Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: omap2: Fix subpage write

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On 19/10/17 17:20, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:11:34 +0300
> Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> On 19/10/17 16:51, Boris Brezillon wrote:
>>> On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:41:29 +0300
>>> Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>   
>>>> Since v4.12, NAND subpage writes were causing a NULL pointer
>>>> dereference on OMAP platforms (omap2-nand) using OMAP_ECC_BCH4_CODE_HW,
>>>> OMAP_ECC_BCH8_CODE_HW and OMAP_ECC_BCH16_CODE_HW.
>>>>
>>>> This is because for those ECC modes, omap_calculate_ecc_bch()
>>>> generates ECC bytes for the entire (multi-sector) page and this can
>>>> overflow the ECC buffer provided by nand_write_subpage_hwecc()
>>>> as it expects ecc.calculate() to return ECC bytes for just one sector.
>>>>
>>>> However, the root cause of the problem is present much before
>>>> v4.12 but was not seen then as NAND buffers were being allocated
>>>> as one big chunck prior to
>>>> commit 3deb9979c731 ("mtd: nand: allocate aligned buffers if NAND_OWN_BUFFERS is unset")
>>>>
>>>> Fix the issue by providing a OMAP optimized write_subpage() implementation.
>>>>
>>>> cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.12+
>>>> Signed-off-by: Roger Quadros <rogerq@xxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>>  drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c | 338 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
>>>>  1 file changed, 225 insertions(+), 113 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
>>>> index 54540c8..a0bd456 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/omap2.c
>>>> @@ -1133,129 +1133,172 @@ static u8  bch8_polynomial[] = {0xef, 0x51, 0x2e, 0x09, 0xed, 0x93, 0x9a, 0xc2,
>>>>  				0x97, 0x79, 0xe5, 0x24, 0xb5};
>>>>    
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>> +
>>>> +/**
>>>>   * omap_read_page_bch - BCH ecc based page read function for entire page
>>>>   * @mtd:		mtd info structure
>>>>   * @chip:		nand chip info structure
>>>> @@ -2044,7 +2153,7 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.strength		= 4;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.hwctl		= omap_enable_hwecc_bch;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.correct		= nand_bch_correct_data;
>>>> -		nand_chip->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc_bch;
>>>> +		nand_chip->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc_bch_sw;
>>>>  		mtd_set_ooblayout(mtd, &omap_sw_ooblayout_ops);
>>>>  		/* Reserve one byte for the OMAP marker */
>>>>  		oobbytes_per_step		= nand_chip->ecc.bytes + 1;
>>>> @@ -2066,9 +2175,10 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.strength		= 4;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.hwctl		= omap_enable_hwecc_bch;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.correct		= omap_elm_correct_data;
>>>> -		nand_chip->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc_bch;
>>>> +		nand_chip->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc_bch_multi;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.read_page	= omap_read_page_bch;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.write_page	= omap_write_page_bch;
>>>> +		nand_chip->ecc.write_subpage	= omap_write_subpage_bch;
>>>>  		mtd_set_ooblayout(mtd, &omap_ooblayout_ops);
>>>>  		oobbytes_per_step		= nand_chip->ecc.bytes;
>>>>  
>>>> @@ -2087,7 +2197,7 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.strength		= 8;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.hwctl		= omap_enable_hwecc_bch;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.correct		= nand_bch_correct_data;
>>>> -		nand_chip->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc_bch;
>>>> +		nand_chip->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc_bch_sw;
>>>>  		mtd_set_ooblayout(mtd, &omap_sw_ooblayout_ops);
>>>>  		/* Reserve one byte for the OMAP marker */
>>>>  		oobbytes_per_step		= nand_chip->ecc.bytes + 1;
>>>> @@ -2109,9 +2219,10 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.strength		= 8;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.hwctl		= omap_enable_hwecc_bch;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.correct		= omap_elm_correct_data;
>>>> -		nand_chip->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc_bch;
>>>> +		nand_chip->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc_bch_multi;  
>>>
>>> Hm, it still looks wrong. omap_calculate_ecc_bch_multi() will generate
>>> the same overflow when called by the core, or am I missing something?
>>>   
>> In the current setup core will never call ecc.calculate as we're overriding every op
>> that can be used.
> 
> Do you have a custom ->read_subpage()? If you don't, the core will use
> nand_read_subpage(), and it's calling ->calculate() internally.

read_subpage() will only be used if NAND_SUBPAGE_READ is set. We don't set it for omap2-nand.

> 
>>
>> The thing is that omap driver code uses these hooks as is so I wasn't sure
>> if I should change the caller code to call the multi versions directly and fix these
>> hooks to single sector versions.
> 
> I'd prefer this solution.
> 
>>
>> Alternatively, is it OK to set them to NULL?
> 
> Hm, I'm pretty sure it's not, see my comment about ->read_subpage().
> 

Now is it?

>>
>>
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.read_page	= omap_read_page_bch;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.write_page	= omap_write_page_bch;
>>>> +		nand_chip->ecc.write_subpage	= omap_write_subpage_bch;
>>>>  		mtd_set_ooblayout(mtd, &omap_ooblayout_ops);
>>>>  		oobbytes_per_step		= nand_chip->ecc.bytes;
>>>>  
>>>> @@ -2131,9 +2242,10 @@ static int omap_nand_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.strength		= 16;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.hwctl		= omap_enable_hwecc_bch;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.correct		= omap_elm_correct_data;
>>>> -		nand_chip->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc_bch;
>>>> +		nand_chip->ecc.calculate	= omap_calculate_ecc_bch_multi;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.read_page	= omap_read_page_bch;
>>>>  		nand_chip->ecc.write_page	= omap_write_page_bch;
>>>> +		nand_chip->ecc.write_subpage	= omap_write_subpage_bch;
>>>>  		mtd_set_ooblayout(mtd, &omap_ooblayout_ops);
>>>>  		oobbytes_per_step		= nand_chip->ecc.bytes;
>>>>    
>>>   
>>
> 

-- 
cheers,
-roger

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