On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:51:12 +0000
Naga Sureshkumar Relli <nagas...@xilinx.com> wrote:

> Hi Boris,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezil...@collabora.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 4:57 PM
> > To: Naga Sureshkumar Relli <nagas...@xilinx.com>
> > Cc: miquel.ray...@bootlin.com; helmut.gro...@intenta.de; rich...@nod.at;
> > dw...@infradead.org; computersforpe...@gmail.com; marek.va...@gmail.com;
> > vigne...@ti.com; bbrezil...@kernel.org; yamada.masah...@socionext.com; 
> > linux-
> > m...@lists.infradead.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > Subject: Re: [LINUX PATCH v17 1/2] mtd: rawnand: nand_micron: Do not over 
> > write
> > driver's read_page()/write_page()
> > 
> > On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:22:33 +0000
> > Naga Sureshkumar Relli <nagas...@xilinx.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > Hi Boris,
> > >  
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezil...@collabora.com>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 12:18 PM
> > > > To: Naga Sureshkumar Relli <nagas...@xilinx.com>
> > > > Cc: miquel.ray...@bootlin.com; helmut.gro...@intenta.de;
> > > > rich...@nod.at; dw...@infradead.org; computersforpe...@gmail.com;
> > > > marek.va...@gmail.com; vigne...@ti.com; bbrezil...@kernel.org;
> > > > yamada.masah...@socionext.com; linux- m...@lists.infradead.org;
> > > > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> > > > Subject: Re: [LINUX PATCH v17 1/2] mtd: rawnand: nand_micron: Do not
> > > > over write driver's read_page()/write_page()
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 22:46:29 -0600
> > > > Naga Sureshkumar Relli <naga.sureshkumar.re...@xilinx.com> wrote:
> > > >  
> > > > > Add check before assigning chip->ecc.read_page() and
> > > > > chip->ecc.write_page()
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Naga Sureshkumar Relli
> > > > > <naga.sureshkumar.re...@xilinx.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_micron.c | 7 +++++--
> > > > >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_micron.c
> > > > > b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_micron.c
> > > > > index cbd4f09ac178..565f2696c747 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_micron.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_micron.c
> > > > > @@ -500,8 +500,11 @@ static int micron_nand_init(struct nand_chip 
> > > > > *chip)
> > > > >               chip->ecc.size = 512;
> > > > >               chip->ecc.strength = chip->base.eccreq.strength;
> > > > >               chip->ecc.algo = NAND_ECC_BCH;
> > > > > -             chip->ecc.read_page = micron_nand_read_page_on_die_ecc;
> > > > > -             chip->ecc.write_page = 
> > > > > micron_nand_write_page_on_die_ecc;
> > > > > +             if (!chip->ecc.read_page)
> > > > > +                     chip->ecc.read_page = 
> > > > > micron_nand_read_page_on_die_ecc;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +             if (!chip->ecc.write_page)
> > > > > +                     chip->ecc.write_page = 
> > > > > micron_nand_write_page_on_die_ecc;  
> > > >
> > > > That's wrong, if you don't want on-die ECC to be used, simply don't
> > > > set nand-ecc-mode to "on- die".  
> > > Ok. But if we want to use on-die ECC then you mean to say it is mandatory 
> > > to use  
> > micron_nand_read/write_page_on_die_ecc()?
> > 
> > Absolutely, and if it doesn't work that means you driver does not
> > implement raw accesses correctly, which means it's still buggy...  
> I agree. But let's say, if there is a limitation with the controller. Then it 
> is must to have this check right?
> I mean, for pl353 controller, we must clear the CS during the data phase, 
> hence we are splitting the 
> Transfer in the pl353_read/write_page_raw().
> +     pl353_nand_read_data_op(chip, buf, mtd->writesize, false);
> +     p = chip->oob_poi;
> +     pl353_nand_read_data_op(chip, p,
> +                             (mtd->oobsize -
> +                             PL353_NAND_LAST_TRANSFER_LENGTH), false);
> +     p += (mtd->oobsize - PL353_NAND_LAST_TRANSFER_LENGTH);
> +     xnfc->dataphase_addrflags |= PL353_NAND_CLEAR_CS;
> +     pl353_nand_read_data_op(chip, p, PL353_NAND_LAST_TRANSFER_LENGTH,
> +                             false);
> As the above sequence is needed even for raw access, PL353 is unable to use 
> the on_die_page reads.

This "de-assert CS on last access" logic should be done in the
exec_op() implementation. I also wonder how that works for operations
that don't have data cycles. Oh, BTW, most chips are CE-don't-care,
which means you can assert/de-assert CS on each read_data_op() without
any issues.

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