Xiaoming Ni 5788ccf3c8 mtd: clear cache_state to avoid writing to bad blocks repeatedly ...

The function call process is as follows:
	mtd_blktrans_work()
	  while (1)
	    do_blktrans_request()
	      mtdblock_writesect()
	        do_cached_write()
	          write_cached_data() /*if cache_state is STATE_DIRTY*/
	            erase_write()

write_cached_data() returns failure without modifying cache_state
and cache_offset. So when do_cached_write() is called again,
write_cached_data() will be called again to perform erase_write()
on the same cache_offset.

But if this cache_offset points to a bad block, erase_write() will
always return -EIO. Writing to this mtdblk is equivalent to losing
the current data, and repeatedly writing to the bad block.

Repeatedly writing a bad block has no real benefits,
but brings some negative effects:
1 Lost subsequent data
2 Loss of flash device life
3 erase_write() bad blocks are very time-consuming. For example:
	the function do_erase_oneblock() in chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.c or
	chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c may take more than 20 seconds to return

Therefore, when erase_write() returns -EIO in write_cached_data(),
clear cache_state to avoid writing to bad blocks repeatedly.

Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Ni <nixiaoming@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>

2020-06-05 10:16:14 +02:00

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