2017-11-02 10:49:15

by Boris Brezillon

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: nand: Fix writing mtdoops to nand flash.

On Mon, 30 Oct 2017 22:32:45 -0500
[email protected] wrote:

> From: Brent Taylor <[email protected]>
>
> When mtdoops calls mtd_panic_write, it eventually calls
> panic_nand_write in nand_base.c. In order to properly
> wait for the nand chip to be ready in panic_nand_wait,
> the chip must first be selected.
>
> When using the atmel nand flash controller, a panic
> would occur due to a NULL pointer exception.
>

Applied.

Thanks,

Boris

> Signed-off-by: Brent Taylor <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - drop deselecting the chip
> - move select_chip and panic_nand_wait after panic_nand_get_device
>
> drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c | 8 ++++++--
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
> index 12edaae17d81..2093667e2bcb 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c
> @@ -2802,12 +2802,16 @@ static int panic_nand_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
> struct mtd_oob_ops ops;
> int ret;
>
> - /* Wait for the device to get ready */
> - panic_nand_wait(mtd, chip, 400);
> + int chipnr = (int)(to >> chip->chip_shift);
>
> /* Grab the device */
> panic_nand_get_device(chip, mtd, FL_WRITING);
>
> + chip->select_chip(mtd, chipnr);
> +
> + /* Wait for the device to get ready */
> + panic_nand_wait(mtd, chip, 400);
> +
> memset(&ops, 0, sizeof(ops));
> ops.len = len;
> ops.datbuf = (uint8_t *)buf;


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