[PATCH v2 3/9] ram: k3-ddrss: Add comment about ecc_reserved_space

Kumar, Udit u-kumar1 at ti.com
Thu Aug 7 06:30:10 CEST 2025


On 7/30/2025 7:07 PM, Neha Malcom Francis wrote:
> The reserved space needed for storing the parity remains the same no
> matter the size of the region that is being protected. Add this as a
> comment for better code understanding.
>
> Signed-off-by: Neha Malcom Francis <n-francis at ti.com>
> ---
>   drivers/ram/k3-ddrss/k3-ddrss.c | 5 +++++
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ram/k3-ddrss/k3-ddrss.c b/drivers/ram/k3-ddrss/k3-ddrss.c
> index ee1d9b5998f..a94755c3542 100644
> --- a/drivers/ram/k3-ddrss/k3-ddrss.c
> +++ b/drivers/ram/k3-ddrss/k3-ddrss.c
> @@ -737,6 +737,11 @@ static void k3_ddrss_lpddr4_ecc_calc_reserved_mem(struct k3_ddrss_desc *ddrss)
>   {
>   	fdtdec_setup_mem_size_base_lowest();
>   
> +	/*
> +	 * For every 512-byte data block, 64 bytes of ECC is stored inline and
> +	 * is a reserved region. It remains 1/9th of the total DDR size
> +	 * irrespective of the size of the region under protection.
> +	 */
>   	ddrss->ecc_reserved_space = ddrss->ddr_ram_size;

For every 512-byte data block, 64 bytes of ECC is stored inline and is a reserved region

to
For every 512-bytes data block, 64 bytes are used to store inline ECC information into reserved region


with little update in comments above, please use

Reviewed-by: Udit Kumar <u-kumar1 at ti.com>


>   	do_div(ddrss->ecc_reserved_space, 9);
>   


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