linux.git/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c, branch v3.17

Merge tag 'for-linus-20140610' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd

2014-06-11T15:35:34+00:00

Pull MTD updates from Brian Norris:
 - refactor m25p80.c driver for use as a general SPI NOR framework for
   other drivers which may speak to SPI NOR flash without providing full
   SPI support (i.e., not part of drivers/spi/)
 - new Freescale QuadSPI driver (utilizing new SPI NOR framework)
 - updates for the STMicro "FSM" SPI NOR driver
 - fix sync/flush behavior on mtd_blkdevs
 - fixup subpage write support on a few NAND drivers
 - correct the MTD OOB test for odd-sized OOB areas
 - add BCH-16 support for OMAP NAND
 - fix warnings and trivial refactoring
 - utilize new ECC DT bindings in pxa3xx NAND driver
 - new LPDDR NVM driver
 - address a few assorted bugs caught by Coverity
 - add new imx6sx support for GPMI NAND
 - use a bounce buffer for NAND when non-DMA-able buffers are used

* tag 'for-linus-20140610' of git://git.infradead.org/linux-mtd: (77 commits)
  mtd: gpmi: add gpmi support for imx6sx
  mtd: maps: remove check for CONFIG_MTD_SUPERH_RESERVE
  mtd: bf5xx_nand: use the managed version of kzalloc
  mtd: pxa3xx_nand: make the driver work on big-endian systems
  mtd: nand: omap: fix omap_calculate_ecc_bch() for-loop error
  mtd: nand: r852: correct write_buf loop bounds
  mtd: nand_bbt: handle error case for nand_create_badblock_pattern()
  mtd: nand_bbt: remove unused variable
  mtd: maps: sc520cdp: fix warnings
  mtd: slram: fix unused variable warning
  mtd: pfow: remove unused variable
  mtd: lpddr: fix Kconfig dependency, for I/O accessors
  mtd: nand: pxa3xx: Add supported ECC strength and step size to the DT binding
  mtd: nand: pxa3xx: Use ECC strength and step size devicetree binding
  mtd: nand: pxa3xx: Clean pxa_ecc_init() error handling
  mtd: nand: Warn the user if the selected ECC strength is too weak
  mtd: nand: omap: Documentation: How to select correct ECC scheme for your device ?
  mtd: nand: omap: add support for BCH16_ECC - NAND driver updates
  mtd: nand: omap: add support for BCH16_ECC - ELM driver updates
  mtd: nand: omap: add support for BCH16_ECC - GPMC driver updates
  ...

mtd: mtd_blkdevs: handle REQ_FLUSH request and do explicit flush of writeback buffer

2014-04-16T06:25:37+00:00

mtd_blkdevs is device with volatile cache (writeback buffer), so it should support
REQ_FLUSH to do explicit flush.

Without this patch 'sync' does not guarantee that writeback buffer will be flushed
on disk in case of power off, e.g.:

  $ cp some_file /mnt
  $ sync

  ### POWER OFF

In case of this sequence writeback buffer will not be flushed on disk.

This patch fixes this behaviour and explicitly reports to block layer that flush
requests are being supported.

Signed-off-by: Roman Peniaev 
Cc: David Woodhouse 
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris

block: remove struct request buffer member

2014-04-15T20:03:02+00:00

This was used in the olden days, back when onions were proper
yellow. Basically it mapped to the current buffer to be
transferred. With highmem being added more than a decade ago,
most drivers map pages out of a bio, and rq->buffer isn't
pointing at anything valid.

Convert old style drivers to just use bio_data().

For the discard payload use case, just reference the page
in the bio.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

mtd: delete non-required instances of include

2014-03-11T05:42:22+00:00

None of these files are actually using any __init type directives
and hence don't need to include .  Most are just a
left over from __devinit and __cpuinit removal, or simply due to
code getting copied from one driver to the next.

Cc: David Woodhouse 
Cc: Brian Norris 
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker 
[Brian: dropped one incorrect hunk]
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris

block_device_operations->release() should return void

2013-05-07T06:16:21+00:00

The value passed is 0 in all but "it can never happen" cases (and those
only in a couple of drivers) *and* it would've been lost on the way
out anyway, even if something tried to pass something meaningful.
Just don't bother.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

mtd_blktrans_ops->release() should return void

2013-05-06T01:31:22+00:00

Both existing instances always return 0 and even if they didn't,
the value would be lost on the way out.  Just don't bother...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

mtd: mtd_blkdevs: Replace request handler kthread with a workqueue

2012-11-21T15:02:23+00:00

By replacing a kthread with a workqueue, the code is now a bit clearer.
There's also a slight reduction of code size (numbers apply for x86):
Before:
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
   3248	     36	      0	   3284	    cd4	drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o

After:
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
   3150	     36	      0	   3186	    c72	drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.o

Due to lack of real hardware, tests have been performed on an emulated
environment with mtdswap and mtdblock over nandsim devices.
Some real testing should be done, before merging this patch.

Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia 
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy

mtd: mtd_blkdev: Use a different name for block_device_operations variable

2012-11-21T15:02:05+00:00

struct mtd_blktrans_ops is a type, and mtd_blktrans_ops is a variable.
To improve code clarity it's better to not use the same names,
so we just change the latter.

Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia 
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy

mtd: mtdblock: call mtd_sync() only if opened for write

2012-03-26T23:11:11+00:00

Because it is useless to call it if the device is opened in R/O mode, and also
harmful: on CFI NOR flash it may block for long time waiting for erase
operations to complete is another partition with a R/W file-system on this
chip.

Artem Bityutskiy: write commit message, amend the patch to match the latest
tree (we use mtd_sync(), not mtd->sync() nowadays).

Signed-off-by: Alexander Stein 
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy 
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse

mtd: mtd_blkdevs: don't increase 'open' count on error path

2012-01-09T18:04:01+00:00

Some error paths in mtd_blkdevs were fixed in the following commit:

    commit 94735ec4044a6d318b83ad3c5794e931ed168d10
    mtd: mtd_blkdevs: fix error path in blktrans_open

But on these error paths, the block device's `dev->open' count is
already incremented before we check for errors. This meant that, while
the error path was handled correctly on the first time through
blktrans_open(), the device is erroneously considered already open on
the second time through.

This problem can be seen, for instance, when a UBI volume is
simultaneously mounted as a UBIFS partition and read through its
corresponding gluebi mtdblockX device. This results in blktrans_open()
passing its error checks (with `dev->open > 0') without actually having
a handle on the device. Here's a summarized log of the actions and
results with nandsim:

    # modprobe nandsim
    # modprobe mtdblock
    # modprobe gluebi
    # modprobe ubifs
    # ubiattach /dev/ubi_ctrl -m 0
    ...
    # ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -N test -s 16MiB
    ...
    # mount -t ubifs ubi0:test /mnt
    # ls /dev/mtdblock*
    /dev/mtdblock0  /dev/mtdblock1
    # cat /dev/mtdblock1 > /dev/null
    cat: can't open '/dev/mtdblock4': Device or resource busy
    # cat /dev/mtdblock1 > /dev/null

    CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address
    fffffff0, epc == 8031536c, ra == 8031f280
    Oops[#1]:
    ...
    Call Trace:
    [<8031536c>] ubi_leb_read+0x14/0x164
    [<8031f280>] gluebi_read+0xf0/0x148
    [<802edba8>] mtdblock_readsect+0x64/0x198
    [<802ecfe4>] mtd_blktrans_thread+0x330/0x3f4
    [<8005be98>] kthread+0x88/0x90
    [<8000bc04>] kernel_thread_helper+0x10/0x18

Cc: stable@kernel.org [3.0+]
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris 
Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy 
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse