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Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 10:17:33 +0200
From: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
 Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>, Kernel Hardening
 <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>, Andrew Morton
 <akpm@...uxfoundation.org>, Boris Brezillon
 <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>, Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
 David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>, Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>,
 Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>, Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>,
 Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [patch V2 6/8] mtd/diskonchip: Allocate rs control per instance

On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 12:04:47 +0200
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:

> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> 
> The reed solomon library is moving the on stack decoder buffers into the rs
> control structure. That would break the DoC driver because multiple
> instances share the same control structure and can operate in parallel. At
> least in theory....
> 
> Instantiate a rs control instance per DoC device to avoid that. The per
> instance buffer is fine as the operation on a single DoC instance is
> serialized by the MTD/NAND core.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>

Acked-by: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...tlin.com>

If you happen to send a new version, can you change the subject prefix
to "mtd: rawnand: diskonchip: " (instead of "mtd/diskonchip: ")?

> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> Cc: Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Kernel Hardening <kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com>
> Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>
> Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
> Cc: Anton Vorontsov <anton@...msg.org>
> Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@...roid.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
> Cc: Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
> 
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/nand/raw/diskonchip.c |   60 +++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/diskonchip.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/diskonchip.c
> @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct doc_priv {
>  	int curchip;
>  	int mh0_page;
>  	int mh1_page;
> +	struct rs_control *rs_decoder;
>  	struct mtd_info *nextdoc;
>  
>  	/* Handle the last stage of initialization (BBT scan, partitioning) */
> @@ -123,9 +124,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(doc_config_location, "P
>  /* Number of symbols */
>  #define NN 1023
>  
> -/* the Reed Solomon control structure */
> -static struct rs_control *rs_decoder;
> -
>  /*
>   * The HW decoder in the DoC ASIC's provides us a error syndrome,
>   * which we must convert to a standard syndrome usable by the generic
> @@ -931,7 +929,7 @@ static int doc200x_correct_data(struct m
>  				calc_ecc[i] = ReadDOC_(docptr, DoC_ECCSyndrome0 + i);
>  		}
>  
> -		ret = doc_ecc_decode(rs_decoder, dat, calc_ecc);
> +		ret = doc_ecc_decode(doc->rs_decoder, dat, calc_ecc);
>  		if (ret > 0)
>  			pr_err("doc200x_correct_data corrected %d errors\n",
>  			       ret);
> @@ -1422,10 +1420,10 @@ static inline int __init doc2001plus_ini
>  
>  static int __init doc_probe(unsigned long physadr)
>  {
> +	struct nand_chip *nand = NULL;
> +	struct doc_priv *doc = NULL;
>  	unsigned char ChipID;
>  	struct mtd_info *mtd;
> -	struct nand_chip *nand;
> -	struct doc_priv *doc;
>  	void __iomem *virtadr;
>  	unsigned char save_control;
>  	unsigned char tmp, tmpb, tmpc;
> @@ -1562,8 +1560,25 @@ static int __init doc_probe(unsigned lon
>  		goto fail;
>  	}
>  
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Allocate a RS codec instance
> +	 *
> +	 * Symbolsize is 10 (bits)
> +	 * Primitve polynomial is x^10+x^3+1
> +	 * First consecutive root is 510
> +	 * Primitve element to generate roots = 1
> +	 * Generator polinomial degree = 4
> +	 */
> +	doc = (struct doc_priv *) (nand + 1);
> +	doc->rs_decoder = init_rs(10, 0x409, FCR, 1, NROOTS);
> +	if (!doc->rs_decoder) {
> +		pr_err("DiskOnChip: Could not create a RS codec\n");
> +		ret = -ENOMEM;
> +		goto fail;
> +	}
> +
>  	mtd			= nand_to_mtd(nand);
> -	doc			= (struct doc_priv *) (nand + 1);
>  	nand->bbt_td		= (struct nand_bbt_descr *) (doc + 1);
>  	nand->bbt_md		= nand->bbt_td + 1;
>  
> @@ -1613,7 +1628,6 @@ static int __init doc_probe(unsigned lon
>  		   haven't yet added it.  This is handled without incident by
>  		   mtd_device_unregister, as far as I can tell. */
>  		nand_release(mtd);
> -		kfree(nand);
>  		goto fail;
>  	}
>  
> @@ -1626,6 +1640,9 @@ static int __init doc_probe(unsigned lon
>  	   actually a DiskOnChip.  */
>  	WriteDOC(save_control, virtadr, DOCControl);
>   fail:
> +	if (doc)
> +		free_rs(doc->rs_decoder);
> +	kfree(nand);
>  	iounmap(virtadr);
>  
>  error_ioremap:
> @@ -1648,6 +1665,7 @@ static void release_nanddoc(void)
>  		nand_release(mtd);
>  		iounmap(doc->virtadr);
>  		release_mem_region(doc->physadr, DOC_IOREMAP_LEN);
> +		free_rs(doc->rs_decoder);
>  		kfree(nand);
>  	}
>  }
> @@ -1656,27 +1674,12 @@ static int __init init_nanddoc(void)
>  {
>  	int i, ret = 0;
>  
> -	/* We could create the decoder on demand, if memory is a concern.
> -	 * This way we have it handy, if an error happens
> -	 *
> -	 * Symbolsize is 10 (bits)
> -	 * Primitve polynomial is x^10+x^3+1
> -	 * first consecutive root is 510
> -	 * primitve element to generate roots = 1
> -	 * generator polinomial degree = 4
> -	 */
> -	rs_decoder = init_rs(10, 0x409, FCR, 1, NROOTS);
> -	if (!rs_decoder) {
> -		pr_err("DiskOnChip: Could not create a RS decoder\n");
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> -	}
> -
>  	if (doc_config_location) {
>  		pr_info("Using configured DiskOnChip probe address 0x%lx\n",
>  			doc_config_location);
>  		ret = doc_probe(doc_config_location);
>  		if (ret < 0)
> -			goto outerr;
> +			return ret;
>  	} else {
>  		for (i = 0; (doc_locations[i] != 0xffffffff); i++) {
>  			doc_probe(doc_locations[i]);
> @@ -1687,11 +1690,7 @@ static int __init init_nanddoc(void)
>  	if (!doclist) {
>  		pr_info("No valid DiskOnChip devices found\n");
>  		ret = -ENODEV;
> -		goto outerr;
>  	}
> -	return 0;
> - outerr:
> -	free_rs(rs_decoder);
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> @@ -1699,11 +1698,6 @@ static void __exit cleanup_nanddoc(void)
>  {
>  	/* Cleanup the nand/DoC resources */
>  	release_nanddoc();
> -
> -	/* Free the reed solomon resources */
> -	if (rs_decoder) {
> -		free_rs(rs_decoder);
> -	}
>  }
>  
>  module_init(init_nanddoc);
> 
> 

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