Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: Avoid point less unlocking/locking

[Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@bootlin.com>]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:10:23 +0000
Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund@infinera.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2018-06-20 at 11:14 +0200, Boris Brezillon wrote:
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> > 
> > On Wed,  6 Jun 2018 12:13:29 +0200
> > Joakim Tjernlund <joakim.tjernlund@infinera.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > cfi_ppb_unlock() walks all flash chips when unlocking sectors.
> > > testing lock status on each chip which causes relocking of already
> > > locked sectors. Test against offset to aviod this aliasing.  
> > 
> >                                          ^ avoid
> > 
> > As I said before, I think the current code is doing worse than just
> > relocking already locked sectors. As soon as you cross a chip boundary,
> > addr is set back to 0, and the (addr < offs || adr >= (ofs + len)) might
> > be true while it shouldn't be (absolute offset still in the unlock
> > range), which means you'll lock sectors that the caller expect to be
> > unlocked.  
> 
> I don't see how, the code asks for its current lock status and will reapply
> those that are locked again.

After reading the commit message a second time I think I
misunderstood it. I thought you were implying that the re-locking
operation was harmless and the only reason for fixing the test was to
avoid useless lock operations, but that's not what you wrote.

Sorry for the noise.