Re: [PATCH 4/9] mtd: nand: qcom: fix null pointer access for erased buffer detection

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On 2018-04-22 21:55, Miquel Raynal wrote:
Hi Abhishek,

On Thu, 12 Apr 2018 12:24:16 +0530, Abhishek Sahu
<absahu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 2018-04-10 14:42, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hi Abhishek,
> > On Wed,  4 Apr 2018 18:12:20 +0530, Abhishek Sahu
> <absahu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> parse_read_errors can be called with only oob buf also in which
>> case data_buf will be NULL.  If data_buf is NULL, then don’t
>> treat this page as completely erased in case of ECC uncorrectable
>> error.
>> >> Signed-off-by: Abhishek Sahu <absahu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/mtd/nand/qcom_nandc.c | 7 +++++--
>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/qcom_nandc.c >> b/drivers/mtd/nand/qcom_nandc.c
>> index 57c16a6..0ebcc55 100644
>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/qcom_nandc.c
>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/qcom_nandc.c
>> @@ -1607,9 +1607,11 @@ static int parse_read_errors(struct >> qcom_nand_host *host, u8 *data_buf,
>>  			if (host->bch_enabled) {
>>  				erased = (erased_cw & ERASED_CW) == ERASED_CW ?
>>  					 true : false;
> > Why the parse_read_errors() function could not be called without
> data_buf when using BCH? Are you sure the situation can only happen
> without it?
>
   host->bch_enabled case is different where controller itself tells
   regarding erased page in status register.

> Would the following apply here too, with a:
>
  erased_chunk_check_and_fixup will be used only for 4 bit RS ECC
  code in which there is no support from HW for erased page detection
  and we need to check few data bytes value.

So please explain this with a comment.

Thanks,
Miquèl

 Sure Miquel.
 I will do the same and update the patch with more comments.

 Thanks,
 Abhishek
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