[PATCH v6 18/25] spl: Convert nand to spl_load

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Wed Nov 8 05:24:02 CET 2023


On Sun, 5 Nov 2023 at 19:26, Sean Anderson <seanga2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This converts the nand load method to use spl_load. nand_page_size may not
> be valid until after nand_spl_load_image is called (see e.g. fsl_ifc_spl),
> so we set bl_len in spl_nand_read. Since spl_load reads the header for us,
> we can remove that argument from spl_nand_load_element.
>
> There are two possible regressions which could result from this commit.
> First, we ask for a negative address from spl_get_load_buffer. That is,
> instead of
>
>         header = spl_get_load_buffer(0, sizeof(*header));
>
> we do
>
>         header = spl_get_load_buffer(-sizeof(*header), sizeof(*header));
>
> this could cause a problem if spl_get_load_buffer does not return valid
> memory for negative offsets. Second, we now set bl_len for legacy images.
> This can cause memory up to a bl_len - 1 before the image load address to
> be written, which might not have been the case before. If this turns out to
> be a problem, we can add an option for a bounce buffer.
>
> We can't load FITs with external data with SPL_LOAD_FIT_FULL, so disable the
> test in that case. No boards enable SPL_NAND_SUPPORT and SPL_LOAD_FIT_FULL, so
> this is not a regression.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <seanga2 at gmail.com>
> ---
>
> Changes in v6:
> - New
>
>  common/spl/spl_nand.c      | 70 +++++++++-----------------------------
>  include/spl_load.h         |  1 +
>  test/image/spl_load_nand.c |  2 ++
>  3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>


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