 +683,6 @@ static void fsl_ifc_read_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd, u8 *buf, int len) __func__, len, avail); } -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) -/* -* Verify buffer against the IFC Controller Data Buffer -*/ -static int fsl_ifc_verify_buf (struct mtd_info *mtd, -const u_char *buf,int len) -{ -struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv; -struct fsl_ifc_mtd *priv = chip->priv; -struct fsl_ifc_ctrl *ctrl = priv->ctrl; -int i; - -if (len <0 ) { -printf ("%s of %d bytes" , __func__, len); -return -EINVAL ; - } - -if ((unsigned int )len > ctrl->read_bytes - ctrl->index) { -printf ("%s beyond end of buffer " -"(%d requested, %u available)\n" , - __func__, len, ctrl->read_bytes - ctrl->index); - - ctrl->index = ctrl->read_bytes; -return -EINVAL ; - } - -for (i =0 ; i < len; i++) -if (in_8 (&ctrl->addr[ctrl->index + i]) != buf[i]) -break ; - - ctrl->index += len; -return i == len && ctrl->status ==IFC_NAND_EVTER_STAT_OPC ?0 : -EIO ; -} -#endif -/* This function is called after Program and Erase Operations to * check for success or failure. */
@@ -940,9 +905,6 @@ static int fsl_ifc_chip_init(int devnum, u8 *addr) nand->write_buf = fsl_ifc_write_buf; nand->read_buf = fsl_ifc_read_buf; -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) - nand->verify_buf = fsl_ifc_verify_buf; -#endif nand->select_chip = fsl_ifc_select_chip; nand->cmdfunc = fsl_ifc_cmdfunc; nand->waitfunc = fsl_ifc_wait;
drivers/mtd/nand/fsl_upm.c +1 -18
@@ -153,21 +153,6 @@ static void upm_nand_read_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *buf, int len) buf[i] =in_8 (chip->IO_ADDR_R); } -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) -static int upm_nand_verify_buf (struct mtd_info *mtd,const u_char *buf,int len) -{ -int i; -struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv; - -for (i =0 ; i < len; i++) { -if (buf[i] !=in_8 (chip->IO_ADDR_R)) -return -EFAULT ; - } - -return 0 ; -} -#endif -static int nand_dev_ready (struct mtd_info *mtd) {struct nand_chip *chip = mtd->priv;
@@ -193,9 +178,7 @@ int fsl_upm_nand_init(struct nand_chip *chip, struct fsl_upm_nand *fun) chip->read_byte = upm_nand_read_byte; chip->read_buf = upm_nand_read_buf; chip->write_buf = upm_nand_write_buf; -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) - chip->verify_buf = upm_nand_verify_buf; -#endif +if (fun->dev_ready) chip->dev_ready = nand_dev_ready;
drivers/mtd/nand/mpc5121_nfc.c +0 -26
@@ -459,29 +459,6 @@ static void mpc5121_nfc_write_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd,mpc5121_nfc_buf_copy (mtd, (u_char *) buf, len,1 ); } -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) -/* Compare buffer with NAND flash */ -static int mpc5121_nfc_verify_buf (struct mtd_info *mtd, -const u_char * buf,int len) -{ -u_char tmp[256 ]; -uint bsize; - -while (len) { - bsize =min (len,256 ); -mpc5121_nfc_read_buf (mtd, tmp, bsize); - -if (memcmp (buf, tmp, bsize)) -return 1 ; - - buf += bsize; - len -= bsize; - } - -return 0 ; -} -#endif -/* Read byte from NFC buffers */ static u8 mpc5121_nfc_read_byte (struct mtd_info *mtd) {
@@ -609,9 +586,6 @@ int board_nand_init(struct nand_chip *chip) chip->read_word = mpc5121_nfc_read_word; chip->read_buf = mpc5121_nfc_read_buf; chip->write_buf = mpc5121_nfc_write_buf; -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) - chip->verify_buf = mpc5121_nfc_verify_buf; -#endif chip->select_chip = mpc5121_nfc_select_chip; chip->bbt_options =NAND_BBT_USE_FLASH ; chip->ecc.mode =NAND_ECC_SOFT ;
drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c +0 -33
@@ -949,34 +949,6 @@ static void mxc_nand_read_buf(struct mtd_info *mtd, u_char *buf, int len) host->col_addr = col; } -#ifdef __UBOOT__ -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) -/* -* Used by the upper layer to verify the data in NAND Flash -* with the data in the buf. -*/ -static int mxc_nand_verify_buf (struct mtd_info *mtd, -const u_char *buf,int len) -{ -u_char tmp[256 ]; -uint bsize; - -while (len) { - bsize =min (len,256 ); -mxc_nand_read_buf (mtd, tmp, bsize); - -if (memcmp (buf, tmp, bsize)) -return 1 ; - - buf += bsize; - len -= bsize; - } - -return 0 ; -} -#endif -#endif -/* * This function is used by upper layer for select and * deselect of the NAND chip
@@ -1207,11 +1179,6 @@ int board_nand_init(struct nand_chip *this) this->read_word = mxc_nand_read_word; this->write_buf = mxc_nand_write_buf; this->read_buf = mxc_nand_read_buf; -#ifdef __UBOOT__ -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) - this->verify_buf = mxc_nand_verify_buf; -#endif -#endif host->regs = (struct mxc_nand_regs __iomem *)CONFIG_MXC_NAND_REGS_BASE ;#ifdef MXC_NFC_V3_2
drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c +0 -51
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drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c +1 -19
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static int ndfc_calculate_ecc(struct mtd_info *mtdinfo, }/* -* Speedups for buffer read/write/verify +* Speedups for buffer read/write * * NDFC allows 32bit read/write of data. So we can speed up the buffer * functions. No further checking, as nand_base will always read/write
@@ -118,21 +118,6 @@ static void ndfc_write_buf(struct mtd_info *mtdinfo, const uint8_t *buf, int lenout_be32 ((u32 *)(base +NDFC_DATA ), *p++); } -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) -static int ndfc_verify_buf (struct mtd_info *mtdinfo,const uint8_t *buf,int len) -{ -struct nand_chip *this = mtdinfo->priv; -ulong base = (ulong ) this->IO_ADDR_W &0xffffff00 ; -uint32_t *p = (uint32_t *) buf; - -for (; len >0 ; len -=4 ) -if (*p++ !=in_be32 ((u32 *)(base +NDFC_DATA ))) -return -1 ; - -return 0 ; -} -#endif -/* * Read a byte from the NDFC. */
@@ -207,9 +192,6 @@ int board_nand_init(struct nand_chip *nand)#endif nand->write_buf = ndfc_write_buf; -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) - nand->verify_buf = ndfc_verify_buf; -#endif nand->read_byte = ndfc_read_byte; chip++;
include/linux/mtd/nand.h +0 -5
@@ -678,11 +678,6 @@ struct nand_chip {void (*write_byte)(struct mtd_info *mtd,uint8_t byte);void (*write_buf)(struct mtd_info *mtd,const uint8_t *buf,int len);void (*read_buf)(struct mtd_info *mtd,uint8_t *buf,int len); -#ifdef __UBOOT__ -#if defined(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE ) -int (*verify_buf)(struct mtd_info *mtd,const uint8_t *buf,int len); -#endif -#endif void (*select_chip)(struct mtd_info *mtd,int chip);int (*block_bad)(struct mtd_info *mtd,loff_t ofs,int getchip);int (*block_markbad)(struct mtd_info *mtd,loff_t ofs);
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1.9.1
PATCH 4/5 mtd: nand: Use ECC for NAND write verification
In reply to Peter TyserFrom: Joe Schaack <[email protected]>
Modify the nand_write_page() function to use ECC when appropriate to verify writes. Previously if a single bit error occured and software ECC was used the write verification would report a failure. However, the write really did succeed, since ECC can handle the error.
The issue can be simulated with a sequence of commands such as:
# Inject a fake bit that is stuck low (2K page flash being used) nand erase 0 0x20000
mw.b 0x10000 0xff 0x1000
mw.b 0x10000 0xfe 1
nand write.raw 0x10000 0x0 0x1
# Write some data which needs to toggle the fake stuck bit mw.b 0x10000 0xab 1
nand write 0x10000 0x0 0x800
An error will occur:
NAND write: device 0 offset 0x0, size 0x800
NAND write to offset 0 failed -5
0 bytes written: ERROR
But you can verify data was correctly written:
# Show data is correct when ECC is used
nand read 0x10000 0x0 0x800
md 0x10000
# Show the bit is still stuck low
nand read.raw 0x10000 0x0 0x1
md 0x10000Change the behavior so ECC is used when verifying non-raw writes. This only impacts boards that have COFNIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE defined.
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drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c +4 -1
@@ -2405,7 +2405,10 @@ static int nand_write_page(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,/* Send command to read back the data */ chip->cmdfunc (mtd,NAND_CMD_READ0 ,0 , page); - chip->ecc.read_page_raw (mtd, chip, vfy_buf, oob_required, page); +if (unlikely (raw)) + chip->ecc.read_page_raw (mtd, chip, vfy_buf, oob_required, page); +else + chip->ecc.read_page (mtd, chip, vfy_buf, oob_required, page); status =memcmp (buf, vfy_buf, mtd->writesize);
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1.9.1
PATCH 5/5 mtd: davinci nand: Use ECC for NAND write verification
In reply to Peter TyserFrom: Joe Schaack <[email protected]>
Modify the nand_davinci_write_page() function to use ECC when appropriate to verify writes. Previously if a single bit error occured and software ECC was used the write verification would report a failure. However, the write really did succeed, since ECC can handle the error.
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I don't have davinci hardware to test on, but the change should mirror the nand_base.c change.
drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c +4 -1
@@ -415,7 +415,10 @@ static int nand_davinci_write_page(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,/* Send command to read back the data */ chip->cmdfunc (mtd,NAND_CMD_READ0 ,0 , page); - chip->ecc.read_page_raw (mtd, chip, vfy_buf, oob_required, page); +if (unlikely (raw)) + chip->ecc.read_page_raw (mtd, chip, vfy_buf, oob_required, page); +else + chip->ecc.read_page (mtd, chip, vfy_buf, oob_required, page);if (memcmp (buf, vfy_buf, mtd->writesize)) ret = -EIO ;
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PATCH 1/5 nand: Use common read function instead of verify_buf()
In reply to Peter TyserQuoted 5 lines · Peter Tyser
The driver-specific
verify_buf()function can be replaced with the standardread_page_raw()function to verify writes. This will allowverify_buf()to be removed from individual drivers.verify_buf()is no longer supported in mainline Linux, so it is a pain to continue supporting.
Any reason not to just remove this feature from U-Boot, as Linux has done?
-Scott
PATCH 1/5 nand: Use common read function instead of verify_buf()
Quoted 11 lines · Scott Wood
Quoted 7 lines · Peter Tyser
The driver-specific
verify_buf()function can be replaced with the standardread_page_raw()function to verify writes. This will allowverify_buf()to be removed from individual drivers.verify_buf()is no
longer supported in mainline Linux, so it is a pain to continue supporting.Any reason not to just remove this feature from U-Boot, as Linux has done?
The Linux change for reference:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=657f28f8811c92724db10d18bbbec70d540147d6
I waffled about removing it, but leaned towards leaving it in because:
- I didn't want to change the existing U-Boot behavior for other users. A google of 'u-boot "nand write"' shows a lot of examples that don't include verification of writes, and they should if we remove auto-verification.
- The reason it was removed in Linux was "Both UBI and JFFS2 are able to read verify what they wrote already. There are also MTD tests which do this verification." I thought U-Boot was more likely than Linux to use raw NAND writes without a filesystem, so leaving it in U- Boot made sense since the UBI/JFFS2 logic didn't apply as much here.
- I didn't think a lot of people would know they have to explicitly verify NAND contents after a write, since they'd assume it was like other memories that aren't as lossy.
- The penalty of slightly different code from Linux and a small performance hit was worth the gain of auto-verification to me. I viewed consolidating it into one small chunk of code as a happy medium.
The philosophical side of me said to remove it altogether, so I can see that perspective too.
Peter
PATCH 1/5 nand: Use common read function instead of verify_buf()
Quoted 13 lines · Peter Tyser
Quoted 11 lines · Scott Wood
Quoted 7 lines · Peter Tyser
The driver-specific
verify_buf()function can be replaced with the standardread_page_raw()function to verify writes. This will allowverify_buf()to be removed from individual drivers.verify_buf()is no
longer supported in mainline Linux, so it is a pain to continue supporting.Any reason not to just remove this feature from U-Boot, as Linux has done?
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The Linux change for reference:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=657f28f8811c92724db10d18bbbec70d540147d6I waffled about removing it, but leaned towards leaving it in because:
- I didn't want to change the existing U-Boot behavior for other users. A google of 'u-boot "nand write"' shows a lot of examples that don't include verification of writes, and they should if we remove auto-verification.
How many configs actually enable this option? I don't see many beyond the FSL PPC boards (which are so full of copy-and-paste that it probably wasn't deliberate).
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- The reason it was removed in Linux was "Both UBI and JFFS2 are able to read verify what they wrote already. There are also MTD tests which do this verification." I thought U-Boot was more likely than Linux to use raw NAND writes without a filesystem, so leaving it in U- Boot made sense since the UBI/JFFS2 logic didn't apply as much here.
Right, though raw writes ought to be limited to blocks that aren't written often enough to fail.
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- I didn't think a lot of people would know they have to explicitly verify NAND contents after a write, since they'd assume it was like other memories that aren't as lossy.
- The penalty of slightly different code from Linux and a small performance hit was worth the gain of auto-verification to me. I viewed consolidating it into one small chunk of code as a happy medium.
The davinci patches show that there can still be driver dependencies depending on what the driver overrides. I'm not hugely opposed, but it seems like it would be better to do it at a higher level (e.g. in nand_util.c with a flag to enable, and either make support mandatory, or if you try to use that command variant without support it fails rather than silently not verifying).
-Scott
PATCH 1/5 nand: Use common read function instead of verify_buf()
Hi Scott,
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I waffled about removing it, but leaned towards leaving it in because:
- I didn't want to change the existing U-Boot behavior for other users. A google of 'u-boot "nand write"' shows a lot of examples that don't include verification of writes, and they should if we remove auto-verification.How many configs actually enable this option? I don't see many beyond the FSL PPC boards (which are so full of copy-and-paste that it probably wasn't deliberate).
Yeah, the majority are FSL 83xx and 85xx, with 2 or so random ARM boards.
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- The reason it was removed in Linux was "Both UBI and JFFS2 are able to read verify what they wrote already. There are also MTD tests which do this verification." I thought U-Boot was more likely than Linux to use raw NAND writes without a filesystem, so leaving it in U- Boot made sense since the UBI/JFFS2 logic didn't apply as much here.
Right, though raw writes ought to be limited to blocks that aren't written often enough to fail.
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- I didn't think a lot of people would know they have to explicitly verify NAND contents after a write, since they'd assume it was like other memories that aren't as lossy.
- The penalty of slightly different code from Linux and a small performance hit was worth the gain of auto-verification to me. I viewed consolidating it into one small chunk of code as a happy medium.
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The davinci patches show that there can still be driver dependencies depending on what the driver overrides. I'm not hugely opposed, but it seems like it would be better to do it at a higher level (e.g. in
nand_util.cwith a flag to enable, and either make support mandatory, or if you try to use that command variant without support it fails rather than silently not verifying).
That seems like a good idea. How about:
- Remove all CONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITE references
- Add a new flag WITH_WR_VERIFY and have nand_write_skip_bad() in nand_util.c verify writes only when it is set.
- Update the calls to nand_write_skip_bad() in cmd_nand.c to include the new WITH_WR_VERIFY flag. I'd vote to enable it for all boards, but let me know if you disagree.
That would make all "nand write" commands verify writes, with the exception of "nand write.raw". Any opinion on if this should also be verified? I only use it for development/testing, so don't have a strong opinion.
Regards,
Peter
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Hi Scott,
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I waffled about removing it, but leaned towards leaving it in because:
- I didn't want to change the existing U-Boot behavior for other users. A google of 'u-boot "nand write"' shows a lot of examples that don't include verification of writes, and they should if we remove auto-verification.How many configs actually enable this option? I don't see many beyond the FSL PPC boards (which are so full of copy-and-paste that it probably wasn't deliberate).
Yeah, the majority are FSL 83xx and 85xx, with 2 or so random ARM boards.
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- The reason it was removed in Linux was "Both UBI and JFFS2 are able to read verify what they wrote already. There are also MTD tests which do this verification." I thought U-Boot was more likely than Linux to use raw NAND writes without a filesystem, so leaving it in U- Boot made sense since the UBI/JFFS2 logic didn't apply as much here.
Right, though raw writes ought to be limited to blocks that aren't written often enough to fail.
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- I didn't think a lot of people would know they have to explicitly verify NAND contents after a write, since they'd assume it was like other memories that aren't as lossy.
- The penalty of slightly different code from Linux and a small performance hit was worth the gain of auto-verification to me. I viewed consolidating it into one small chunk of code as a happy medium.
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The davinci patches show that there can still be driver dependencies depending on what the driver overrides. I'm not hugely opposed, but it seems like it would be better to do it at a higher level (e.g. in
nand_util.cwith a flag to enable, and either make support mandatory, or if you try to use that command variant without support it fails rather than silently not verifying).That seems like a good idea. How about:
- Remove allCONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITEreferences- Add a new flag
WITH_WR_VERIFYand havenand_write_skip_bad()innand_util.cverify writes only when it is set.
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- Update the calls to
nand_write_skip_bad()incmd_nand.cto include the newWITH_WR_VERIFYflag. I'd vote to enable it for all boards, but let me know if you disagree.That would make all "nand write" commands verify writes, with the exception of "nand write.raw". Any opinion on if this should also be verified? I only use it for development/testing, so don't have a strong opinion.
"raw" refers to the absence of ECC, and I'd rather not overload it to mean "don't verify". Should it also be possible to request non-raw non-verified accesses? Or should we always verify and wait until someone complains about performance?
What about DFU and other non-cmd_nand NAND accesses?
-Scott
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Hi Scott,
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I waffled about removing it, but leaned towards leaving it in because:
- I didn't want to change the existing U-Boot behavior for other users. A google of 'u-boot "nand write"' shows a lot of examples that don't include verification of writes, and they should if we remove auto-verification.How many configs actually enable this option? I don't see many beyond the FSL PPC boards (which are so full of copy-and-paste that it probably wasn't deliberate).
Yeah, the majority are FSL 83xx and 85xx, with 2 or so random ARM boards.
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- The reason it was removed in Linux was "Both UBI and JFFS2 are able to read verify what they wrote already. There are also MTD tests which do this verification." I thought U-Boot was more likely than Linux to use raw NAND writes without a filesystem, so leaving it in U- Boot made sense since the UBI/JFFS2 logic didn't apply as much here.
Right, though raw writes ought to be limited to blocks that aren't written often enough to fail.
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- I didn't think a lot of people would know they have to explicitly verify NAND contents after a write, since they'd assume it was like other memories that aren't as lossy.
- The penalty of slightly different code from Linux and a small performance hit was worth the gain of auto-verification to me. I viewed consolidating it into one small chunk of code as a happy medium.
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The davinci patches show that there can still be driver dependencies depending on what the driver overrides. I'm not hugely opposed, but it seems like it would be better to do it at a higher level (e.g. in
nand_util.cwith a flag to enable, and either make support mandatory, or if you try to use that command variant without support it fails rather than silently not verifying).That seems like a good idea. How about:
- Remove allCONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITEreferences- Add a new flag
WITH_WR_VERIFYand havenand_write_skip_bad()innand_util.cverify writes only when it is set.Quoted 8 lines
- Update the calls to
nand_write_skip_bad()incmd_nand.cto include the newWITH_WR_VERIFYflag. I'd vote to enable it for all boards, but let me know if you disagree.That would make all "nand write" commands verify writes, with the exception of "nand write.raw". Any opinion on if this should also be verified? I only use it for development/testing, so don't have a strong opinion.
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"raw" refers to the absence of ECC, and I'd rather not overload it to mean "don't verify". Should it also be possible to request non-raw non-verified accesses? Or should we always verify and wait until someone complains about performance?
OK, I'll add verification to the "nand write.raw" functionality too. I'd lean towards always verifying and waiting until/if someone complains about performance. I doubt many (any?) people are doing timing critical writes in U-Boot. I think the argument that writes should be verified carries some water, and it'd be nice to not make the command arguments more complicated than they already are.
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What about DFU and other non-cmd_nand NAND accesses?
Are there other non-cmd NAND accesses other than DFU? None jumped out at me. I'm not too familiar with DFU, but in theory the DFU programming utilities could already be doing their own verification. I took a quick look at the dfu-util source, and it doesn't appear to be doing its own. I'd vote to verify the DFU writes too, since even more than "nand write" its performance shouldn't be very critical. I'll break DFU verification out into a separate patch, and you or others can ACK or reject it then.
Let me know if the above sounds good and I'll make the changes.
Thanks,
Peter
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Hi Scott,
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I waffled about removing it, but leaned towards leaving it in because:
- I didn't want to change the existing U-Boot behavior for other users. A google of 'u-boot "nand write"' shows a lot of examples that don't include verification of writes, and they should if we remove auto-verification.How many configs actually enable this option? I don't see many beyond the FSL PPC boards (which are so full of copy-and-paste that it probably wasn't deliberate).
Yeah, the majority are FSL 83xx and 85xx, with 2 or so random ARM boards.
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- The reason it was removed in Linux was "Both UBI and JFFS2 are able to read verify what they wrote already. There are also MTD tests which do this verification." I thought U-Boot was more likely than Linux to use raw NAND writes without a filesystem, so leaving it in U- Boot made sense since the UBI/JFFS2 logic didn't apply as much here.
Right, though raw writes ought to be limited to blocks that aren't written often enough to fail.
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- I didn't think a lot of people would know they have to explicitly verify NAND contents after a write, since they'd assume it was like other memories that aren't as lossy.
- The penalty of slightly different code from Linux and a small performance hit was worth the gain of auto-verification to me. I viewed consolidating it into one small chunk of code as a happy medium.
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The davinci patches show that there can still be driver dependencies depending on what the driver overrides. I'm not hugely opposed, but it seems like it would be better to do it at a higher level (e.g. in
nand_util.cwith a flag to enable, and either make support mandatory, or if you try to use that command variant without support it fails rather than silently not verifying).That seems like a good idea. How about:
- Remove allCONFIG_MTD_NAND_VERIFY_WRITEreferences- Add a new flag
WITH_WR_VERIFYand havenand_write_skip_bad()innand_util.cverify writes only when it is set.Quoted 8 lines
- Update the calls to
nand_write_skip_bad()incmd_nand.cto include the newWITH_WR_VERIFYflag. I'd vote to enable it for all boards, but let me know if you disagree.That would make all "nand write" commands verify writes, with the exception of "nand write.raw". Any opinion on if this should also be verified? I only use it for development/testing, so don't have a strong opinion.
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"raw" refers to the absence of ECC, and I'd rather not overload it to mean "don't verify". Should it also be possible to request non-raw non-verified accesses? Or should we always verify and wait until someone complains about performance?
OK, I'll add verification to the "nand write.raw" functionality too. I'd lean towards always verifying and waiting until/if someone complains about performance. I doubt many (any?) people are doing timing critical writes in U-Boot. I think the argument that writes should be verified carries some water, and it'd be nice to not make the command arguments more complicated than they already are.
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What about DFU and other non-cmd_nand NAND accesses?
Are there other non-cmd NAND accesses other than DFU? None jumped out at me.
There's ubi/jffs2/yaffs2, which are responsible for their own verification, and a read-only access in compulab board code, but otherwise maybe not. The MTD interface is harder to grep for, though.
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I'm not too familiar with DFU, but in theory the DFU
programming utilities could already be doing their own verification. I took a quick look at the dfu-util source, and it doesn't appear to be doing its own. I'd vote to verify the DFU writes too, since even more than "nand write" its performance shouldn't be very critical. I'll break DFU verification out into a separate patch, and you or others can ACK or reject it then.Let me know if the above sounds good and I'll make the changes.
Fine with me.
-Scott