Re: [PATCH v2 09/14] mtd: rawnand: qcom: modify write_oob to remove read codeword part

[Abhishek Sahu <absahu@codeaurora.org>]

On 2018-05-22 15:32, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hi Abhishek,
> 
> Some nitpicking below.
> 
> On Thu,  3 May 2018 17:50:36 +0530, Abhishek Sahu
> <absahu@codeaurora.org> wrote:
> 
>> QCOM NAND layout protect available OOB data bytes with ECC also so
> 
>            ^controller
> 
>> when ecc->write_oob (qcom_nandc_write_oob) is being called then it
> 
> You can just state "->write_oob()"
> 
>> can't update just OOB bytes. Currently, it first reads the last
>> codeword which includes old OOB bytes. Then it updates the old OOB
>> bytes with new one and then again writes the codeword back.
> 
>                  ones?
> 
>> The reading codeword is unnecessary since all the other bytes
>> should be 0xff only.
> 
>                                       since the user is responsible to
> have these bytes cleared to 0xFF.
> 
>> 
>> This patch removes the read part and updates the oob bytes with
> 
> s/oob/OOB/
> 
>> all other data bytes as 0xff.
> 
> The end of the sentence is not clear for me. Do you mean that padding
> with 0xFF is realized before write?
> 
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Sahu <absahu@codeaurora.org>
>> ---
>> * Changes from v1:
>> 
>>  NEW CHANGE
>> 
>>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c | 17 +++++------------
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c 
>> b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c
>> index 61d0e7d..f85d8ab 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/qcom_nandc.c
>> @@ -2067,10 +2067,9 @@ static int qcom_nandc_write_page_raw(struct 
>> mtd_info *mtd,
>>   * implements ecc->write_oob()
>>   *
>>   * the NAND controller cannot write only data or only oob within a 
>> codeword,
> 
> s/oob/OOB/
> 
> Remove the trailing ','
> 
>> - * since ecc is calculated for the combined codeword. we first copy 
>> the
>> - * entire contents for the last codeword(data + oob), replace the old 
>> oob
>> - * with the new one in chip->oob_poi, and then write the entire 
>> codeword.
>> - * this read-copy-write operation results in a slight performance 
>> loss.
>> + * since ecc is calculated for the combined codeword. So make all the 
>> data
> 
> s/ecc/ECC/
> 
>> + * bytes as 0xff and update the oob from chip->oob_poi, and then 
>> write
>> + * the entire codeword again.
> 
> What about "Pad the data area with OxFF before writing."?
> 
>>   */
>>  static int qcom_nandc_write_oob(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct 
>> nand_chip *chip,
>>  				int page)
>> @@ -2082,20 +2081,14 @@ static int qcom_nandc_write_oob(struct 
>> mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
>>  	int data_size, oob_size;
>>  	int ret;
>> 
>> -	host->use_ecc = true;
>> -
>> -	clear_bam_transaction(nandc);
>> -	ret = copy_last_cw(host, page);
>> -	if (ret)
>> -		return ret;
>> -
>> -	clear_read_regs(nandc);
>>  	clear_bam_transaction(nandc);
>> 
>>  	/* calculate the data and oob size for the last codeword/step */
>>  	data_size = ecc->size - ((ecc->steps - 1) << 2);
>>  	oob_size = mtd->oobavail;
>> +	host->use_ecc = true;
> 
> You don't need to move this line here, do you?
> 
>> 
>> +	memset(nandc->data_buffer, 0xff, host->cw_data);
>>  	/* override new oob content to last codeword */
>>  	mtd_ooblayout_get_databytes(mtd, nandc->data_buffer + data_size, 
>> oob,
>>  				    0, mtd->oobavail);
> 
> 
> Once fixed, you can add my:

  Thanks Miquel.
  I will fix all these and update the patch.

  Regards,
  Abhishek

> 
> Acked-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
> 
> Thanks,
> Miquèl