Merge branch 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubi-2.6

* 'linux-next' of git://git.infradead.org/ubi-2.6:
  UBI: tighten the corrupted PEB criteria
  UBI: fix check_data_ff return code
  UBI: remember copy_flag while scanning
  UBI: preserve corrupted PEBs
  UBI: add truly corrupted PEBs to corrupted list
  UBI: introduce debugging helper function
  UBI: make check_pattern function non-static
  UBI: do not put eraseblocks to the corrupted list unnecessarily
  UBI: separate out corrupted list
  UBI: change cascade of ifs to switch statements
  UBI: rename a local variable
  UBI: handle bit-flips when no header found
  UBI: remove duplicate IO error codes
  UBI: rename IO error code
  UBI: fix small 80 characters limit style issue
  UBI: cleanup and simplify Kconfig

13 files changed, 419 insertions, 286 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig
index f702a163d8d..3cf193fb5e0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-menu "UBI - Unsorted block images"
-	depends on MTD
-
-config MTD_UBI
-	tristate "Enable UBI"
-	depends on MTD
+menuconfig MTD_UBI
+	tristate "Enable UBI - Unsorted block images"
 	select CRC32
 	help
 	  UBI is a software layer above MTD layer which admits of LVM-like
@@ -12,11 +8,12 @@ config MTD_UBI
 	  capabilities. Please, consult the MTD web site for more details
 	  (www.linux-mtd.infradead.org).
 
+if MTD_UBI
+
 config MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
 	int "UBI wear-leveling threshold"
 	default 4096
 	range 2 65536
-	depends on MTD_UBI
 	help
 	  This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
 	  erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
@@ -34,7 +31,6 @@ config MTD_UBI_BEB_RESERVE
 	int "Percentage of reserved eraseblocks for bad eraseblocks handling"
 	default 1
 	range 0 25
-	depends on MTD_UBI
 	help
 	  If the MTD device admits of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NAND flash), UBI
 	  reserves some amount of physical eraseblocks to handle new bad
@@ -48,8 +44,6 @@ config MTD_UBI_BEB_RESERVE
 
 config MTD_UBI_GLUEBI
 	tristate "MTD devices emulation driver (gluebi)"
-	default n
-	depends on MTD_UBI
 	help
 	   This option enables gluebi - an additional driver which emulates MTD
 	   devices on top of UBI volumes: for each UBI volumes an MTD device is
@@ -59,4 +53,5 @@ config MTD_UBI_GLUEBI
 	   software.
 
 source "drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig.debug"
-endmenu
+
+endif # MTD_UBI
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig.debug b/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig.debug
index 61f6e5e4045..fad4adc0fe2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1,94 +1,73 @@
 comment "UBI debugging options"
-	depends on MTD_UBI
 
 config MTD_UBI_DEBUG
 	bool "UBI debugging"
 	depends on SYSFS
-	depends on MTD_UBI
 	select DEBUG_FS
 	select KALLSYMS_ALL if KALLSYMS && DEBUG_KERNEL
 	help
 	  This option enables UBI debugging.
 
+if MTD_UBI_DEBUG
+
 config MTD_UBI_DEBUG_MSG
 	bool "UBI debugging messages"
-	depends on MTD_UBI_DEBUG
-	default n
 	help
 	  This option enables UBI debugging messages.
 
 config MTD_UBI_DEBUG_PARANOID
 	bool "Extra self-checks"
-	default n
-	depends on MTD_UBI_DEBUG
 	help
 	  This option enables extra checks in UBI code. Note this slows UBI down
 	  significantly.
 
 config MTD_UBI_DEBUG_DISABLE_BGT
 	bool "Do not enable the UBI background thread"
-	depends on MTD_UBI_DEBUG
-	default n
 	help
 	  This option switches the background thread off by default. The thread
 	  may be also be enabled/disabled via UBI sysfs.
 
 config MTD_UBI_DEBUG_EMULATE_BITFLIPS
 	bool "Emulate flash bit-flips"
-	depends on MTD_UBI_DEBUG
-	default n
 	help
 	  This option emulates bit-flips with probability 1/50, which in turn
 	  causes scrubbing. Useful for debugging and stressing UBI.
 
 config MTD_UBI_DEBUG_EMULATE_WRITE_FAILURES
 	bool "Emulate flash write failures"
-	depends on MTD_UBI_DEBUG
-	default n
 	help
 	  This option emulates write failures with probability 1/100. Useful for
 	  debugging and testing how UBI handlines errors.
 
 config MTD_UBI_DEBUG_EMULATE_ERASE_FAILURES
 	bool "Emulate flash erase failures"
-	depends on MTD_UBI_DEBUG
-	default n
 	help
 	  This option emulates erase failures with probability 1/100. Useful for
 	  debugging and testing how UBI handlines errors.
 
-menu "Additional UBI debugging messages"
-	depends on MTD_UBI_DEBUG
+comment "Additional UBI debugging messages"
 
 config MTD_UBI_DEBUG_MSG_BLD
 	bool "Additional UBI initialization and build messages"
-	default n
-	depends on MTD_UBI_DEBUG
 	help
 	  This option enables detailed UBI initialization and device build
 	  debugging messages.
 
 config MTD_UBI_DEBUG_MSG_EBA
 	bool "Eraseblock association unit messages"
-	default n
-	depends on MTD_UBI_DEBUG
 	help
 	  This option enables debugging messages from the UBI eraseblock
 	  association unit.
 
 config MTD_UBI_DEBUG_MSG_WL
 	bool "Wear-leveling unit messages"
-	default n
-	depends on MTD_UBI_DEBUG
 	help
 	  This option enables debugging messages from the UBI wear-leveling
 	  unit.
 
 config MTD_UBI_DEBUG_MSG_IO
 	bool "Input/output unit messages"
-	default n
-	depends on MTD_UBI_DEBUG
 	help
 	  This option enables debugging messages from the UBI input/output unit.
 
-endmenu # UBI debugging messages
+endif # MTD_UBI_DEBUG
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
index 78ae89488a4..5ebe280225d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/build.c
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ DEFINE_MUTEX(ubi_devices_mutex);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ubi_devices_lock);
 
 /* "Show" method for files in '/<sysfs>/class/ubi/' */
-static ssize_t ubi_version_show(struct class *class, struct class_attribute *attr,
-				char *buf)
+static ssize_t ubi_version_show(struct class *class,
+				struct class_attribute *attr, char *buf)
 {
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", UBI_VERSION);
 }
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ static int attach_by_scanning(struct ubi_device *ubi)
 
 	ubi->bad_peb_count = si->bad_peb_count;
 	ubi->good_peb_count = ubi->peb_count - ubi->bad_peb_count;
+	ubi->corr_peb_count = si->corr_peb_count;
 	ubi->max_ec = si->max_ec;
 	ubi->mean_ec = si->mean_ec;
 	ubi_msg("max. sequence number:       %llu", si->max_sqnum);
@@ -972,6 +973,7 @@ int ubi_attach_mtd_dev(struct mtd_info *mtd, int ubi_num, int vid_hdr_offset)
 	ubi_msg("MTD device size:            %llu MiB", ubi->flash_size >> 20);
 	ubi_msg("number of good PEBs:        %d", ubi->good_peb_count);
 	ubi_msg("number of bad PEBs:         %d", ubi->bad_peb_count);
+	ubi_msg("number of corrupted PEBs:   %d", ubi->corr_peb_count);
 	ubi_msg("max. allowed volumes:       %d", ubi->vtbl_slots);
 	ubi_msg("wear-leveling threshold:    %d", CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD);
 	ubi_msg("number of internal volumes: %d", UBI_INT_VOL_COUNT);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.h b/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.h
index 17a10712972..9eca95074bc 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ void ubi_dbg_dump_seb(const struct ubi_scan_leb *seb, int type);
 void ubi_dbg_dump_mkvol_req(const struct ubi_mkvol_req *req);
 void ubi_dbg_dump_flash(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum, int offset, int len);
 
+#define ubi_dbg_print_hex_dump(l, ps, pt, r, g, b, len, a)  \
+		print_hex_dump(l, ps, pt, r, g, b, len, a)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_UBI_DEBUG_MSG
 /* General debugging messages */
 #define dbg_gen(fmt, ...) dbg_msg(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__)
@@ -172,6 +175,7 @@ static inline int ubi_dbg_is_erase_failure(void)
 #define ubi_dbg_dump_seb(seb, type)      ({})
 #define ubi_dbg_dump_mkvol_req(req)      ({})
 #define ubi_dbg_dump_flash(ubi, pnum, offset, len) ({})
+#define ubi_dbg_print_hex_dump(l, ps, pt, r, g, b, len, a)  ({})
 
 #define UBI_IO_DEBUG               0
 #define DBG_DISABLE_BGT            0
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c
index fe74749e0da..4be67181501 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/eba.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ retry:
 				 * may try to recover data. FIXME: but this is
 				 * not implemented.
 				 */
-				if (err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_READ ||
+				if (err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG ||
 				    err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR) {
 					ubi_warn("corrupted VID header at PEB "
 						 "%d, LEB %d:%d", pnum, vol_id,
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ write_error:
 static int is_error_sane(int err)
 {
 	if (err == -EIO || err == -ENOMEM || err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR ||
-	    err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_READ || err == -ETIMEDOUT)
+	    err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG || err == -ETIMEDOUT)
 		return 0;
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -1201,6 +1201,9 @@ static void print_rsvd_warning(struct ubi_device *ubi,
 
 	ubi_warn("cannot reserve enough PEBs for bad PEB handling, reserved %d,"
 		 " need %d", ubi->beb_rsvd_pebs, ubi->beb_rsvd_level);
+	if (ubi->corr_peb_count)
+		ubi_warn("%d PEBs are corrupted and not used",
+			ubi->corr_peb_count);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1263,6 +1266,9 @@ int ubi_eba_init_scan(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si)
 	if (ubi->avail_pebs < EBA_RESERVED_PEBS) {
 		ubi_err("no enough physical eraseblocks (%d, need %d)",
 			ubi->avail_pebs, EBA_RESERVED_PEBS);
+		if (ubi->corr_peb_count)
+			ubi_err("%d PEBs are corrupted and not used",
+				ubi->corr_peb_count);
 		err = -ENOSPC;
 		goto out_free;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
index 332f992f13d..c2960ac9f39 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/io.c
@@ -376,25 +376,6 @@ retry:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * check_pattern - check if buffer contains only a certain byte pattern.
- * @buf: buffer to check
- * @patt: the pattern to check
- * @size: buffer size in bytes
- *
- * This function returns %1 in there are only @patt bytes in @buf, and %0 if
- * something else was also found.
- */
-static int check_pattern(const void *buf, uint8_t patt, int size)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
-		if (((const uint8_t *)buf)[i] != patt)
-			return 0;
-	return 1;
-}
-
 /* Patterns to write to a physical eraseblock when torturing it */
 static uint8_t patterns[] = {0xa5, 0x5a, 0x0};
 
@@ -426,7 +407,7 @@ static int torture_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum)
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 
-		err = check_pattern(ubi->peb_buf1, 0xFF, ubi->peb_size);
+		err = ubi_check_pattern(ubi->peb_buf1, 0xFF, ubi->peb_size);
 		if (err == 0) {
 			ubi_err("erased PEB %d, but a non-0xFF byte found",
 				pnum);
@@ -445,7 +426,8 @@ static int torture_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum)
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 
-		err = check_pattern(ubi->peb_buf1, patterns[i], ubi->peb_size);
+		err = ubi_check_pattern(ubi->peb_buf1, patterns[i],
+					ubi->peb_size);
 		if (err == 0) {
 			ubi_err("pattern %x checking failed for PEB %d",
 				patterns[i], pnum);
@@ -517,7 +499,7 @@ static int nor_erase_prepare(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum)
 	 * In this case we probably anyway have garbage in this PEB.
 	 */
 	err1 = ubi_io_read_vid_hdr(ubi, pnum, &vid_hdr, 0);
-	if (err1 == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_READ || err1 == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR)
+	if (err1 == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG || err1 == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR)
 		/*
 		 * The VID header is corrupted, so we can safely erase this
 		 * PEB and not afraid that it will be treated as a valid PEB in
@@ -712,47 +694,47 @@ bad:
  *   and corrected by the flash driver; this is harmless but may indicate that
  *   this eraseblock may become bad soon (but may be not);
  * o %UBI_IO_BAD_HDR if the erase counter header is corrupted (a CRC error);
- * o %UBI_IO_PEB_EMPTY if the physical eraseblock is empty;
+ * o %UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG is the same as %UBI_IO_BAD_HDR, but there also was
+ *   a data integrity error (uncorrectable ECC error in case of NAND);
+ * o %UBI_IO_FF if only 0xFF bytes were read (the PEB is supposedly empty)
  * o a negative error code in case of failure.
  */
 int ubi_io_read_ec_hdr(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum,
 		       struct ubi_ec_hdr *ec_hdr, int verbose)
 {
-	int err, read_err = 0;
+	int err, read_err;
 	uint32_t crc, magic, hdr_crc;
 
 	dbg_io("read EC header from PEB %d", pnum);
 	ubi_assert(pnum >= 0 && pnum < ubi->peb_count);
 
-	err = ubi_io_read(ubi, ec_hdr, pnum, 0, UBI_EC_HDR_SIZE);
-	if (err) {
-		if (err != UBI_IO_BITFLIPS && err != -EBADMSG)
-			return err;
+	read_err = ubi_io_read(ubi, ec_hdr, pnum, 0, UBI_EC_HDR_SIZE);
+	if (read_err) {
+		if (read_err != UBI_IO_BITFLIPS && read_err != -EBADMSG)
+			return read_err;
 
 		/*
 		 * We read all the data, but either a correctable bit-flip
-		 * occurred, or MTD reported about some data integrity error,
-		 * like an ECC error in case of NAND. The former is harmless,
-		 * the later may mean that the read data is corrupted. But we
-		 * have a CRC check-sum and we will detect this. If the EC
-		 * header is still OK, we just report this as there was a
-		 * bit-flip.
+		 * occurred, or MTD reported a data integrity error
+		 * (uncorrectable ECC error in case of NAND). The former is
+		 * harmless, the later may mean that the read data is
+		 * corrupted. But we have a CRC check-sum and we will detect
+		 * this. If the EC header is still OK, we just report this as
+		 * there was a bit-flip, to force scrubbing.
 		 */
-		if (err == -EBADMSG)
-			read_err = UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_READ;
 	}
 
 	magic = be32_to_cpu(ec_hdr->magic);
 	if (magic != UBI_EC_HDR_MAGIC) {
-		if (read_err)
-			return read_err;
+		if (read_err == -EBADMSG)
+			return UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG;
 
 		/*
 		 * The magic field is wrong. Let's check if we have read all
 		 * 0xFF. If yes, this physical eraseblock is assumed to be
 		 * empty.
 		 */
-		if (check_pattern(ec_hdr, 0xFF, UBI_EC_HDR_SIZE)) {
+		if (ubi_check_pattern(ec_hdr, 0xFF, UBI_EC_HDR_SIZE)) {
 			/* The physical eraseblock is supposedly empty */
 			if (verbose)
 				ubi_warn("no EC header found at PEB %d, "
@@ -760,7 +742,10 @@ int ubi_io_read_ec_hdr(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum,
 			else if (UBI_IO_DEBUG)
 				dbg_msg("no EC header found at PEB %d, "
 					"only 0xFF bytes", pnum);
-			return UBI_IO_PEB_EMPTY;
+			if (!read_err)
+				return UBI_IO_FF;
+			else
+				return UBI_IO_FF_BITFLIPS;
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -788,7 +773,11 @@ int ubi_io_read_ec_hdr(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum,
 		} else if (UBI_IO_DEBUG)
 			dbg_msg("bad EC header CRC at PEB %d, calculated "
 				"%#08x, read %#08x", pnum, crc, hdr_crc);
-		return read_err ?: UBI_IO_BAD_HDR;
+
+		if (!read_err)
+			return UBI_IO_BAD_HDR;
+		else
+			return UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG;
 	}
 
 	/* And of course validate what has just been read from the media */
@@ -975,22 +964,16 @@ bad:
  *
  * This function reads the volume identifier header from physical eraseblock
  * @pnum and stores it in @vid_hdr. It also checks CRC checksum of the read
- * volume identifier header. The following codes may be returned:
+ * volume identifier header. The error codes are the same as in
+ * 'ubi_io_read_ec_hdr()'.
  *
- * o %0 if the CRC checksum is correct and the header was successfully read;
- * o %UBI_IO_BITFLIPS if the CRC is correct, but bit-flips were detected
- *   and corrected by the flash driver; this is harmless but may indicate that
- *   this eraseblock may become bad soon;
- * o %UBI_IO_BAD_HDR if the volume identifier header is corrupted (a CRC
- *   error detected);
- * o %UBI_IO_PEB_FREE if the physical eraseblock is free (i.e., there is no VID
- *   header there);
- * o a negative error code in case of failure.
+ * Note, the implementation of this function is also very similar to
+ * 'ubi_io_read_ec_hdr()', so refer commentaries in 'ubi_io_read_ec_hdr()'.
  */
 int ubi_io_read_vid_hdr(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum,
 			struct ubi_vid_hdr *vid_hdr, int verbose)
 {
-	int err, read_err = 0;
+	int err, read_err;
 	uint32_t crc, magic, hdr_crc;
 	void *p;
 
@@ -998,48 +981,29 @@ int ubi_io_read_vid_hdr(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum,
 	ubi_assert(pnum >= 0 &&  pnum < ubi->peb_count);
 
 	p = (char *)vid_hdr - ubi->vid_hdr_shift;
-	err = ubi_io_read(ubi, p, pnum, ubi->vid_hdr_aloffset,
+	read_err = ubi_io_read(ubi, p, pnum, ubi->vid_hdr_aloffset,
 			  ubi->vid_hdr_alsize);
-	if (err) {
-		if (err != UBI_IO_BITFLIPS && err != -EBADMSG)
-			return err;
-
-		/*
-		 * We read all the data, but either a correctable bit-flip
-		 * occurred, or MTD reported about some data integrity error,
-		 * like an ECC error in case of NAND. The former is harmless,
-		 * the later may mean the read data is corrupted. But we have a
-		 * CRC check-sum and we will identify this. If the VID header is
-		 * still OK, we just report this as there was a bit-flip.
-		 */
-		if (err == -EBADMSG)
-			read_err = UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_READ;
-	}
+	if (read_err && read_err != UBI_IO_BITFLIPS && read_err != -EBADMSG)
+		return read_err;
 
 	magic = be32_to_cpu(vid_hdr->magic);
 	if (magic != UBI_VID_HDR_MAGIC) {
-		if (read_err)
-			return read_err;
+		if (read_err == -EBADMSG)
+			return UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG;
 
-		/*
-		 * If we have read all 0xFF bytes, the VID header probably does
-		 * not exist and the physical eraseblock is assumed to be free.
-		 */
-		if (check_pattern(vid_hdr, 0xFF, UBI_VID_HDR_SIZE)) {
-			/* The physical eraseblock is supposedly free */
+		if (ubi_check_pattern(vid_hdr, 0xFF, UBI_VID_HDR_SIZE)) {
 			if (verbose)
 				ubi_warn("no VID header found at PEB %d, "
 					 "only 0xFF bytes", pnum);
 			else if (UBI_IO_DEBUG)
 				dbg_msg("no VID header found at PEB %d, "
 					"only 0xFF bytes", pnum);
-			return UBI_IO_PEB_FREE;
+			if (!read_err)
+				return UBI_IO_FF;
+			else
+				return UBI_IO_FF_BITFLIPS;
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * This is not a valid VID header, and these are not 0xFF
-		 * bytes. Report that the header is corrupted.
-		 */
 		if (verbose) {
 			ubi_warn("bad magic number at PEB %d: %08x instead of "
 				 "%08x", pnum, magic, UBI_VID_HDR_MAGIC);
@@ -1061,20 +1025,18 @@ int ubi_io_read_vid_hdr(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum,
 		} else if (UBI_IO_DEBUG)
 			dbg_msg("bad CRC at PEB %d, calculated %#08x, "
 				"read %#08x", pnum, crc, hdr_crc);
-		return read_err ?: UBI_IO_BAD_HDR;
+		if (!read_err)
+			return UBI_IO_BAD_HDR;
+		else
+			return UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG;
 	}
 
-	/* Validate the VID header that we have just read */
 	err = validate_vid_hdr(ubi, vid_hdr);
 	if (err) {
 		ubi_err("validation failed for PEB %d", pnum);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * If there was a read error (%-EBADMSG), but the header CRC is still
-	 * OK, report about a bit-flip to force scrubbing on this PEB.
-	 */
 	return read_err ? UBI_IO_BITFLIPS : 0;
 }
 
@@ -1383,7 +1345,7 @@ int ubi_dbg_check_all_ff(struct ubi_device *ubi, int pnum, int offset, int len)
 		goto error;
 	}
 
-	err = check_pattern(ubi->dbg_peb_buf, 0xFF, len);
+	err = ubi_check_pattern(ubi->dbg_peb_buf, 0xFF, len);
 	if (err == 0) {
 		ubi_err("flash region at PEB %d:%d, length %d does not "
 			"contain all 0xFF bytes", pnum, offset, len);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/misc.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/misc.c
index 22ad3140294..ff2a65c37f6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/misc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/misc.c
@@ -103,3 +103,22 @@ void ubi_calculate_reserved(struct ubi_device *ubi)
 	if (ubi->beb_rsvd_level < MIN_RESEVED_PEBS)
 		ubi->beb_rsvd_level = MIN_RESEVED_PEBS;
 }
+
+/**
+ * ubi_check_pattern - check if buffer contains only a certain byte pattern.
+ * @buf: buffer to check
+ * @patt: the pattern to check
+ * @size: buffer size in bytes
+ *
+ * This function returns %1 in there are only @patt bytes in @buf, and %0 if
+ * something else was also found.
+ */
+int ubi_check_pattern(const void *buf, uint8_t patt, int size)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
+		if (((const uint8_t *)buf)[i] != patt)
+			return 0;
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c
index 69b52e9c948..3c631863bf4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * objects which are kept in volume RB-tree with root at the @volumes field.
  * The RB-tree is indexed by the volume ID.
  *
- * Found logical eraseblocks are represented by &struct ubi_scan_leb objects.
+ * Scanned logical eraseblocks are represented by &struct ubi_scan_leb objects.
  * These objects are kept in per-volume RB-trees with the root at the
  * corresponding &struct ubi_scan_volume object. To put it differently, we keep
  * an RB-tree of per-volume objects and each of these objects is the root of
@@ -38,6 +38,33 @@
  * Corrupted physical eraseblocks are put to the @corr list, free physical
  * eraseblocks are put to the @free list and the physical eraseblock to be
  * erased are put to the @erase list.
+ *
+ * UBI tries to distinguish between 2 types of corruptions.
+ * 1. Corruptions caused by power cuts. These are harmless and expected
+ *    corruptions and UBI tries to handle them gracefully, without printing too
+ *    many warnings and error messages. The idea is that we do not lose
+ *    important data in these case - we may lose only the data which was being
+ *    written to the media just before the power cut happened, and the upper
+ *    layers (e.g., UBIFS) are supposed to handle these situations. UBI puts
+ *    these PEBs to the head of the @erase list and they are scheduled for
+ *    erasure.
+ *
+ * 2. Unexpected corruptions which are not caused by power cuts. During
+ *    scanning, such PEBs are put to the @corr list and UBI preserves them.
+ *    Obviously, this lessens the amount of available PEBs, and if at some
+ *    point UBI runs out of free PEBs, it switches to R/O mode. UBI also loudly
+ *    informs about such PEBs every time the MTD device is attached.
+ *
+ * However, it is difficult to reliably distinguish between these types of
+ * corruptions and UBI's strategy is as follows. UBI assumes (2.) if the VID
+ * header is corrupted and the data area does not contain all 0xFFs, and there
+ * were not bit-flips or integrity errors while reading the data area. Otherwise
+ * UBI assumes (1.). The assumptions are:
+ *   o if the data area contains only 0xFFs, there is no data, and it is safe
+ *     to just erase this PEB.
+ *   o if the data area has bit-flips and data integrity errors (ECC errors on
+ *     NAND), it is probably a PEB which was being erased when power cut
+ *     happened.
  */
 
 #include <linux/err.h>
@@ -62,26 +89,26 @@ static struct ubi_vid_hdr *vidh;
  * @si: scanning information
  * @pnum: physical eraseblock number to add
  * @ec: erase counter of the physical eraseblock
+ * @to_head: if not zero, add to the head of the list
  * @list: the list to add to
  *
- * This function adds physical eraseblock @pnum to free, erase, corrupted or
- * alien lists. Returns zero in case of success and a negative error code in
- * case of failure.
+ * This function adds physical eraseblock @pnum to free, erase, or alien lists.
+ * If @to_head is not zero, PEB will be added to the head of the list, which
+ * basically means it will be processed first later. E.g., we add corrupted
+ * PEBs (corrupted due to power cuts) to the head of the erase list to make
+ * sure we erase them first and get rid of corruptions ASAP. This function
+ * returns zero in case of success and a negative error code in case of
+ * failure.
  */
-static int add_to_list(struct ubi_scan_info *si, int pnum, int ec,
+static int add_to_list(struct ubi_scan_info *si, int pnum, int ec, int to_head,
 		       struct list_head *list)
 {
 	struct ubi_scan_leb *seb;
 
 	if (list == &si->free) {
 		dbg_bld("add to free: PEB %d, EC %d", pnum, ec);
-		si->free_peb_count += 1;
 	} else if (list == &si->erase) {
 		dbg_bld("add to erase: PEB %d, EC %d", pnum, ec);
-		si->erase_peb_count += 1;
-	} else if (list == &si->corr) {
-		dbg_bld("add to corrupted: PEB %d, EC %d", pnum, ec);
-		si->corr_peb_count += 1;
 	} else if (list == &si->alien) {
 		dbg_bld("add to alien: PEB %d, EC %d", pnum, ec);
 		si->alien_peb_count += 1;
@@ -94,7 +121,37 @@ static int add_to_list(struct ubi_scan_info *si, int pnum, int ec,
 
 	seb->pnum = pnum;
 	seb->ec = ec;
-	list_add_tail(&seb->u.list, list);
+	if (to_head)
+		list_add(&seb->u.list, list);
+	else
+		list_add_tail(&seb->u.list, list);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * add_corrupted - add a corrupted physical eraseblock.
+ * @si: scanning information
+ * @pnum: physical eraseblock number to add
+ * @ec: erase counter of the physical eraseblock
+ *
+ * This function adds corrupted physical eraseblock @pnum to the 'corr' list.
+ * The corruption was presumably not caused by a power cut. Returns zero in
+ * case of success and a negative error code in case of failure.
+ */
+static int add_corrupted(struct ubi_scan_info *si, int pnum, int ec)
+{
+	struct ubi_scan_leb *seb;
+
+	dbg_bld("add to corrupted: PEB %d, EC %d", pnum, ec);
+
+	seb = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ubi_scan_leb), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!seb)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	si->corr_peb_count += 1;
+	seb->pnum = pnum;
+	seb->ec = ec;
+	list_add(&seb->u.list, &si->corr);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -258,8 +315,8 @@ static int compare_lebs(struct ubi_device *ubi, const struct ubi_scan_leb *seb,
 		 * created before sequence numbers support has been added. At
 		 * that times we used 32-bit LEB versions stored in logical
 		 * eraseblocks. That was before UBI got into mainline. We do not
-		 * support these images anymore. Well, those images will work
-		 * still work, but only if no unclean reboots happened.
+		 * support these images anymore. Well, those images still work,
+		 * but only if no unclean reboots happened.
 		 */
 		ubi_err("unsupported on-flash UBI format\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -285,19 +342,25 @@ static int compare_lebs(struct ubi_device *ubi, const struct ubi_scan_leb *seb,
 			return 1;
 		}
 	} else {
-		pnum = seb->pnum;
+		if (!seb->copy_flag) {
+			/* It is not a copy, so it is newer */
+			dbg_bld("first PEB %d is newer, copy_flag is unset",
+				pnum);
+			return bitflips << 1;
+		}
 
 		vh = ubi_zalloc_vid_hdr(ubi, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!vh)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
+		pnum = seb->pnum;
 		err = ubi_io_read_vid_hdr(ubi, pnum, vh, 0);
 		if (err) {
 			if (err == UBI_IO_BITFLIPS)
 				bitflips = 1;
 			else {
 				dbg_err("VID of PEB %d header is bad, but it "
-					"was OK earlier", pnum);
+					"was OK earlier, err %d", pnum, err);
 				if (err > 0)
 					err = -EIO;
 
@@ -305,14 +368,6 @@ static int compare_lebs(struct ubi_device *ubi, const struct ubi_scan_leb *seb,
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (!vh->copy_flag) {
-			/* It is not a copy, so it is newer */
-			dbg_bld("first PEB %d is newer, copy_flag is unset",
-				pnum);
-			err = bitflips << 1;
-			goto out_free_vidh;
-		}
-
 		vid_hdr = vh;
 	}
 
@@ -463,18 +518,15 @@ int ubi_scan_add_used(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 
-			if (cmp_res & 4)
-				err = add_to_list(si, seb->pnum, seb->ec,
-						  &si->corr);
-			else
-				err = add_to_list(si, seb->pnum, seb->ec,
-						  &si->erase);
+			err = add_to_list(si, seb->pnum, seb->ec, cmp_res & 4,
+					  &si->erase);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 
 			seb->ec = ec;
 			seb->pnum = pnum;
 			seb->scrub = ((cmp_res & 2) || bitflips);
+			seb->copy_flag = vid_hdr->copy_flag;
 			seb->sqnum = sqnum;
 
 			if (sv->highest_lnum == lnum)
@@ -487,10 +539,8 @@ int ubi_scan_add_used(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 			 * This logical eraseblock is older than the one found
 			 * previously.
 			 */
-			if (cmp_res & 4)
-				return add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, &si->corr);
-			else
-				return add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, &si->erase);
+			return add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, cmp_res & 4,
+					   &si->erase);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -510,8 +560,9 @@ int ubi_scan_add_used(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 	seb->ec = ec;
 	seb->pnum = pnum;
 	seb->lnum = lnum;
-	seb->sqnum = sqnum;
 	seb->scrub = bitflips;
+	seb->copy_flag = vid_hdr->copy_flag;
+	seb->sqnum = sqnum;
 
 	if (sv->highest_lnum <= lnum) {
 		sv->highest_lnum = lnum;
@@ -521,7 +572,6 @@ int ubi_scan_add_used(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 	sv->leb_count += 1;
 	rb_link_node(&seb->u.rb, parent, p);
 	rb_insert_color(&seb->u.rb, &sv->root);
-	si->used_peb_count += 1;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -668,8 +718,8 @@ out_free:
 struct ubi_scan_leb *ubi_scan_get_free_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi,
 					   struct ubi_scan_info *si)
 {
-	int err = 0, i;
-	struct ubi_scan_leb *seb;
+	int err = 0;
+	struct ubi_scan_leb *seb, *tmp_seb;
 
 	if (!list_empty(&si->free)) {
 		seb = list_entry(si->free.next, struct ubi_scan_leb, u.list);
@@ -678,38 +728,86 @@ struct ubi_scan_leb *ubi_scan_get_free_peb(struct ubi_device *ubi,
 		return seb;
 	}
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-		struct list_head *head;
-		struct ubi_scan_leb *tmp_seb;
+	/*
+	 * We try to erase the first physical eraseblock from the erase list
+	 * and pick it if we succeed, or try to erase the next one if not. And
+	 * so forth. We don't want to take care about bad eraseblocks here -
+	 * they'll be handled later.
+	 */
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(seb, tmp_seb, &si->erase, u.list) {
+		if (seb->ec == UBI_SCAN_UNKNOWN_EC)
+			seb->ec = si->mean_ec;
 
-		if (i == 0)
-			head = &si->erase;
-		else
-			head = &si->corr;
+		err = ubi_scan_erase_peb(ubi, si, seb->pnum, seb->ec+1);
+		if (err)
+			continue;
 
+		seb->ec += 1;
+		list_del(&seb->u.list);
+		dbg_bld("return PEB %d, EC %d", seb->pnum, seb->ec);
+		return seb;
+	}
+
+	ubi_err("no free eraseblocks");
+	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
+}
+
+/**
+ * check_corruption - check the data area of PEB.
+ * @ubi: UBI device description object
+ * @vid_hrd: the (corrupted) VID header of this PEB
+ * @pnum: the physical eraseblock number to check
+ *
+ * This is a helper function which is used to distinguish between VID header
+ * corruptions caused by power cuts and other reasons. If the PEB contains only
+ * 0xFF bytes in the data area, the VID header is most probably corrupted
+ * because of a power cut (%0 is returned in this case). Otherwise, it was
+ * probably corrupted for some other reasons (%1 is returned in this case). A
+ * negative error code is returned if a read error occurred.
+ *
+ * If the corruption reason was a power cut, UBI can safely erase this PEB.
+ * Otherwise, it should preserve it to avoid possibly destroying important
+ * information.
+ */
+static int check_corruption(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_vid_hdr *vid_hdr,
+			    int pnum)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	mutex_lock(&ubi->buf_mutex);
+	memset(ubi->peb_buf1, 0x00, ubi->leb_size);
+
+	err = ubi_io_read(ubi, ubi->peb_buf1, pnum, ubi->leb_start,
+			  ubi->leb_size);
+	if (err == UBI_IO_BITFLIPS || err == -EBADMSG) {
 		/*
-		 * We try to erase the first physical eraseblock from the @head
-		 * list and pick it if we succeed, or try to erase the
-		 * next one if not. And so forth. We don't want to take care
-		 * about bad eraseblocks here - they'll be handled later.
+		 * Bit-flips or integrity errors while reading the data area.
+		 * It is difficult to say for sure what type of corruption is
+		 * this, but presumably a power cut happened while this PEB was
+		 * erased, so it became unstable and corrupted, and should be
+		 * erased.
 		 */
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(seb, tmp_seb, head, u.list) {
-			if (seb->ec == UBI_SCAN_UNKNOWN_EC)
-				seb->ec = si->mean_ec;
+		return 0;
+	}
 
-			err = ubi_scan_erase_peb(ubi, si, seb->pnum, seb->ec+1);
-			if (err)
-				continue;
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
-			seb->ec += 1;
-			list_del(&seb->u.list);
-			dbg_bld("return PEB %d, EC %d", seb->pnum, seb->ec);
-			return seb;
-		}
+	if (ubi_check_pattern(ubi->peb_buf1, 0xFF, ubi->leb_size)) {
+		mutex_unlock(&ubi->buf_mutex);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
-	ubi_err("no eraseblocks found");
-	return ERR_PTR(-ENOSPC);
+	ubi_err("PEB %d contains corrupted VID header, and the data does not "
+		"contain all 0xFF, this may be a non-UBI PEB or a severe VID "
+		"header corruption which requires manual inspection", pnum);
+	ubi_dbg_dump_vid_hdr(vid_hdr);
+	dbg_msg("hexdump of PEB %d offset %d, length %d",
+		pnum, ubi->leb_start, ubi->leb_size);
+	ubi_dbg_print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, "", DUMP_PREFIX_OFFSET, 32, 1,
+			       ubi->peb_buf1, ubi->leb_size, 1);
+	mutex_unlock(&ubi->buf_mutex);
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -725,7 +823,7 @@ static int process_eb(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 		      int pnum)
 {
 	long long uninitialized_var(ec);
-	int err, bitflips = 0, vol_id, ec_corr = 0;
+	int err, bitflips = 0, vol_id, ec_err = 0;
 
 	dbg_bld("scan PEB %d", pnum);
 
@@ -746,22 +844,37 @@ static int process_eb(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 	err = ubi_io_read_ec_hdr(ubi, pnum, ech, 0);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
-	else if (err == UBI_IO_BITFLIPS)
+	switch (err) {
+	case 0:
+		break;
+	case UBI_IO_BITFLIPS:
 		bitflips = 1;
-	else if (err == UBI_IO_PEB_EMPTY)
-		return add_to_list(si, pnum, UBI_SCAN_UNKNOWN_EC, &si->erase);
-	else if (err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_READ || err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR) {
+		break;
+	case UBI_IO_FF:
+		si->empty_peb_count += 1;
+		return add_to_list(si, pnum, UBI_SCAN_UNKNOWN_EC, 0,
+				   &si->erase);
+	case UBI_IO_FF_BITFLIPS:
+		si->empty_peb_count += 1;
+		return add_to_list(si, pnum, UBI_SCAN_UNKNOWN_EC, 1,
+				   &si->erase);
+	case UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG:
+	case UBI_IO_BAD_HDR:
 		/*
 		 * We have to also look at the VID header, possibly it is not
 		 * corrupted. Set %bitflips flag in order to make this PEB be
 		 * moved and EC be re-created.
 		 */
-		ec_corr = err;
+		ec_err = err;
 		ec = UBI_SCAN_UNKNOWN_EC;
 		bitflips = 1;
+		break;
+	default:
+		ubi_err("'ubi_io_read_ec_hdr()' returned unknown code %d", err);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if (!ec_corr) {
+	if (!ec_err) {
 		int image_seq;
 
 		/* Make sure UBI version is OK */
@@ -814,24 +927,67 @@ static int process_eb(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 	err = ubi_io_read_vid_hdr(ubi, pnum, vidh, 0);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
-	else if (err == UBI_IO_BITFLIPS)
+	switch (err) {
+	case 0:
+		break;
+	case UBI_IO_BITFLIPS:
 		bitflips = 1;
-	else if (err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_READ || err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR ||
-		 (err == UBI_IO_PEB_FREE && ec_corr)) {
-		/* VID header is corrupted */
-		if (err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_READ ||
-		    ec_corr == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_READ)
-			si->read_err_count += 1;
-		err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, &si->corr);
+		break;
+	case UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG:
+		if (ec_err == UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG)
+			/*
+			 * Both EC and VID headers are corrupted and were read
+			 * with data integrity error, probably this is a bad
+			 * PEB, bit it is not marked as bad yet. This may also
+			 * be a result of power cut during erasure.
+			 */
+			si->maybe_bad_peb_count += 1;
+	case UBI_IO_BAD_HDR:
+		if (ec_err)
+			/*
+			 * Both headers are corrupted. There is a possibility
+			 * that this a valid UBI PEB which has corresponding
+			 * LEB, but the headers are corrupted. However, it is
+			 * impossible to distinguish it from a PEB which just
+			 * contains garbage because of a power cut during erase
+			 * operation. So we just schedule this PEB for erasure.
+			 */
+			err = 0;
+		else
+			/*
+			 * The EC was OK, but the VID header is corrupted. We
+			 * have to check what is in the data area.
+			 */
+			err = check_corruption(ubi, vidh, pnum);
+
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
+		else if (!err)
+			/* This corruption is caused by a power cut */
+			err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, 1, &si->erase);
+		else
+			/* This is an unexpected corruption */
+			err = add_corrupted(si, pnum, ec);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		goto adjust_mean_ec;
-	} else if (err == UBI_IO_PEB_FREE) {
-		/* No VID header - the physical eraseblock is free */
-		err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, &si->free);
+	case UBI_IO_FF_BITFLIPS:
+		err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, 1, &si->erase);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		goto adjust_mean_ec;
+	case UBI_IO_FF:
+		if (ec_err)
+			err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, 1, &si->erase);
+		else
+			err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, 0, &si->free);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+		goto adjust_mean_ec;
+	default:
+		ubi_err("'ubi_io_read_vid_hdr()' returned unknown code %d",
+			err);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
 	vol_id = be32_to_cpu(vidh->vol_id);
@@ -843,7 +999,7 @@ static int process_eb(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 		case UBI_COMPAT_DELETE:
 			ubi_msg("\"delete\" compatible internal volume %d:%d"
 				" found, will remove it", vol_id, lnum);
-			err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, &si->erase);
+			err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, 1, &si->erase);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 			return 0;
@@ -858,7 +1014,7 @@ static int process_eb(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 		case UBI_COMPAT_PRESERVE:
 			ubi_msg("\"preserve\" compatible internal volume %d:%d"
 				" found", vol_id, lnum);
-			err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, &si->alien);
+			err = add_to_list(si, pnum, ec, 0, &si->alien);
 			if (err)
 				return err;
 			return 0;
@@ -870,7 +1026,7 @@ static int process_eb(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (ec_corr)
+	if (ec_err)
 		ubi_warn("valid VID header but corrupted EC header at PEB %d",
 			 pnum);
 	err = ubi_scan_add_used(ubi, si, pnum, ec, vidh, bitflips);
@@ -878,7 +1034,7 @@ static int process_eb(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 		return err;
 
 adjust_mean_ec:
-	if (!ec_corr) {
+	if (!ec_err) {
 		si->ec_sum += ec;
 		si->ec_count += 1;
 		if (ec > si->max_ec)
@@ -904,19 +1060,20 @@ adjust_mean_ec:
 static int check_what_we_have(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si)
 {
 	struct ubi_scan_leb *seb;
-	int max_corr;
+	int max_corr, peb_count;
 
-	max_corr = ubi->peb_count - si->bad_peb_count - si->alien_peb_count;
-	max_corr = max_corr / 20 ?: 8;
+	peb_count = ubi->peb_count - si->bad_peb_count - si->alien_peb_count;
+	max_corr = peb_count / 20 ?: 8;
 
 	/*
-	 * Few corrupted PEBs are not a problem and may be just a result of
+	 * Few corrupted PEBs is not a problem and may be just a result of
 	 * unclean reboots. However, many of them may indicate some problems
 	 * with the flash HW or driver.
 	 */
-	if (si->corr_peb_count >= 8) {
-		ubi_warn("%d PEBs are corrupted", si->corr_peb_count);
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "corrupted PEBs are:");
+	if (si->corr_peb_count) {
+		ubi_err("%d PEBs are corrupted and preserved",
+			si->corr_peb_count);
+		printk(KERN_ERR "Corrupted PEBs are:");
 		list_for_each_entry(seb, &si->corr, u.list)
 			printk(KERN_CONT " %d", seb->pnum);
 		printk(KERN_CONT "\n");
@@ -931,41 +1088,35 @@ static int check_what_we_have(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (si->free_peb_count + si->used_peb_count +
-	    si->alien_peb_count == 0) {
-		/* No UBI-formatted eraseblocks were found */
-		if (si->corr_peb_count == si->read_err_count &&
-		    si->corr_peb_count < 8) {
-			/* No or just few corrupted PEBs, and all of them had a
-			 * read error. We assume that those are bad PEBs, which
-			 * were just not marked as bad so far.
-			 *
-			 * This piece of code basically tries to distinguish
-			 * between the following 2 situations:
-			 *
-			 * 1. Flash is empty, but there are few bad PEBs, which
-			 *    are not marked as bad so far, and which were read
-			 *    with error. We want to go ahead and format this
-			 *    flash. While formating, the faulty PEBs will
-			 *    probably be marked as bad.
-			 *
-			 * 2. Flash probably contains non-UBI data and we do
-			 * not want to format it and destroy possibly needed
-			 * data (e.g., consider the case when the bootloader
-			 * MTD partition was accidentally fed to UBI).
-			 */
+	if (si->empty_peb_count + si->maybe_bad_peb_count == peb_count) {
+		/*
+		 * All PEBs are empty, or almost all - a couple PEBs look like
+		 * they may be bad PEBs which were not marked as bad yet.
+		 *
+		 * This piece of code basically tries to distinguish between
+		 * the following situations:
+		 *
+		 * 1. Flash is empty, but there are few bad PEBs, which are not
+		 *    marked as bad so far, and which were read with error. We
+		 *    want to go ahead and format this flash. While formatting,
+		 *    the faulty PEBs will probably be marked as bad.
+		 *
+		 * 2. Flash contains non-UBI data and we do not want to format
+		 *    it and destroy possibly important information.
+		 */
+		if (si->maybe_bad_peb_count <= 2) {
 			si->is_empty = 1;
 			ubi_msg("empty MTD device detected");
-			get_random_bytes(&ubi->image_seq, sizeof(ubi->image_seq));
+			get_random_bytes(&ubi->image_seq,
+					 sizeof(ubi->image_seq));
 		} else {
-			ubi_err("MTD device possibly contains non-UBI data, "
-				"refusing it");
+			ubi_err("MTD device is not UBI-formatted and possibly "
+				"contains non-UBI data - refusing it");
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
+
 	}
 
-	if (si->corr_peb_count > 0)
-		ubi_msg("corrupted PEBs will be formatted");
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.h b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.h
index 2576a8d1532..a3264f0bef2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
  * @pnum: physical eraseblock number
  * @lnum: logical eraseblock number
  * @scrub: if this physical eraseblock needs scrubbing
+ * @copy_flag: this LEB is a copy (@copy_flag is set in VID header of this LEB)
  * @sqnum: sequence number
  * @u: unions RB-tree or @list links
  * @u.rb: link in the per-volume RB-tree of &struct ubi_scan_leb objects
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ struct ubi_scan_leb {
 	int ec;
 	int pnum;
 	int lnum;
-	int scrub;
+	unsigned int scrub:1;
+	unsigned int copy_flag:1;
 	unsigned long long sqnum;
 	union {
 		struct rb_node rb;
@@ -91,14 +93,13 @@ struct ubi_scan_volume {
  * @erase: list of physical eraseblocks which have to be erased
  * @alien: list of physical eraseblocks which should not be used by UBI (e.g.,
  *         those belonging to "preserve"-compatible internal volumes)
- * @used_peb_count: count of used PEBs
  * @corr_peb_count: count of PEBs in the @corr list
- * @read_err_count: count of PEBs read with error (%UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_READ was
- *                  returned)
- * @free_peb_count: count of PEBs in the @free list
- * @erase_peb_count: count of PEBs in the @erase list
+ * @empty_peb_count: count of PEBs which are presumably empty (contain only
+ *                   0xFF bytes)
  * @alien_peb_count: count of PEBs in the @alien list
  * @bad_peb_count: count of bad physical eraseblocks
+ * @maybe_bad_peb_count: count of bad physical eraseblocks which are not marked
+ *                       as bad yet, but which look like bad
  * @vols_found: number of volumes found during scanning
  * @highest_vol_id: highest volume ID
  * @is_empty: flag indicating whether the MTD device is empty or not
@@ -119,13 +120,11 @@ struct ubi_scan_info {
 	struct list_head free;
 	struct list_head erase;
 	struct list_head alien;
-	int used_peb_count;
 	int corr_peb_count;
-	int read_err_count;
-	int free_peb_count;
-	int erase_peb_count;
+	int empty_peb_count;
 	int alien_peb_count;
 	int bad_peb_count;
+	int maybe_bad_peb_count;
 	int vols_found;
 	int highest_vol_id;
 	int is_empty;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h b/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h
index 0359e0cce48..0b0149c41fe 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/ubi.h
@@ -85,21 +85,26 @@
 /*
  * Error codes returned by the I/O sub-system.
  *
- * UBI_IO_PEB_EMPTY: the physical eraseblock is empty, i.e. it contains only
- *                   %0xFF bytes
- * UBI_IO_PEB_FREE: the physical eraseblock is free, i.e. it contains only a
- *                  valid erase counter header, and the rest are %0xFF bytes
+ * UBI_IO_FF: the read region of flash contains only 0xFFs
+ * UBI_IO_FF_BITFLIPS: the same as %UBI_IO_FF, but also also there was a data
+ *                     integrity error reported by the MTD driver
+ *                     (uncorrectable ECC error in case of NAND)
  * UBI_IO_BAD_HDR: the EC or VID header is corrupted (bad magic or CRC)
- * UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_READ: the same as %UBI_IO_BAD_HDR, but also there was a read
- * 			error reported by the flash driver
+ * UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG: the same as %UBI_IO_BAD_HDR, but also there was a
+ *                         data integrity error reported by the MTD driver
+ *                         (uncorrectable ECC error in case of NAND)
  * UBI_IO_BITFLIPS: bit-flips were detected and corrected
+ *
+ * Note, it is probably better to have bit-flip and ebadmsg as flags which can
+ * be or'ed with other error code. But this is a big change because there are
+ * may callers, so it does not worth the risk of introducing a bug
  */
 enum {
-	UBI_IO_PEB_EMPTY = 1,
-	UBI_IO_PEB_FREE,
+	UBI_IO_FF = 1,
+	UBI_IO_FF_BITFLIPS,
 	UBI_IO_BAD_HDR,
-	UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_READ,
-	UBI_IO_BITFLIPS
+	UBI_IO_BAD_HDR_EBADMSG,
+	UBI_IO_BITFLIPS,
 };
 
 /*
@@ -356,6 +361,8 @@ struct ubi_wl_entry;
  * @peb_size: physical eraseblock size
  * @bad_peb_count: count of bad physical eraseblocks
  * @good_peb_count: count of good physical eraseblocks
+ * @corr_peb_count: count of corrupted physical eraseblocks (preserved and not
+ *                  used by UBI)
  * @erroneous_peb_count: count of erroneous physical eraseblocks in @erroneous
  * @max_erroneous: maximum allowed amount of erroneous physical eraseblocks
  * @min_io_size: minimal input/output unit size of the underlying MTD device
@@ -442,6 +449,7 @@ struct ubi_device {
 	int peb_size;
 	int bad_peb_count;
 	int good_peb_count;
+	int corr_peb_count;
 	int erroneous_peb_count;
 	int max_erroneous;
 	int min_io_size;
@@ -506,6 +514,7 @@ int ubi_calc_data_len(const struct ubi_device *ubi, const void *buf,
 		      int length);
 int ubi_check_volume(struct ubi_device *ubi, int vol_id);
 void ubi_calculate_reserved(struct ubi_device *ubi);
+int ubi_check_pattern(const void *buf, uint8_t patt, int size);
 
 /* eba.c */
 int ubi_eba_unmap_leb(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_volume *vol,
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
index e42afab9a9f..c47620dfc72 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ int ubi_create_volume(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_mkvol_req *req)
 	/* Reserve physical eraseblocks */
 	if (vol->reserved_pebs > ubi->avail_pebs) {
 		dbg_err("not enough PEBs, only %d available", ubi->avail_pebs);
+		if (ubi->corr_peb_count)
+			dbg_err("%d PEBs are corrupted and not used",
+				ubi->corr_peb_count);
 		err = -ENOSPC;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
@@ -527,6 +530,9 @@ int ubi_resize_volume(struct ubi_volume_desc *desc, int reserved_pebs)
 		if (pebs > ubi->avail_pebs) {
 			dbg_err("not enough PEBs: requested %d, available %d",
 				pebs, ubi->avail_pebs);
+			if (ubi->corr_peb_count)
+				dbg_err("%d PEBs are corrupted and not used",
+					ubi->corr_peb_count);
 			spin_unlock(&ubi->volumes_lock);
 			err = -ENOSPC;
 			goto out_free;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
index 14c10bed94e..fcdb7f65fe0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ write_error:
 		 * Probably this physical eraseblock went bad, try to pick
 		 * another one.
 		 */
-		list_add_tail(&new_seb->u.list, &si->corr);
+		list_add(&new_seb->u.list, &si->erase);
 		goto retry;
 	}
 	kfree(new_seb);
@@ -662,9 +662,13 @@ static int init_volumes(struct ubi_device *ubi, const struct ubi_scan_info *si,
 	ubi->vol_count += 1;
 	vol->ubi = ubi;
 
-	if (reserved_pebs > ubi->avail_pebs)
+	if (reserved_pebs > ubi->avail_pebs) {
 		ubi_err("not enough PEBs, required %d, available %d",
 			reserved_pebs, ubi->avail_pebs);
+		if (ubi->corr_peb_count)
+			ubi_err("%d PEBs are corrupted and not used",
+				ubi->corr_peb_count);
+	}
 	ubi->rsvd_pebs += reserved_pebs;
 	ubi->avail_pebs -= reserved_pebs;
 
@@ -837,7 +841,7 @@ int ubi_read_volume_table(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si)
 			return PTR_ERR(ubi->vtbl);
 	}
 
-	ubi->avail_pebs = ubi->good_peb_count;
+	ubi->avail_pebs = ubi->good_peb_count - ubi->corr_peb_count;
 
 	/*
 	 * The layout volume is OK, initialize the corresponding in-RAM data
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
index 97a435672ea..655bbbe415d 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/wl.c
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static int wear_leveling_worker(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_work *wrk,
 
 	err = ubi_io_read_vid_hdr(ubi, e1->pnum, vid_hdr, 0);
 	if (err && err != UBI_IO_BITFLIPS) {
-		if (err == UBI_IO_PEB_FREE) {
+		if (err == UBI_IO_FF) {
 			/*
 			 * We are trying to move PEB without a VID header. UBI
 			 * always write VID headers shortly after the PEB was
@@ -759,6 +759,16 @@ static int wear_leveling_worker(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_work *wrk,
 			dbg_wl("PEB %d has no VID header", e1->pnum);
 			protect = 1;
 			goto out_not_moved;
+		} else if (err == UBI_IO_FF_BITFLIPS) {
+			/*
+			 * The same situation as %UBI_IO_FF, but bit-flips were
+			 * detected. It is better to schedule this PEB for
+			 * scrubbing.
+			 */
+			dbg_wl("PEB %d has no VID header but has bit-flips",
+			       e1->pnum);
+			scrubbing = 1;
+			goto out_not_moved;
 		}
 
 		ubi_err("error %d while reading VID header from PEB %d",
@@ -1468,22 +1478,6 @@ int ubi_wl_init_scan(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si)
 		ubi->lookuptbl[e->pnum] = e;
 	}
 
-	list_for_each_entry(seb, &si->corr, u.list) {
-		cond_resched();
-
-		e = kmem_cache_alloc(ubi_wl_entry_slab, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!e)
-			goto out_free;
-
-		e->pnum = seb->pnum;
-		e->ec = seb->ec;
-		ubi->lookuptbl[e->pnum] = e;
-		if (schedule_erase(ubi, e, 0)) {
-			kmem_cache_free(ubi_wl_entry_slab, e);
-			goto out_free;
-		}
-	}
-
 	ubi_rb_for_each_entry(rb1, sv, &si->volumes, rb) {
 		ubi_rb_for_each_entry(rb2, seb, &sv->root, u.rb) {
 			cond_resched();
@@ -1510,6 +1504,9 @@ int ubi_wl_init_scan(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_scan_info *si)
 	if (ubi->avail_pebs < WL_RESERVED_PEBS) {
 		ubi_err("no enough physical eraseblocks (%d, need %d)",
 			ubi->avail_pebs, WL_RESERVED_PEBS);
+		if (ubi->corr_peb_count)
+			ubi_err("%d PEBs are corrupted and not used",
+				ubi->corr_peb_count);
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 	ubi->avail_pebs -= WL_RESERVED_PEBS;