On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:39:58 +0100
Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Starting from commit 041e4575f034 ("mtd: nand: handle ECC errors in
> OOB"), nand_do_read_oob() (from the NAND core) did return 0 or a
> negative error, and the MTD layer expected it.
>
> However, the trend for the NAND layer is now to return an error or a
> positive number of bitflips. Deciding which status to return to the
> user belongs to the MTD layer.
>
> Commit e47f68587b82 ("mtd: check for max_bitflips in mtd_read_oob()")
> brought this logic to the mtd_read_oob() function while the status
> coming from nand_do_read_oob() (called by the ->ecc.read_oob() hook)
> was left unchanged.
>
> Fixes: e47f68587b82 ("mtd: check for max_bitflips in mtd_read_oob()")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Oops, patch untested, will send a v2, sorry for the noise.
Thanks,
Miquèl