[BUG] mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: write regression since v4.17-rc1

Tue Feb 8 01:28:10 AEDT 2022

Hello Tokunori-san,

On 29.01.22 19:01, Tokunori Ikegami wrote:
> Hi Ahmad-san,
> 
> Thanks for your investigation.
> 
>> The issue is still there with #define FORCE_WORD_WRITE 1:
>>
>>    jffs2: Write clean marker to block at 0x000a0000 failed: -5
>>    MTD do_write_oneword_once(): software timeout
> Which kernel version has been tested about this?

I last tested with v5.10.30, but I had briefly tried v5.16-rc as well
when first debugging this issue.

I have rebased onto v5.17-rc2 now and will use that for further tests.
The same issue with word write forcing is reproducible there as well.

> Since the buffered writes disabled by 7e4404113686 for S29GL256N and tested on kernel 5.10.16.
> So I would like to confirm if the issue depended on the CPU or kernel version, etc.
> Note: The chips S29GL064N and S29GL256N seem different the flash Mb size basically.

I see. To be extra sure, I have replaced 0x2201 with 0x0c01 to hit
the same code paths, but no improvement.

>> Doesn't seem to be a buffered write issue here though as the writes
>> did work fine before dfeae1073583. Any other ideas?
> At first I thought the issue is possible to be resolved by using the word write instead of the buffered writes.
> Now I am thinking to disable the changes dfeae1073583 partially with any condition if possible.

What seems to work for me is checking if chip_good or chip_ready
and map_word is equal to 0xFF. I can't justify why this is ok though.
(Worst case bus is floating at this point of time and Hi-Z is read
as 0xff on CPU data lines...)

> By the way could you please let me know the chip information for more detail? (For example model number, cycle and device ID, etc.)

I can't read it off the chip, but vendor uses S29GL064N90FFI02 or S29GL964N11FFI02.
Kernel reports it with:
ff800000.flash: Found 1 x16 devices at 0x0 in 8-bit bank. Manufacturer ID 0x000001 Chip ID 0x000c01

I am not sure what you mean with cycle. If you tell me what
command to run, I can paste the output.

Thanks,
Ahmad

> 
> Regards,
> Ikegami
> 
> 
> On 2021/12/14 16:23, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> 
>>>> [TLDR: adding this regression to regzbot; most of this mail is compiled
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>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> #regzbot ^introduced dfeae1073583
>>>> #regzbot title mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: flash write accesses on the
>>>> hardware fail on a PowerPC MPC8313 to a 8-bit-parallel S29GL064N flash
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>>>>
>>>> On 13.12.21 14:24, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been investigating a breakage on a PowerPC MPC8313: The SoC is connected
>>>>> via the "Enhanced Local Bus Controller" to a 8-bit-parallel S29GL064N flash,
>>>>> which is represented as a memory-mapped cfi-flash.
>>>>>
>>>>> The regression began in v4.17-rc1 with
>>>>>
>>>>>     dfeae1073583 ("mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: Change write buffer to check correct value")
>>>>>
>>>>> and causes all flash write accesses on the hardware to fail. Example output
>>>>> after v5.1-rc2[1]:
>>>>>
>>>>>     root at host:~# mount -t jffs2 /dev/mtdblock0 /mnt
>>>>>     MTD do_write_buffer_wait(): software timeout, address:0x000c000b.
>>>>>     jffs2: Write clean marker to block at 0x000c0000 failed: -5
>>>>>
>>>>> This issue still persists with v5.16-rc. Reverting aforementioned patch fixes
>>>>> it, but I am still looking for a change that keeps both Tokunori's and my
>>>>> hardware happy.
>>>>>
>>>>> What Tokunori's patch did is that it strengthened the success condition
>>>>> for flash writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Prior to the patch, DQ polling was done until bits
>>>>>      stopped toggling. This was taken as an indicator that the write succeeded
>>>>>      and was reported up the stack. i.e. success condition is chip_ready()
>>>>>
>>>>>    - After the patch, polling continues until the just written data is
>>>>>      actually read back, i.e. success condition is chip_good()
>>>>>
>>>>> This new condition never holds for me, when DQ stabilizes, it reads 0xFF,
>>>>> never the just written data. The data is still written and can be read back
>>>>> on subsequent reads, just not at that point of time in the poll loop.
>>>>>
>>>>> We haven't had write issues for the years predating that patch. As the
>>>>> regression has been mainline for a while, I am wondering what about my setup
>>>>> that makes it pop up here, but not elsewhere?
>>>>>
>>>>> I consulted the data sheet[2] and found Figure 27, which describes DQ polling
>>>>> during embedded algorithms. DQ switches from status output to "True" (I assume
>>>>> True == all bits set == 0xFF) until CS# is reasserted.
>>>>>
>>>>> I compared with another chip's datasheet, and it (Figure 8.4) doesn't describe
>>>>> such an intermittent "True" state. In any case, the driver polls a few hundred
>>>>> times, however, before giving up, so there should be enough CS# toggles.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Locally, I'll revert this patch for now. I think accepting 0xFF as a success
>>>>> condition may be appropriate, but I don't yet have the rationale to back it up.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am investigating this some more, probably with a logic trace, but I wanted
>>>>> to report this in case someone has pointers and in case other people run into
>>>>> the same issue.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Ahmad
>>>>>
>>>>> [1] Prior to d9b8a67b3b95 ("mtd: cfi: fix deadloop in cfi_cmdset_0002.c do_write_buffer")
>>>>>       first included with v5.1-rc2, failing writes just hung indefinitely in kernel space.
>>>>>       That's fixed, but the writes still fail.
>>>>>
>>>>> [2]: 001-98525 Rev. *B, https://www.infineon.com/dgdl/Infineon-S29GL064N_S29GL032N_64_Mbit_32_Mbit_3_V_Page_Mode_MirrorBit_Flash-DataSheet-v03_00-EN.pdf?fileId=8ac78c8c7d0d8da4017d0ed556fd548b
>>>>>
>>>>> [3]: https://www.mouser.com/datasheet/2/268/SST39VF1601C-SST39VF1602C-16-Mbit-x16-Multi-Purpos-709008.pdf
>>>>>        Note that "true data" means valid data here, not all bits one.
>>>>>
>>
> 

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