[U-Boot] [PATCH] Fix computation in nand_util.c:get_len_incl_bad
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Mon Dec 7 22:38:33 CET 2009
Dear Daniel Hobi,
In message <1259672755-929-1-git-send-email-daniel.hobi at schmid-telecom.ch> you wrote:
> Depending on offset, flash size and the number of bad blocks,
> get_len_incl_bad may return a too small value which may lead to:
>
> 1) If there are no bad blocks, nand_{read,write}_skip_bad chooses the
> bad block aware read/write code. This may hurt performance, but does
> not have any adverse effects.
>
> 2) If there are bad blocks, the nand_{read,write}_skip_bad may choose
> the bad block unaware read/write code (if len_incl_bad == *length)
> which leads to corrupted data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Hobi <daniel.hobi at schmid-telecom.ch>
> ---
> @Scott: please review
> @Wolfgang: please consider for 2009.11
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_util.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_util.c
Applied, thanks.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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