3 files changed, 13 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
index 24d35ba62b84..1d981a5c1b13 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdchar.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static int shrink_ecclayout(const struct nand_ecclayout *from,
 
         memset(to, 0, sizeof(*to));
 
-        to->eccbytes = min((int)from->eccbytes, MTD_MAX_ECCPOS_ENTRIES_OLD);
+        to->eccbytes = min((int)from->eccbytes, MTD_MAX_ECCPOS_ENTRIES);
         for (i = 0; i < to->eccbytes; i++)
                 to->eccpos[i] = from->eccpos[i];
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
index 03a1e954c586..fe8d77ebec13 100644
--- a/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mtd/mtd.h
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ struct mtd_oob_ops {
 
 #define MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES_LARGE   32
 #define MTD_MAX_ECCPOS_ENTRIES_LARGE    448
-#define MTD_MAX_ECCPOS_ENTRIES_OLD      64      /* Previous maximum */
 /*
- * Correct ECC layout control structure. This replaces old nand_ecclayout
- * (mtd-abi.h) that is exported via ECCGETLAYOUT ioctl. It should be expandable
- *  in the future simply by the above macros.
+ * Internal ECC layout control structure. For historical reasons, there is a
+ * similar, smaller struct nand_ecclayout_user (in mtd-abi.h) that is retained
+ * for export to user-space via the ECCGETLAYOUT ioctl.
+ * nand_ecclayout should be expandable in the future simply by the above macros.
  */
 struct nand_ecclayout {
         __u32 eccbytes;
diff --git a/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h b/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
index 5bce08384345..a57c4cb7d6b2 100644
--- a/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
+++ b/include/mtd/mtd-abi.h
@@ -144,13 +144,18 @@ struct nand_oobfree {
 };
 
 #define MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES 8
+#define MTD_MAX_ECCPOS_ENTRIES  64
 /*
- * ECC layout control structure. Exported to userspace for
- * diagnosis and to allow creation of raw images
+ * OBSOLETE: ECC layout control structure. Exported to user-space via ioctl
+ * ECCGETLAYOUT for backwards compatbility and should not be mistaken as a
+ * complete set of ECC information. The ioctl truncates the larger internal
+ * structure to retain binary compatibility with the static declaration of the
+ * ioctl. Note that the "MTD_MAX_..._ENTRIES" macros represent the max size of
+ * the user struct, not the MAX size of the internal struct nand_ecclayout.
  */
 struct nand_ecclayout_user {
         __u32 eccbytes;
-        __u32 eccpos[64];
+        __u32 eccpos[MTD_MAX_ECCPOS_ENTRIES];
         __u32 oobavail;
         struct nand_oobfree oobfree[MTD_MAX_OOBFREE_ENTRIES];
 };