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From: Finn Thain <fthain@linux-m68k.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>, Laurent Vivier <laurent@vivier.eu>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Joshua Thompson <funaho@jurai.org>,
	linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 24/32] swim: Don't search beyond the first data mark
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:17:10 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <424125c0edf495ccea123ab062b9501ebc5ed06e.1786929430.git.fthain@linux-m68k.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1786929430.git.fthain@linux-m68k.org>

The ISM chip does an automatic MFM gap/sync search when the Action bit
is first set. That search may stop at any of a) post-index gap, b) address
field gap or c) data field gap. To find the next sector header, the
driver need not search at all. It only has to validate the mark bytes.

Once the sector address mark has been validated, swim_read_sector_data()
is called to read the sector contents. Between the sector address and
data fields lies an intra-sector gap followed by a data field mark.
After this mark is validated, the 512-byte data area is read into the
IO request buffer.

Problem is, if any byte in the data field mark is mis-read, the driver
searches the whole sector and then reaches the data field mark in the
following sector. The wrong sector is then read into the buffer, and
swim_read_sector_data() returns success. The request is silently
corrupted.

The existing limit on polling loop iterations does constrain the search
distance but is inherently tied to CPU speed. This is probably the reason
why corruption was only observed on a 68030 system.

Discontinue the mark search when the mark bytes fail validation.

Fixes: 8852ecd97488 ("m68k: mac - Add SWIM floppy support")
Signed-off-by: Finn Thain <fthain@linux-m68k.org>
---
 drivers/block/swim_asm.S | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/swim_asm.S b/drivers/block/swim_asm.S
index 10f4c42ee3ab..4913470b63e8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/swim_asm.S
+++ b/drivers/block/swim_asm.S
@@ -41,18 +41,45 @@
 	.equ	seek_time, 30000
 	.equ	max_retry, 40
 	.equ	sector_size, 512
+	.equ	.Lmark_sequence_len,	4
 
 	.equ	.Lhr_crc_error,		0x02
 	.equ	.Lhr_fifo_2bytes,	0x40
 	.equ	.Lhr_fifo_1byte,	0x80
 
+.Lmfm_mark_check:
+	/*
+	 * This subroutine reads and validates a mark byte sequence.
+	 * On entry, %a1 and %d4 shall hold the location and length (resp.)
+	 * of the mark byte array.
+	 * %a2 and %a3 shall hold the locations of the handshake and mark
+	 * registers.
+	 * Returns zero in %d1 for success.
+	 */
+
+	moveq	#-1, %d1
+	subq	#1, %d4
+	movew	#seek_time, %d2
+
+5:	tstb	%a2@
+	dbmi	%d2, 5b
+	bpl	6f
+
+	moveb	%a3@, %d3
+	cmpb	%a1@+, %d3
+	dbne	%d4, 5b
+	bne	6f
+
+	moveq	#0, %d1
+6:	rts
+
 	.global swim_read_sector_header
 swim_read_sector_header:
 	link	%a6, #0
 	moveml	%d1-%d5/%a0-%a5,%sp@-
 	movel	%a6@(0x0c), %a4
 	moveq	#-1, %d0
-	bsr	mfm_read_addrmark
+	bsr	.Lmfm_read_header
 	moveml	%sp@+, %d1-%d5/%a0-%a5
 	unlk	%a6
 	rts
@@ -62,33 +89,25 @@ sector_address_mark:
 sector_data_mark:
 	.byte	0xa1, 0xa1, 0xa1, 0xfb
 
-mfm_read_addrmark:
+.Lmfm_read_header:
 	movel	%a6@(0x08), %a3
 	lea	%a3@(read_handshake), %a2
 	lea	%a3@(read_data), %a5
 	lea	%a3@(read_mark), %a3
-	movew	#seek_time, %d2
 
-wait_header_init:
 	moveb	#0x18, %a3@(write_mode0 - read_mark)
 	moveb	#0x01, %a3@(write_mode1 - read_mark)
 	moveb	#0x01, %a3@(write_mode0 - read_mark)
 	tstb	%a3@(read_error - read_mark)
 	moveb	#0x08, %a3@(write_mode1 - read_mark)
 
-	lea	sector_address_mark, %a0
-	moveq	#3, %d1
-
-wait_addr_mark_byte:
-
-	tstb	%a2@
-	dbmi	%d2, wait_addr_mark_byte
-	bpl	signal_nonyb
+	lea	sector_address_mark, %a1
+	moveq	#.Lmark_sequence_len, %d4
+	bsr	.Lmfm_mark_check
+	tstl	%d1
+	bne	signal_nonyb
 
-	moveb	%a3@, %d3
-	cmpb	%a0@+, %d3
-	dbne	%d1, wait_addr_mark_byte
-	bne	wait_header_init
+	/* read header */
 
 	moveq	#max_retry, %d2
 
@@ -163,30 +182,18 @@ mfm_read_data:
 	lea	%a3@(read_handshake), %a2
 	lea	%a3@(read_data), %a5
 	lea	%a3@(read_mark), %a3
-	movew	#seek_time, %d2
 
-wait_data_init:
 	moveb	#0x18, %a3@(write_mode0 - read_mark)
 	moveb	#0x01, %a3@(write_mode1 - read_mark)
 	moveb	#0x01, %a3@(write_mode0 - read_mark)
 	tstb	%a3@(read_error - read_mark)
 	moveb	#0x08, %a3@(write_mode1 - read_mark)
 
-	lea	sector_data_mark, %a0
-	moveq	#3, %d1
-
-	/* wait data address mark */
-
-wait_data_mark_byte:
-
-	tstb	%a2@
-	dbmi	%d2, wait_data_mark_byte
-	bpl	data_exit
-
-	moveb	%a3@, %d3
-	cmpb	%a0@+, %d3
-	dbne	%d1, wait_data_mark_byte
-	bne	wait_data_init
+	lea	sector_data_mark, %a1
+	moveq	#.Lmark_sequence_len, %d4
+	bsr	.Lmfm_mark_check
+	tstl	%d1
+	bne	data_exit
 
 	/* read data */
 
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-17  1:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-17  1:17 [PATCH v2 00/32] block/swim: Fixes and improvements Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 27/32] swim: Add some helpful references Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 30/32] swim: Define macros for constants Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 23/32] swim: Don't needlessly re-read sectors Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 06/32] swim: Configure parameter memory Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 31/32] swim: Define symbols for constants Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 26/32] swim: Move swd initialization Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 03/32] swim: Enable the drive when probing Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 19/32] swim: Deduplicate polling loops Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 04/32] swim: Don't disable drive after every sector Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 15/32] swim: Don't use the mark register to read data Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 14/32] swim: Check error register during sector read Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 25/32] swim: Remove pointless specifiers Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 20/32] swim: Check drive ready bit Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 13/32] swim: Check for CRC errors Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` Finn Thain [this message]
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 10/32] swim: Add track zero recalibration delay Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 17/32] swim: Convert to blocking queue Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 05/32] swim: Perform ISM/IWM mode switching according to specs Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 32/32] swim: Unexport global symbols Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 11/32] swim: Handle FIFO timeout error Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 29/32] swim: Clean up whitespace Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 28/32] swim: Remove unused macro definitions Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 08/32] swim: Don't start motor until medium is present Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 01/32] swim: Assert strobe with stable outputs Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 22/32] swim: Remove pointless mode0 register write Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 07/32] swim: Enable clock divider only where appropriate Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 09/32] swim: Recalibrate when drive is probed Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 18/32] swim: Remove redundant RELAX actions Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 21/32] swim: Revisit delays Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 02/32] swim: Select appropriate drive once only Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 12/32] swim: Simplify return value initialization Finn Thain
2026-08-17  1:17 ` [PATCH v2 16/32] swim: Fix buffer overflow Finn Thain

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