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authorBrian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>2016-10-08 12:23:37 -0700
committerBrian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>2016-10-08 20:56:54 -0700
commit69db4aa44fdd8befc2eccd1313d841c5128c385c (patch)
tree1b84be76e9497231ed8027cf2a22b79fab64a87c /drivers/mtd
parentf5b88de284932def6850e976c18d25940c1b2c3d (diff)
parent477b0229ac9bc275f6f8d2c27a2d08b246fccd0e (diff)
Merge tag '4.9/mtd-pairing-scheme' of github.com:linux-nand/linux
Introduction of the MTD pairing scheme concept.
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/mtd')
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c104
-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c1
2 files changed, 105 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index e3936b847c6b..4f270482cfd0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -376,6 +376,110 @@ static int mtd_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *n, unsigned long state,
}
/**
+ * mtd_wunit_to_pairing_info - get pairing information of a wunit
+ * @mtd: pointer to new MTD device info structure
+ * @wunit: write unit we are interested in
+ * @info: returned pairing information
+ *
+ * Retrieve pairing information associated to the wunit.
+ * This is mainly useful when dealing with MLC/TLC NANDs where pages can be
+ * paired together, and where programming a page may influence the page it is
+ * paired with.
+ * The notion of page is replaced by the term wunit (write-unit) to stay
+ * consistent with the ->writesize field.
+ *
+ * The @wunit argument can be extracted from an absolute offset using
+ * mtd_offset_to_wunit(). @info is filled with the pairing information attached
+ * to @wunit.
+ *
+ * From the pairing info the MTD user can find all the wunits paired with
+ * @wunit using the following loop:
+ *
+ * for (i = 0; i < mtd_pairing_groups(mtd); i++) {
+ * info.pair = i;
+ * mtd_pairing_info_to_wunit(mtd, &info);
+ * ...
+ * }
+ */
+int mtd_wunit_to_pairing_info(struct mtd_info *mtd, int wunit,
+ struct mtd_pairing_info *info)
+{
+ int npairs = mtd_wunit_per_eb(mtd) / mtd_pairing_groups(mtd);
+
+ if (wunit < 0 || wunit >= npairs)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (mtd->pairing && mtd->pairing->get_info)
+ return mtd->pairing->get_info(mtd, wunit, info);
+
+ info->group = 0;
+ info->pair = wunit;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_wunit_to_pairing_info);
+
+/**
+ * mtd_wunit_to_pairing_info - get wunit from pairing information
+ * @mtd: pointer to new MTD device info structure
+ * @info: pairing information struct
+ *
+ * Returns a positive number representing the wunit associated to the info
+ * struct, or a negative error code.
+ *
+ * This is the reverse of mtd_wunit_to_pairing_info(), and can help one to
+ * iterate over all wunits of a given pair (see mtd_wunit_to_pairing_info()
+ * doc).
+ *
+ * It can also be used to only program the first page of each pair (i.e.
+ * page attached to group 0), which allows one to use an MLC NAND in
+ * software-emulated SLC mode:
+ *
+ * info.group = 0;
+ * npairs = mtd_wunit_per_eb(mtd) / mtd_pairing_groups(mtd);
+ * for (info.pair = 0; info.pair < npairs; info.pair++) {
+ * wunit = mtd_pairing_info_to_wunit(mtd, &info);
+ * mtd_write(mtd, mtd_wunit_to_offset(mtd, blkoffs, wunit),
+ * mtd->writesize, &retlen, buf + (i * mtd->writesize));
+ * }
+ */
+int mtd_pairing_info_to_wunit(struct mtd_info *mtd,
+ const struct mtd_pairing_info *info)
+{
+ int ngroups = mtd_pairing_groups(mtd);
+ int npairs = mtd_wunit_per_eb(mtd) / ngroups;
+
+ if (!info || info->pair < 0 || info->pair >= npairs ||
+ info->group < 0 || info->group >= ngroups)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (mtd->pairing && mtd->pairing->get_wunit)
+ return mtd->pairing->get_wunit(mtd, info);
+
+ return info->pair;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_pairing_info_to_wunit);
+
+/**
+ * mtd_pairing_groups - get the number of pairing groups
+ * @mtd: pointer to new MTD device info structure
+ *
+ * Returns the number of pairing groups.
+ *
+ * This number is usually equal to the number of bits exposed by a single
+ * cell, and can be used in conjunction with mtd_pairing_info_to_wunit()
+ * to iterate over all pages of a given pair.
+ */
+int mtd_pairing_groups(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+{
+ if (!mtd->pairing || !mtd->pairing->ngroups)
+ return 1;
+
+ return mtd->pairing->ngroups;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mtd_pairing_groups);
+
+/**
* add_mtd_device - register an MTD device
* @mtd: pointer to new MTD device info structure
*
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index ec852fa9200f..c1f34f04e338 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ static struct mtd_part *allocate_partition(struct mtd_info *master,
slave->mtd.oobsize = master->oobsize;
slave->mtd.oobavail = master->oobavail;
slave->mtd.subpage_sft = master->subpage_sft;
+ slave->mtd.pairing = master->pairing;
slave->mtd.name = name;
slave->mtd.owner = master->owner;