[PATCH] mtd: spi-nor: Unprepare legacy controllers upon RWW wait interruption

From: Miquel Raynal

Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 12:15:46 EST


All the parallel locking helpers (spi_nor_prep_and_lock(),
spi_nor_prep_and_lock_pe() and spi_nor_prep_and_lock_rd()) call
spi_nor_prep() then wait with a killable sleep. If the sleep gets
killed, we leave the controller in its prepared state.

Call ->unprepare() in these cases.

Fixes: 74df43b3f626 ("mtd: spi-nor: Enhance locking to support reads while writes")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
index 8bc117b46e02..250e996284f9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
@@ -1346,6 +1346,9 @@ int spi_nor_prep_and_lock(struct spi_nor *nor)
ret = wait_event_killable(nor->rww.wait,
spi_nor_rww_start_exclusive(nor));

+ if (ret)
+ spi_nor_unprep(nor);
+
return ret;
}

@@ -1417,6 +1420,9 @@ static int spi_nor_prep_and_lock_pe(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t start, size_t le
ret = wait_event_killable(nor->rww.wait,
spi_nor_rww_start_pe(nor, start, len));

+ if (ret)
+ spi_nor_unprep(nor);
+
return ret;
}

@@ -1490,6 +1496,9 @@ static int spi_nor_prep_and_lock_rd(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t start, size_t le
ret = wait_event_killable(nor->rww.wait,
spi_nor_rww_start_rd(nor, start, len));

+ if (ret)
+ spi_nor_unprep(nor);
+
return ret;
}


---
base-commit: db5f6418501f9795a96026b764d747179a231b2b
change-id: 20260811-perso-rww-fixes-016cdd229647

Best regards,
--
Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@xxxxxxxxxxx>