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-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c28
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
index 5ebe280225d..f49e49dc592 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
@@ -672,7 +672,33 @@ static int io_init(struct ubi_device *ubi)
ubi->nor_flash = 1;
}
- ubi->min_io_size = ubi->mtd->writesize;
+ /*
+ * Set UBI min. I/O size (@ubi->min_io_size). We use @mtd->writebufsize
+ * for these purposes, not @mtd->writesize. At the moment this does not
+ * matter for NAND, because currently @mtd->writebufsize is equivalent to
+ * @mtd->writesize for all NANDs. However, some CFI NOR flashes may
+ * have @mtd->writebufsize which is multiple of @mtd->writesize.
+ *
+ * The reason we use @mtd->writebufsize for @ubi->min_io_size is that
+ * UBI and UBIFS recovery algorithms rely on the fact that if there was
+ * an unclean power cut, then we can find offset of the last corrupted
+ * node, align the offset to @ubi->min_io_size, read the rest of the
+ * eraseblock starting from this offset, and check whether there are
+ * only 0xFF bytes. If yes, then we are probably dealing with a
+ * corruption caused by a power cut, if not, then this is probably some
+ * severe corruption.
+ *
+ * Thus, we have to use the maximum write unit size of the flash, which
+ * is @mtd->writebufsize, because @mtd->writesize is the minimum write
+ * size, not the maximum.
+ */
+ if (ubi->mtd->type == MTD_NANDFLASH)
+ ubi_assert(ubi->mtd->writebufsize == ubi->mtd->writesize);
+ else if (ubi->mtd->type == MTD_NORFLASH)
+ ubi_assert(ubi->mtd->writebufsize % ubi->mtd->writesize == 0);
+
+ ubi->min_io_size = ubi->mtd->writebufsize;
+
ubi->hdrs_min_io_size = ubi->mtd->writesize >> ubi->mtd->subpage_sft;
/*