Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] mtd: spi-nor: Avoid setting SRWD bit in SR if WP# signal not connected

[Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>]

Am 2023-06-25 12:02, schrieb Amit Kumar Mahapatra:
> Setting the status register write disable (SRWD) bit in the status
> register (SR) with WP# signal of the flash left floating or wrongly 
> tied to
> GND (that includes internal pull-downs), will configure the SR 
> permanently
> as read-only. If WP# signal is left floating or wrongly tied to GND, 
> avoid
> setting SRWD bit while writing the SR during flash protection.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Mahapatra <amit.kumar-mahapatra@amd.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c | 3 +++
>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h | 1 +
>  drivers/mtd/spi-nor/swp.c  | 9 +++++++--
>  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> index 0bb0ad14a2fc..520f5ab86d2b 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> @@ -2864,6 +2864,9 @@ static void spi_nor_init_flags(struct spi_nor 
> *nor)
>  	if (flags & NO_CHIP_ERASE)
>  		nor->flags |= SNOR_F_NO_OP_CHIP_ERASE;
> 
> +	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "no-wp"))
> +		nor->flags |= SNOR_F_NO_WP;
> +

Please put it below the of_property_read_bool() which is already
there, just to keep things sorted.

>  	if (flags & SPI_NOR_RWW && nor->info->n_banks > 1 &&
>  	    !nor->controller_ops)
>  		nor->flags |= SNOR_F_RWW;
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
> index 4fb5ff09c63a..55b5e7abce6e 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
> @@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ enum spi_nor_option_flags {
>  	SNOR_F_SWP_IS_VOLATILE	= BIT(13),
>  	SNOR_F_RWW		= BIT(14),
>  	SNOR_F_ECC		= BIT(15),
> +	SNOR_F_NO_WP		= BIT(16),

See the comment right above this enum :/

>  };
> 
>  struct spi_nor_read_command {
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/swp.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/swp.c
> index 0ba716e84377..cfaba41d74d6 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/swp.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/swp.c
> @@ -214,8 +214,13 @@ static int spi_nor_sr_lock(struct spi_nor *nor, 
> loff_t ofs, uint64_t len)
> 
>  	status_new = (status_old & ~mask & ~tb_mask) | val;
> 
> -	/* Disallow further writes if WP pin is asserted */
> -	status_new |= SR_SRWD;
> +	/*
> +	 * Disallow further writes if WP# pin is neither left floating nor
> +	 * wrongly tied to GND(that includes internal pull-downs).

nit: space missing

Otherwise looks good.

Thanks,
-michael

> +	 * WP# pin hard strapped to GND can be a valid use case.
> +	 */
> +	if (!(nor->flags & SNOR_F_NO_WP))
> +		status_new |= SR_SRWD;
> 
>  	if (!use_top)
>  		status_new |= tb_mask;