* o %UBI_IO_BAD_HDR if the erase counter header is corrupted (a CRC error);
* o %UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG is the same as %UBI_IO_BAD_HDR, but there also was
* a data integrity error (uncorrectable ECC error in case of NAND);
- * o %UBI_IO_PEB_EMPTY if the physical eraseblock is empty;
+ * o %UBI_IO_FF if only 0xFF bytes were read (the PEB is supposedly empty)
* o a negative error code in case of failure.
*/
int ubi_io_read_ec_hdr(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum,
else if (UBI_IO_DEBUG)
dbg_msg("no EC header found at PEB %d, "
"only 0xFF bytes", pnum);
- return UBI_IO_PEB_EMPTY;
+ return UBI_IO_FF;
}
/*
*
* This function reads the volume identifier header from physical eraseblock
* @pnum and stores it in @vid_hdr. It also checks CRC checksum of the read
- * volume identifier header. The following codes may be returned:
+ * volume identifier header. The error codes are the same as in
+ * 'ubi_io_read_ec_hdr()'.
*
- * o %0 if the CRC checksum is correct and the header was successfully read;
- * o %UBI_IO_BITFLIPS if the CRC is correct, but bit-flips were detected
- * and corrected by the flash driver; this is harmless but may indicate that
- * this eraseblock may become bad soon;
- * o %UBI_IO_BAD_HDR if the volume identifier header is corrupted (a CRC
- * error detected);
- * o %UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG is the same as %UBI_IO_BAD_HDR, but there also was
- * a data integrity error (uncorrectable ECC error in case of NAND);
- * o %UBI_IO_PEB_FREE if the physical eraseblock is free (i.e., there is no VID
- * header there);
- * o a negative error code in case of failure.
+ * Note, the implementation of this function is also very similar to
+ * 'ubi_io_read_ec_hdr()', so refer commentaries in 'ubi_io_read_ec_hdr()'.
*/
int ubi_io_read_vid_hdr(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum,
struct ubi_vid_hdr *vid_hdr, int verbose)
if (err != UBI_IO_BITFLIPS && err != -EBADMSG)
return err;
- /*
- * We read all the data, but either a correctable bit-flip
- * occurred, or MTD reported a data integrity error
- * (uncorrectable ECC error in case of NAND). The former is
- * harmless, the later may mean that the read data is
- * corrupted. But we have a CRC check-sum and we will detect
- * this. If the VID header is still OK, we just report this as
- * there was a bit-flip, to force scrubbing.
- */
if (err == -EBADMSG)
read_err = UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG;
}
if (read_err)
return read_err;
- /*
- * If we have read all 0xFF bytes, the VID header probably does
- * not exist and the physical eraseblock is assumed to be free.
- */
if (check_pattern(vid_hdr, 0xFF, UBI_VID_HDR_SIZE)) {
- /* The physical eraseblock is supposedly free */
if (verbose)
ubi_warn("no VID header found at PEB %d, "
"only 0xFF bytes", pnum);
else if (UBI_IO_DEBUG)
dbg_msg("no VID header found at PEB %d, "
"only 0xFF bytes", pnum);
- return UBI_IO_PEB_FREE;
+ return UBI_IO_FF;
}
- /*
- * This is not a valid VID header, and these are not 0xFF
- * bytes. Report that the header is corrupted.
- */
if (verbose) {
ubi_warn("bad magic number at PEB %d: %08x instead of "
"%08x", pnum, magic, UBI_VID_HDR_MAGIC);
return read_err ?: UBI_IO_BAD_HDR;
}
- /* Validate the VID header that we have just read */
err = validate_vid_hdr(ubi, vid_hdr);
if (err) {
ubi_err("validation failed for PEB %d", pnum);
return -EINVAL;
}
- /*
- * If there was a read error (%-EBADMSG), but the header CRC is still
- * OK, report about a bit-flip to force scrubbing on this PEB.
- */
return read_err ? UBI_IO_BITFLIPS : 0;
}
return err;
else if (err == UBI_IO_BITFLIPS)
bitflips = 1;
- else if (err == UBI_IO_PEB_EMPTY)
+ else if (err == UBI_IO_FF)
return add_to_list(si, pnum, UBI_SCAN_UNKNOWN_EC, &si->erase);
else if (err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG || err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR) {
/*
else if (err == UBI_IO_BITFLIPS)
bitflips = 1;
else if (err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG || err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR ||
- (err == UBI_IO_PEB_FREE && ec_corr)) {
+ (err == UBI_IO_FF && ec_corr)) {
/* VID header is corrupted */
if (err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG ||
ec_corr == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG)
if (err)
return err;
goto adjust_mean_ec;
- } else if (err == UBI_IO_PEB_FREE) {
+ } else if (err == UBI_IO_FF) {
/* No VID header - the physical eraseblock is free */
err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, &si->free);
if (err)