* @ec: erase counter of the physical eraseblock
*
* This function adds corrupted physical eraseblock @pnum to the 'corr' list.
- * Returns zero in case of success and a negative error code in case of
- * failure.
+ * The corruption was presumably not caused by a power cut. Returns zero in
+ * case of success and a negative error code in case of failure.
*/
static int add_corrupted(struct ubi_scan_info *si, int pnum, int ec)
{
return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
}
+/**
+ * check_data_ff - make sure PEB contains only 0xFF data.
+ * @ubi: UBI device description object
+ * @vid_hrd: the (corrupted) VID header of this PEB
+ * @pnum: the physical eraseblock number to check
+ *
+ * This is a helper function which is used to distinguish between VID header
+ * corruptions caused by power cuts and other reasons. If the PEB contains only
+ * 0xFF bytes at the data area, the VID header is most probably corrupted
+ * because of a power cut (%0 is returned in this case). Otherwise, it was
+ * corrupted for some other reasons (%1 is returned in this case). A negative
+ * error code is returned if a read error occurred.
+ *
+ * If the corruption reason was a power cut, UBI can safely erase this PEB.
+ * Otherwise, it should preserve it to avoid possibly destroying important
+ * information.
+ */
+static int check_data_ff(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_vid_hdr *vid_hdr,
+ int pnum)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ mutex_lock(&ubi->buf_mutex);
+ memset(ubi->peb_buf1, 0x00, ubi->leb_size);
+
+ err = ubi_io_read(ubi, ubi->peb_buf1, pnum, ubi->leb_start,
+ ubi->leb_size);
+ if (err && err != UBI_IO_BITFLIPS && err != -EBADMSG)
+ return err;
+
+ if (ubi_check_pattern(ubi->peb_buf1, 0xFF, ubi->leb_size)) {
+ mutex_unlock(&ubi->buf_mutex);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ ubi_err("PEB %d contains corrupted VID header, and the data does not "
+ "contain all 0xFF, this may be a non-UBI PEB or a severe VID "
+ "header corruption which requires manual inspection", pnum);
+ ubi_dbg_dump_vid_hdr(vid_hdr);
+ dbg_msg("hexdump of PEB %d offset %d, length %d",
+ pnum, ubi->leb_start, ubi->leb_size);
+ ubi_dbg_print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 32, 1,
+ ubi->peb_buf1, ubi->leb_size, 1);
+ mutex_unlock(&ubi->buf_mutex);
+ return -EINVAL;
+}
+
/**
* process_eb - read, check UBI headers, and add them to scanning information.
* @ubi: UBI device description object
*/
si->maybe_bad_peb_count += 1;
case UBI_IO_BAD_HDR:
+ if (ec_err)
+ /*
+ * Both headers are corrupted. There is a possibility
+ * that this a valid UBI PEB which has corresponding
+ * LEB, but the headers are corrupted. However, it is
+ * impossible to distinguish it from a PEB which just
+ * contains garbage because a power cut during erase
+ * operation. So we just schedule this PEB for erasure.
+ */
+ err = 0;
+ else
+ /*
+ * The EC was OK, but the VID header is corrupted. We
+ * have to check what is in the data area.
+ */
+ err = check_data_ff(ubi, vidh, pnum);
+ if (!err)
+ /* This corruption is caused by a power cut */
+ err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, 1, &si->erase);
+ else
+ /* This is an unexpected corruption */
+ err = add_corrupted(si, pnum, ec);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+ goto adjust_mean_ec;
case UBI_IO_FF_BITFLIPS:
err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, 1, &si->erase);
if (err)