Re: [PATCH] mtd: set mtd partition panic write flag

From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
To: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Cc: Kamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev@gmail.com>,
	linux-mtd <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>,
	bcm-kernel-feedback-list <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>,
	Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>,
	Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@ti.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: set mtd partition panic write flag
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 16:03:52 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200109160352.6080e1e5@xps13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1718371158.75883.1572995022606.JavaMail.zimbra@nod.at>

Hello,

Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at> wrote on Wed, 6 Nov 2019 00:03:42
+0100 (CET):

> ----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
> > Von: "Miquel Raynal" <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
> > An: "Kamal Dasu" <kdasu.kdev@gmail.com>
> > CC: "linux-mtd" <linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org>, "bcm-kernel-feedback-list" <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>,
> > "linux-kernel" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, "David Woodhouse" <dwmw2@infradead.org>, "Brian Norris"
> > <computersforpeace@gmail.com>, "Marek Vasut" <marek.vasut@gmail.com>, "richard" <richard@nod.at>, "Vignesh Raghavendra"
> > <vigneshr@ti.com>
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 5. November 2019 20:03:44
> > Betreff: Re: [PATCH] mtd: set mtd partition panic write flag  
> 
> > Hi Kamal,
> > 
> > Richard, something to look into below :)  
> 
> I'm still recovering from a bad cold. So my brain is not fully working ;)
>  
> > Kamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev@gmail.com> wrote on Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:32:52
> > -0400:
> >   
> >> Check mtd panic write flag and set the mtd partition panic
> >> write flag so that low level drivers can use it to take
> >> required action to ensure oops data gets written to assigned
> >> mtd partition.  
> > 
> > I feel there is something wrong with the current implementation
> > regarding partitions but I am not sure this is the right fix. Is this
> > something you detected with some kind of static checker or did you
> > actually experience an issue?
> > 
> > In the commit log you say "check mtd (I suppose you mean the
> > master) panic write flag and set the mtd partition panic write flag"
> > which makes sense, but in reality my understanding is that you do the
> > opposite: you check mtd->oops_panic_write which is the partitions'
> > structure, and set part->parent->oops_panic_write which is the master's
> > flag.  
> 
> IIUC the problem happens when you run mtdoops on a mtd partition.
> The the flag is only set for the partition instead for the master.
> 
> So the right fix would be setting the parent's oops_panic_write in
> mtd_panic_write().
> Then we don't have to touch mtdpart.c
> 

This issue is still open, right? Kamal can you send an updated version?

Thanks,
Miquèl