[PATCH] mtd: rawnand: brcmnand: skip DMA during panic write
From: Kamal Dasu
Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 15:24:01 EST
When oops_panic_write is set, the driver disables interrupts and
switches to PIO polling mode but still falls through into the DMA
path. DMA cannot be used reliably in panic context, so make the
DMA path an else branch to ensure only PIO is used during panic
writes.
Fixes: c1ac2dc34b51 ("mtd: rawnand: brcmnand: When oops in progress use pio and interrupt polling")
Signed-off-by: Kamal Dasu <kamal.dasu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
index 0427d76f45d0..5b9dadd5405e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/brcmnand/brcmnand.c
@@ -2350,14 +2350,12 @@ static int brcmnand_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct nand_chip *chip,
for (i = 0; i < ctrl->max_oob; i += 4)
oob_reg_write(ctrl, i, 0xffffffff);
- if (mtd->oops_panic_write)
+ if (mtd->oops_panic_write) {
/* switch to interrupt polling and PIO mode */
disable_ctrl_irqs(ctrl);
-
- if (use_dma(ctrl) && (has_edu(ctrl) || !oob) && flash_dma_buf_ok(buf)) {
+ } else if (use_dma(ctrl) && (has_edu(ctrl) || !oob) && flash_dma_buf_ok(buf)) {
if (ctrl->dma_trans(host, addr, (u32 *)buf, oob, mtd->writesize,
CMD_PROGRAM_PAGE))
-
ret = -EIO;
goto out;
--
2.34.1