6 files changed, 11 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c
index 2972a5edb73d..789842d0e6f2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdconcat.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ static int concat_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr)
                         return -EINVAL;
         }
 
-        instr->fail_addr = 0xffffffff;
+        instr->fail_addr = MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN;
 
         /* make a local copy of instr to avoid modifying the caller's struct */
         erase = kmalloc(sizeof (struct erase_info), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ static int concat_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr)
                         /* sanity check: should never happen since
                          * block alignment has been checked above */
                         BUG_ON(err == -EINVAL);
-                        if (erase->fail_addr != 0xffffffff)
+                        if (erase->fail_addr != MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN)
                                 instr->fail_addr = erase->fail_addr + offset;
                         break;
                 }
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
index edb90b58a9b1..8e77e36e75ee 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdpart.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ static int part_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr)
         instr->addr += part->offset;
         ret = part->master->erase(part->master, instr);
         if (ret) {
-                if (instr->fail_addr != 0xffffffff)
+                if (instr->fail_addr != MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN)
                         instr->fail_addr -= part->offset;
                 instr->addr -= part->offset;
         }
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ void mtd_erase_callback(struct erase_info *instr)
         if (instr->mtd->erase == part_erase) {
                 struct mtd_part *part = PART(instr->mtd);
 
-                if (instr->fail_addr != 0xffffffff)
+                if (instr->fail_addr != MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN)
                         instr->fail_addr -= part->offset;
                 instr->addr -= part->offset;
         }
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
index d1129bae6c27..582280560c89 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
@@ -2042,7 +2042,7 @@ int nand_erase_nand(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr,
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
-        instr->fail_addr = 0xffffffff;
+        instr->fail_addr = MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN;
 
         /* Grab the lock and see if the device is available */
         nand_get_device(chip, mtd, FL_ERASING);
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
index 926cf3a4135d..90ed319f26e6 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/onenand/onenand_base.c
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ static int onenand_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr)
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
-        instr->fail_addr = 0xffffffff;
+        instr->fail_addr = MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN;
 
         /* Grab the lock and see if the device is available */
         onenand_get_device(mtd, FL_ERASING);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/erase.c b/fs/jffs2/erase.c
index dddb2a6c9e2c..259461b910af 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/erase.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/erase.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static void jffs2_erase_block(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
         instr->len = c->sector_size;
         instr->callback = jffs2_erase_callback;
         instr->priv = (unsigned long)(&instr[1]);
-        instr->fail_addr = 0xffffffff;
+        instr->fail_addr = MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN;
 
         ((struct erase_priv_struct *)instr->priv)->jeb = jeb;
         ((struct erase_priv_struct *)instr->priv)->c = c;
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static void jffs2_erase_failed(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, struct jffs2_eraseblock
 {
         /* For NAND, if the failure did not occur at the device level for a
            specific physical page, don't bother updating the bad block table. */
-        if (jffs2_cleanmarker_oob(c) && (bad_offset != 0xffffffff)) {
+        if (jffs2_cleanmarker_oob(c) && (bad_offset != MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN)) {
                 /* We had a device-level failure to erase.  Let's see if we've
                    failed too many times. */
                 if (!jffs2_write_nand_badblock(c, jeb, bad_offset)) {
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
index 922636548558..eae26bb6430a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
 #define MTD_ERASE_DONE          0x08
 #define MTD_ERASE_FAILED        0x10
 
+#define MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN 0xffffffff
+
 /* If the erase fails, fail_addr might indicate exactly which block failed.  If
-   fail_addr = 0xffffffff, the failure was not at the device level or was not
+   fail_addr = MTD_FAIL_ADDR_UNKNOWN, the failure was not at the device level or was not
    specific to any particular block. */
 struct erase_info {
         struct mtd_info *mtd;