Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: spi-nor: core: Skip setting erase types when SPI_NOR_NO_ERASE is set

From: Pratyush Yadav
Date: Fri Apr 29 2022 - 02:14:44 EST


On 02/04/22 01:35AM, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> On 08/03/22 11:11AM, Tudor Ambarus wrote:
> > Even if SPI_NOR_NO_ERASE was specified at flash declaration, the erase
> > type of size nor->info->sector_size was incorrectly set as supported.
> > Don't set erase types when SPI_NOR_NO_ERASE is set.
>
> Does this have any practical implications? Since we set MTD_NO_ERASE,
> erase should never be called for this flash anyway, right?
>
> >
> > Fixes: b199489d37b2 ("mtd: spi-nor: add the framework for SPI NOR")
> > Signed-off-by: Tudor Ambarus <tudor.ambarus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > ---
> > v2:
> > - add comment, update commit message, split change in individual commit
> > - add fixes tag and cc to stable.
> >
> > drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c | 4 ++++
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> > index b4f141ad9c9c..64cf7b9df621 100644
> > --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> > @@ -2392,6 +2392,10 @@ static void spi_nor_no_sfdp_init_params(struct spi_nor *nor)
> > SPINOR_OP_PP, SNOR_PROTO_8_8_8_DTR);
> > }
> >
> > + /* Skip setting erase types when SPI_NOR_NO_ERASE is set. */
> > + if (nor->info->flags & SPI_NOR_NO_ERASE)
> > + return;

Can you instead do

if (!(nor->info->flags & SPI_NOR_NO_ERASE)) {
...
}

This way when someone adds code to the bottom of this function that sets
something other than erase types it will execute for flashes with
SPI_NOR_NO_ERASE as well.

> > +
> > /*
> > * Sector Erase settings. Sort Erase Types in ascending order, with the
> > * smallest erase size starting at BIT(0).
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >
>
> --
> Regards,
> Pratyush Yadav
> Texas Instruments Inc.
>
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Regards,
Pratyush Yadav
Texas Instruments Inc.