Adaptive error recovery when program status failure occurs in a memory device
A system and method for detecting a failure of a set of memory cells in a memory device, determining a recovery indicator associated the failure, the recovery indicator corresponding to a subset of cells of the set of memory cells, and the subset of cells having a threshold voltage above a read level, where the read level corresponds to a per-cell memory density of the plurality of cells of the memory device, determining a data recovery operation based on whether the recovery indicator satisfies a threshold condition, the threshold condition corresponding to the read level, and causing the data recovery operation to be performed on the set of memory cells.
1. A system comprising:
a memory device comprising a plurality of cells; and
a processing device, operatively coupled with the memory device, the processing device to perform operations comprising:
detecting a failure exhibited by a set of memory cells of the plurality of cells;
determining a recovery indicator associated with the failure, wherein the recovery indicator corresponds to a subset of cells of the set of memory cells, the subset of cells having a threshold voltage above a read level, wherein the read level corresponds to a per-cell memory density of the plurality of cells of the memory device;
determining a data recovery operation based on whether the recovery indicator satisfies a threshold condition, wherein the threshold condition corresponds to the read level; and
causing the data recovery operation to be performed on the set of memory cells.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein performing the data recovery operation further comprises:
responsive to the recovery indicator satisfying the threshold condition, causing a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) recovery operation to be performed on the set of memory cells.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the recovery indicator satisfies the threshold condition when a failure count for the subset of cells is greater than or equal to an expected failure count.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the failure count comprises a check failed bit (CFBit) count.
5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the read level corresponds to a threshold voltage of a highest programmed bit of a first page type of a plurality of page types of the memory device, wherein the plurality of page types corresponds to the per-cell memory density of the plurality of cells of the memory device, and wherein the failure count comprises a check failed byte (CFByte) count.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein performing the data recovery operation further comprises:
responsive to the recovery indicator not satisfying the threshold condition, causing a read error handling (REH) recovery operation to be performed on the set of memory cells.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the recovery indicator does not satisfy the threshold condition when a failure count of the subset of cells is less than an expected failure count.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the threshold condition is defined during production of the memory device.
9. A method comprising:
detecting, by a processing device, a failure exhibited by a set of memory cells of a plurality of cells of a memory device;
determining a recovery indicator associated with the failure, wherein the recovery indicator corresponds to a subset of cells of the set of memory cells, the subset of cells having a threshold voltage above a read level, wherein the read level corresponds to a per-cell memory density of the plurality of cells of the memory device;
determining a data recovery operation based on whether the recovery indicator satisfies a threshold condition, wherein the threshold condition corresponds to the read level; and
causing the data recovery operation to be performed on the set of memory cells.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein performing the data recovery operation further comprises:
responsive to the recovery indicator not satisfying the threshold condition, causing a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) recovery operation to be performed on the set of memory cells.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the recovery indicator satisfies the threshold condition when a failure count for the subset of cells is greater than or equal to an expected failure count.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the failure count comprises a check failed bit (CFBit) count.
13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the read level corresponds to a threshold voltage of a highest programmed bit of a first page type of a plurality of page types of the memory device, wherein the plurality of page types corresponds to the per-cell memory density of the plurality of cells of the memory device, and wherein the failure count comprises a check failed byte (CFByte) count.
14. The method of claim 9 , wherein performing the data recovery operation further comprises:
responsive to the recovery indicator not satisfying the threshold condition, causing a read error handling (REH) recovery operation to be performed on the set of memory cells.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the recovery indicator does not satisfy the threshold condition when a failure count of the subset of cells is less than an expected failure count.
16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the threshold condition is defined during production of the memory device.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:
detecting, by the processing device, a failure exhibited by a set of memory cells of a plurality of cells of a memory device;
determining a recovery indicator associated with the failure, wherein the recovery indicator corresponds to a subset of cells of the set of memory cells, the subset of cells having a threshold voltage above a read level, wherein the read level corresponds to a per-cell memory density of the plurality of cells of the memory device;
determining a data recovery operation based on whether the recovery indicator satisfies a threshold condition, wherein the threshold condition corresponds to the read level; and
causing the data recovery operation to be performed on the set of memory cells.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein performing the data recovery operation further comprises:
responsive to the recovery indicator satisfying the threshold condition, causing a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) recovery operation to be performed on the set of memory cells.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein performing the data recovery operation further comprises:
responsive to the recovery indicator not satisfying the threshold condition, causing a read error handling (REH) recovery operation to be performed on the set of memory cells.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the threshold condition is defined during production of the memory device.