[PATCH V2 2/4] mtd: nand: mxs_nand_spl: Fix bad block skipping

Han Xu han.xu at nxp.com
Thu Apr 28 02:27:46 CEST 2022



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Trimarchi <michael at amarulasolutions.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 12:50 AM
> To: Han Xu <han.xu at nxp.com>; U-Boot-Denx <u-boot at lists.denx.de>
> Cc: Ye Li <ye.li at nxp.com>; Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de>; Miquel Raynal
> <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>; Fabio Estevam <festevam at denx.de>; Dario
> Binacchi <dario.binacchi at amarulasolutions.com>; Sean Anderson
> <sean.anderson at seco.com>; linux-kernel at amarulasolutions.com; Jagan Teki
> <jagan at amarulasolutions.com>; Ariel D'Alessandro
> <ariel.dalessandro at collabora.com>; Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com>
> Subject: [PATCH V2 2/4] mtd: nand: mxs_nand_spl: Fix bad block skipping
> 
> The specific implementation was having bug. Those bugs are since the beginning
> of the implementation. Some manufactures can receive this bug in their SPL code.
> This bug start to be more visible on architecture that has complicated boot
> process like imx8mn. Older version of uboot has the same problem only if the
> bad block appear in correspoding of befine of u-boot image. In order to adjust
> the function we scan from the first block. The logic is not changed to have a
> simple way to fix without get regression.
> 
> The problematic part of old code was in this part:
> 
> while (is_badblock(mtd, offs, 1)) {
>            page = page + nand_page_per_block;
>           /* Check i we've reached the end of flash. */
>           if (page >= mtd->size >> chip->page_shift) {
>                       free(page_buf);
>                       return -ENOMEM;
>          }
> }
> 
> Even we fix it adding increment of the offset of one erase block size we don't fix
> the problem, because the first erase block where the image start is not checked.

Could you please describe more details about your test? Thanks.

> The code was tested on an imx8mn where the boot rom api was not able to skip
> it. Apart of that other architecure are using this code and all boards that has
> nand as boot device can be affected
> 
> Cc: Han Xu <han.xu at nxp.com>
> Cc: Fabio Estevam <festevam at gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Trimarchi <michael at amarulasolutions.com>
> ---
> V1->V2:
> 	- Adjust the commit message
> 	- Add Cc Han Xu and Fabio
> 	- fix size >= 0 to > 0
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxs_nand_spl.c | 90 ++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxs_nand_spl.c
> b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxs_nand_spl.c
> index 59a67ee414..2bfb181007 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxs_nand_spl.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxs_nand_spl.c
> @@ -218,14 +218,14 @@ void nand_init(void)
>  	mxs_nand_setup_ecc(mtd);
>  }
> 
> -int nand_spl_load_image(uint32_t offs, unsigned int size, void *buf)
> +int nand_spl_load_image(uint32_t offs, unsigned int size, void *dst)
>  {
> -	struct nand_chip *chip;
> -	unsigned int page;
> +	unsigned int sz;
> +	unsigned int block, lastblock;
> +	unsigned int page, page_offset;
>  	unsigned int nand_page_per_block;
> -	unsigned int sz = 0;
> +	struct nand_chip *chip;
>  	u8 *page_buf = NULL;
> -	u32 page_off;
> 
>  	chip = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
>  	if (!chip->numchips)
> @@ -235,47 +235,42 @@ int nand_spl_load_image(uint32_t offs, unsigned int
> size, void *buf)
>  	if (!page_buf)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> -	page = offs >> chip->page_shift;
> -	page_off = offs & (mtd->writesize - 1);
> +	/* offs has to be aligned to a page address! */
> +	block = offs / mtd->erasesize;
> +	lastblock = (offs + size - 1) / mtd->erasesize;
> +	page = (offs % mtd->erasesize) / mtd->writesize;
> +	page_offset = offs % mtd->writesize;
>  	nand_page_per_block = mtd->erasesize / mtd->writesize;
> 
> -	debug("%s offset:0x%08x len:%d page:%x\n", __func__, offs, size, page);
> -
> -	while (size) {
> -		if (mxs_read_page_ecc(mtd, page_buf, page) < 0)
> -			return -1;
> -
> -		if (size > (mtd->writesize - page_off))
> -			sz = (mtd->writesize - page_off);
> -		else
> -			sz = size;
> -
> -		memcpy(buf, page_buf + page_off, sz);
> -
> -		offs += mtd->writesize;
> -		page++;
> -		buf += (mtd->writesize - page_off);
> -		page_off = 0;
> -		size -= sz;
> -
> -		/*
> -		 * Check if we have crossed a block boundary, and if so
> -		 * check for bad block.
> -		 */
> -		if (!(page % nand_page_per_block)) {
> -			/*
> -			 * Yes, new block. See if this block is good. If not,
> -			 * loop until we find a good block.
> -			 */
> -			while (is_badblock(mtd, offs, 1)) {
> -				page = page + nand_page_per_block;
> -				/* Check i we've reached the end of flash. */
> -				if (page >= mtd->size >> chip->page_shift) {
> +	while (block <= lastblock && size > 0) {
> +		if (!is_badblock(mtd, mtd->erasesize * block, 1)) {
> +			/* Skip bad blocks */
> +			while (page < nand_page_per_block) {
> +				int curr_page = nand_page_per_block * block +
> page;
> +
> +				if (mxs_read_page_ecc(mtd, page_buf, curr_page)
> < 0) {
>  					free(page_buf);
> -					return -ENOMEM;
> +					return -EIO;
>  				}
> +
> +				if (size > (mtd->writesize - page_offset))
> +					sz = (mtd->writesize - page_offset);
> +				else
> +					sz = size;
> +
> +				memcpy(dst, page_buf + page_offset, sz);
> +				dst += sz;
> +				size -= sz;
> +				page_offset = 0;
> +				page++;
>  			}
> +
> +			page = 0;
> +		} else {
> +			lastblock++;
>  		}
> +
> +		block++;
>  	}
> 
>  	free(page_buf);
> @@ -294,6 +289,19 @@ void nand_deselect(void)
> 
>  u32 nand_spl_adjust_offset(u32 sector, u32 offs)  {
> -	/* Handle the offset adjust in nand_spl_load_image,*/
> +	unsigned int block, lastblock;
> +
> +	block = sector / mtd->erasesize;
> +	lastblock = (sector + offs) / mtd->erasesize;
> +
> +	while (block <= lastblock) {
> +		if (is_badblock(mtd, block * mtd->erasesize, 1)) {
> +			offs += mtd->erasesize;
> +			lastblock++;
> +		}
> +
> +		block++;
> +	}
> +
>  	return offs;
>  }
> --
> 2.25.1



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