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[RESEND] mtd: nand: nand_bbt: scan for next free bbt block if writing bbt fails

Message ID 1368713890-8327-1-git-send-email-jeff.westfahl@ni.com
State Superseded
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Commit Message

Jeff Westfahl May 16, 2013, 2:18 p.m. UTC
If erasing or writing the BBT fails, we should mark the current BBT block
as bad and use the BBT descriptor to scan for the next available unused
block in the BBT. We should only return a failure if there isn't any space
left.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Westfahl <jeff.westfahl@ni.com>
---
 drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c |   21 +++++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c
index 2672643..900bda1 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_bbt.c
@@ -697,6 +697,7 @@  static int write_bbt(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint8_t *buf,
 			page = td->pages[chip];
 			goto write;
 		}
+	next:
 
 		/*
 		 * Automatic placement of the bad block table. Search direction
@@ -831,14 +832,26 @@  static int write_bbt(struct mtd_info *mtd, uint8_t *buf,
 		einfo.addr = to;
 		einfo.len = 1 << this->bbt_erase_shift;
 		res = nand_erase_nand(mtd, &einfo, 1);
-		if (res < 0)
-			goto outerr;
+		if (res < 0) {
+			/* This block is bad. Mark it as such and see if there's
+			   another available in the BBT area. */
+			int block = page >>
+				(this->bbt_erase_shift - this->page_shift);
+			this->bbt[block >> 2] |= 0x01 << ((block & 0x03) << 1);
+			goto next;
+		}
 
 		res = scan_write_bbt(mtd, to, len, buf,
 				td->options & NAND_BBT_NO_OOB ? NULL :
 				&buf[len]);
-		if (res < 0)
-			goto outerr;
+		if (res < 0) {
+			/* This block is bad. Mark it as such and see if there's
+			   another available in the BBT area. */
+			int block = page >>
+				(this->bbt_erase_shift - this->page_shift);
+			this->bbt[block >> 2] |= 0x01 << ((block & 0x03) << 1);
+			goto next;
+		}
 
 		pr_info("Bad block table written to 0x%012llx, version 0x%02X\n",
 			 (unsigned long long)to, td->version[chip]);