[PATCH v4] cmd: mtd: check if a block has to be skipped or erased
Dario Binacchi
dario.binacchi at amarulasolutions.com
Sun Oct 30 15:14:13 CET 2022
As reported by patch [1], the `mtd erase' command should not erase bad
blocks.
To force bad block erasing you have to use the `mtd erase.dontskipbad'
command.
This patch tries to fix the same issue without modifying code taken
from the linux kernel, in order to make further upgrades easier.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221006031501.110290-2-mikhail.kshevetskiy@iopsys.eu/
Suggested-by: Michael Trimarchi <michael at amarulasolutions.com>
Co-developed-by: Michael Trimarchi <michael at amarulasolutions.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Trimarchi <michael at amarulasolutions.com>
Co-developed-by: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy at iopsys.eu>
Signed-off-by: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy at iopsys.eu>
Tested-by: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy at iopsys.eu>
Signed-off-by: Dario Binacchi <dario.binacchi at amarulasolutions.com>
---
Changes in v4:
- Use the first version of the patch and fix the check of value returned
by the mtd_erase().
- Change the commit author.
Changes in v3:
- Simplify the code. mtd_erase() can't return a bad block error. Print
the messaged where the bad block is found.
Changes in v2:
- Change the commit author
- Do not continue to erase if scrub option is enabled and a bad block
was found but return from the function.
- Update the patch tags.
cmd/mtd.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cmd/mtd.c b/cmd/mtd.c
index ad5cc9827d55..eb6e2d6892ff 100644
--- a/cmd/mtd.c
+++ b/cmd/mtd.c
@@ -434,19 +434,31 @@ static int do_mtd_erase(struct cmd_tbl *cmdtp, int flag, int argc,
erase_op.mtd = mtd;
erase_op.addr = off;
erase_op.len = mtd->erasesize;
- erase_op.scrub = scrub;
while (len) {
- ret = mtd_erase(mtd, &erase_op);
+ if (!scrub) {
+ ret = mtd_block_isbad(mtd, erase_op.addr);
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ printf("Failed to get bad block at 0x%08llx\n",
+ erase_op.addr);
+ ret = CMD_RET_FAILURE;
+ goto out_put_mtd;
+ }
- if (ret) {
- /* Abort if its not a bad block error */
- if (ret != -EIO)
- break;
- printf("Skipping bad block at 0x%08llx\n",
- erase_op.addr);
+ if (ret > 0) {
+ printf("Skipping bad block at 0x%08llx\n",
+ erase_op.addr);
+ ret = 0;
+ len -= mtd->erasesize;
+ erase_op.addr += mtd->erasesize;
+ continue;
+ }
}
+ ret = mtd_erase(mtd, &erase_op);
+ if (ret && ret != -EIO)
+ break;
+
len -= mtd->erasesize;
erase_op.addr += mtd->erasesize;
}
--
2.32.0
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