Re: [LINUX PATCH v12 3/3] mtd: rawnand: arasan: Add support for Arasan NAND Flash Controller

[Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 12 Nov 2018 11:55:36 +0100
Martin Lund <martin.lund@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Naga,
> 
> Just a few review comments for the v12 version.
> 
> On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 6:00 AM Naga Sureshkumar Relli
> <naga.sureshkumar.relli@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > +#define PKT_OFST               0x00
> > +#define PKT_CNT_SHIFT          12
> > +
> > +#define MEM_ADDR1_OFST         0x04
> > +#define MEM_ADDR2_OFST         0x08  
> 
> For the sake of readability I think *_OFFSET is preferred, especially
> since the driver already includes short macro names. I think this is
> similar to the EVNT vs EVENT point.
> The majority of drivers in the Linux kernel do not shorten OFFSET -> OFST.
> 
> 
> > +static void anfc_rw_pio_op(struct mtd_info *mtd, u8 *buf, int len,
> > +                          bool do_read, int prog, int pktcount, int pktsize)
> > +{
> > +       struct nand_chip *chip = mtd_to_nand(mtd);
> > +       struct anfc_nand_controller *nfc = to_anfc(chip->controller);
> > +       struct anfc_nand_chip *achip = to_anfc_nand(chip);
> > +       u32 *bufptr = (u32 *)buf;
> > +       u32 cnt = 0, intr = 0;
> > +
> > +       anfc_config_dma(nfc, 0);
> > +
> > +       if (pktsize == 0)
> > +               pktsize = len;
> > +
> > +       anfc_setpktszcnt(nfc, pktsize, pktcount);
> > +
> > +       if (!achip->strength)
> > +               intr = MBIT_ERROR;
> > +
> > +       if (do_read)
> > +               intr |= READ_READY;
> > +       else
> > +               intr |= WRITE_READY;
> > +       anfc_enable_intrs(nfc, intr);
> > +       writel(prog, nfc->base + PROG_OFST);
> > +       while (cnt < pktcount) {
> > +               anfc_wait_for_event(nfc);
> > +               cnt++;
> > +               if (cnt == pktcount)
> > +                       anfc_enable_intrs(nfc, XFER_COMPLETE);
> > +               if (do_read)
> > +                       ioread32_rep(nfc->base + DATA_PORT_OFST, bufptr,
> > +                                    pktsize / 4);
> > +               else
> > +                       iowrite32_rep(nfc->base + DATA_PORT_OFST, bufptr,
> > +                                     pktsize / 4);
> > +               bufptr += (pktsize / 4);
> > +               if (cnt < pktcount)
> > +                       anfc_enable_intrs(nfc, intr);
> > +       }
> > +       anfc_wait_for_event(nfc);
> > +}  
> 
> Throughout the driver all calls to anfc_wait_for_event() ignores the
> timeout return value. It would be nice to see some error handling in
> case it times out - at minimum consider printing out an error message
> since timeout on NAND operations are fairly critical and should
> generally not occur. Perhaps even an argument can be made for
> returning -ETIMEDOUT in case of timeout.

Yes please, check anfc_wait_for_event() return code and propagate the
error to the upper layer.

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