Re: [PATCH 1/2] mtd: spi-nor: core: Advance erase after the erase cmd has been completed

[Pratyush Yadav]

On 05/02/21 03:52PM, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
> Wait for the erase cmd to complete and then advance the erase.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> index 0522304f52fa..bcaa161bc7db 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> @@ -1618,12 +1618,12 @@ static int spi_nor_erase_multi_sectors(struct spi_nor *nor, u64 addr, u32 len)
>  			if (ret)
>  				goto destroy_erase_cmd_list;
>  
> -			addr += cmd->size;
> -			cmd->count--;
> -
>  			ret = spi_nor_wait_till_ready(nor);
>  			if (ret)
>  				goto destroy_erase_cmd_list;
> +
> +			addr += cmd->size;
> +			cmd->count--;
>  		}
>  		list_del(&cmd->list);
>  		kfree(cmd);
> @@ -1704,12 +1704,12 @@ static int spi_nor_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, struct erase_info *instr)
>  			if (ret)
>  				goto erase_err;
>  
> -			addr += mtd->erasesize;
> -			len -= mtd->erasesize;
> -
>  			ret = spi_nor_wait_till_ready(nor);
>  			if (ret)
>  				goto erase_err;
> +
> +			addr += mtd->erasesize;
> +			len -= mtd->erasesize;

Do these changes have any practical benefit? IMO they are worth doing 
even if there is none but I'm curious what prompted this patch.

Reviewed-by: Pratyush Yadav <p.yadav@xxxxxx>

>  		}
>  
>  	/* erase multiple sectors */

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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav
Texas Instruments Inc.