From: Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>
To: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org,
Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>,
Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@gmail.com>,
Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: rawnand: denali: do not pass zero maxchips to nand_scan()
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 20:43:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180827204349.47f21c05@bbrezillon> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1535353301-1727-1-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 16:01:41 +0900
Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
> Commit 49aa76b16676 ("mtd: rawnand: do not execute nand_scan_ident()
> if maxchips is zero") gave a new meaning for calling nand_scan_ident()
> with maxchips=0.
>
> It is a special usage for some drivers such as docg4, but actually
> the Denali driver may pass maxchips=0 to nand_scan() when the driver
> is enabled but no NAND chip is found on the board for some reasons.
>
> If nand_scan_with_ids() is called with maxchips=0, nand_scan_ident()
> is skipped, then nand_set_defaults() is skipped as well. Thus, the
> driver must set chip->controller beforehand. Otherwise, nand_attach()
> causes NULL pointer dereference.
>
> In fact, the Denali controller knows the number of connected chips
> before calling nand_scan_ident(); if DEVICE_RESET fails, there is no
> chip in that chip select. Then, denali_reset_banks() sets the maxchips
> to the number of detected chips. If no chip is found, maxchips is zero.
>
> In this case, there is no point for calling nand_scan() because we know
> it will fail for sure. Let's make the probe function fail immediately.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Queued to mtd/master after adding
49aa76b16676 ("mtd: rawnand: do not execute nand_scan_ident() if maxchips is zero")
Thanks,
Boris
> ---
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Return -ENODEV immediately if no chip was found on the board
> for some reasons.
> This is the smallest, and safest change for the fixes branch.
> (I will investigate later if further cleanups are possible or not.)
>
> drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
> index ca18612..67b2065 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/denali.c
> @@ -1338,6 +1338,11 @@ int denali_init(struct denali_nand_info *denali)
>
> denali_enable_irq(denali);
> denali_reset_banks(denali);
> + if (!denali->max_banks) {
> + /* Error out earlier if no chip is found for some reasons. */
> + ret = -ENODEV;
> + goto disable_irq;
> + }
>
> denali->active_bank = DENALI_INVALID_BANK;
>
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-27 18:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-27 7:01 [PATCH v2] mtd: rawnand: denali: do not pass zero maxchips to nand_scan() Masahiro Yamada
2018-08-27 7:23 ` Boris Brezillon
2018-08-27 7:26 ` Miquel Raynal
2018-08-27 18:43 ` Boris Brezillon [this message]
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