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@@ -142,13 +142,14 @@ KernelVersion: 3.4
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Contact: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org
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Description:
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This allows the user to examine and adjust the criteria by which
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- mtd returns -EUCLEAN from mtd_read(). If the maximum number of
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- bit errors that were corrected on any single region comprising
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- an ecc step (as reported by the driver) equals or exceeds this
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- value, -EUCLEAN is returned. Otherwise, absent an error, 0 is
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- returned. Higher layers (e.g., UBI) use this return code as an
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- indication that an erase block may be degrading and should be
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- scrutinized as a candidate for being marked as bad.
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+ mtd returns -EUCLEAN from mtd_read() and mtd_read_oob(). If the
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+ maximum number of bit errors that were corrected on any single
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+ region comprising an ecc step (as reported by the driver) equals
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+ or exceeds this value, -EUCLEAN is returned. Otherwise, absent
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+ an error, 0 is returned. Higher layers (e.g., UBI) use this
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+ return code as an indication that an erase block may be
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+ degrading and should be scrutinized as a candidate for being
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+ marked as bad.
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The initial value may be specified by the flash device driver.
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If not, then the default value is ecc_strength.
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@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ Description:
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block degradation, but high enough to avoid the consequences of
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a persistent return value of -EUCLEAN on devices where sticky
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bitflips occur. Note that if bitflip_threshold exceeds
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- ecc_strength, -EUCLEAN is never returned by mtd_read().
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+ ecc_strength, -EUCLEAN is never returned by the read operations.
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Conversely, if bitflip_threshold is zero, -EUCLEAN is always
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returned, absent a hard error.
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