Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: spi-nor: implement OTP erase for Winbond and similar flashes

Pratyush Yadav
2021-05-20T12:24:44Z

Hi Michael,

On 10/05/21 10:20PM, Michael Walle wrote:
> Winbond flashes with OTP support provide a command to erase the OTP
> data. This might come in handy during development.

I am not very familiar with the OTP feature. It is supposed to be "One
Time Programmable". So does erasing the OTP area make it programmable
again? Or it just erases the data and then the OTP region will forever
be 0xff?

Because if you can erase and reprogram it, how is it OTP at all?

>
> This was tested with a Winbond W25Q32JW on a LS1028A SoC with the
> NXP FSPI controller.

I got the datasheet for this flash from
https://www.elinux.org/images/f/f5/Winbond-w25q32.pdf but it doesn't
seem to mention the erase OTP command (0x44).

>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Walle <michael@walle.cc>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - fixed kernel doc
>
> There is also a patch for mtd-utils to add a small tool to issue
> the erase:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20210510201319.25975-1-michael@walle.cc/
>
> drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c | 4 +-
> drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h | 4 ++
> drivers/mtd/spi-nor/otp.c | 73 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c | 1 +
> 4 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> index bd2c7717eb10..fac8717f651f 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c
> @@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ static int spi_nor_controller_ops_read_reg(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 opcode,
> return nor->controller_ops->read_reg(nor, opcode, buf, len);
> }
>
> -static int spi_nor_controller_ops_write_reg(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 opcode,
> - const u8 *buf, size_t len)
> +int spi_nor_controller_ops_write_reg(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 opcode,
> + const u8 *buf, size_t len)
> {
> if (spi_nor_protocol_is_dtr(nor->reg_proto))
> return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
> index 28a2e0be97a3..b410e4eec2fb 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h
> @@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ struct spi_nor_otp_ops {
> int (*write)(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t addr, size_t len,
> const u8 *buf);
> int (*lock)(struct spi_nor *nor, unsigned int region);
> + int (*erase)(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t addr);

No doc update above?

> int (*is_locked)(struct spi_nor *nor, unsigned int region);
> };
>
> @@ -481,6 +482,8 @@ extern const struct spi_nor_manufacturer spi_nor_xmc;
> void spi_nor_spimem_setup_op(const struct spi_nor *nor,
> struct spi_mem_op *op,
> const enum spi_nor_protocol proto);
> +int spi_nor_controller_ops_write_reg(struct spi_nor *nor, u8 opcode,
> + const u8 *buf, size_t len);
> int spi_nor_write_enable(struct spi_nor *nor);
> int spi_nor_write_disable(struct spi_nor *nor);
> int spi_nor_set_4byte_addr_mode(struct spi_nor *nor, bool enable);
> @@ -507,6 +510,7 @@ ssize_t spi_nor_write_data(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t to, size_t len,
> int spi_nor_otp_read_secr(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t addr, size_t len, u8 *buf);
> int spi_nor_otp_write_secr(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t addr, size_t len,
> const u8 *buf);
> +int spi_nor_otp_erase_secr(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t addr);
> int spi_nor_otp_lock_sr2(struct spi_nor *nor, unsigned int region);
> int spi_nor_otp_is_locked_sr2(struct spi_nor *nor, unsigned int region);
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/otp.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/otp.c
> index 61036c716abb..d3ca73c8cc53 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/otp.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/otp.c
> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
> #include <linux/log2.h>
> #include <linux/mtd/mtd.h>
> #include <linux/mtd/spi-nor.h>
> +#include <linux/spi/spi-mem.h>
>
> #include "core.h"
>
> @@ -111,6 +112,48 @@ int spi_nor_otp_write_secr(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t addr, size_t len,
> return ret ?: written;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * spi_nor_otp_erase_secr() - erase one OTP region

Nitpick: The function is called erase_secr() but the comment says erase
region. Please use consistent wording.

> + * @nor: pointer to 'struct spi_nor'
> + * @addr: offset of the OTP region to be erased
> + *
> + * Erase one OTP region by using the SPINOR_OP_ESECR commands. This method is
> + * used on GigaDevice and Winbond flashes.
> + *
> + * Return: 0 on success, -errno otherwise
> + */
> +int spi_nor_otp_erase_secr(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t addr)
> +{
> + int ret;
> +
> + ret = spi_nor_write_enable(nor);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + if (nor->spimem) {
> + struct spi_mem_op op =
> + SPI_MEM_OP(SPI_MEM_OP_CMD(SPINOR_OP_ESECR, 0),
> + SPI_MEM_OP_ADDR(3, addr, 0),

Only 3 address bytes needed? Can the OTP region ever require 4 byte
addressing? For example, say the flash is switched to 4 byte addressing
for the main region. Would it still expect 3 byte addressing for OTP
ops?

> + SPI_MEM_OP_NO_DUMMY,
> + SPI_MEM_OP_NO_DATA);
> +
> + spi_nor_spimem_setup_op(nor, &op, nor->write_proto);
> +
> + ret = spi_mem_exec_op(nor->spimem, &op);
> + } else {
> + nor->bouncebuf[2] = addr & 0xff;
> + nor->bouncebuf[1] = (addr >> 8) & 0xff;
> + nor->bouncebuf[0] = (addr >> 16) & 0xff;
> +
> + ret = spi_nor_controller_ops_write_reg(nor, SPINOR_OP_ESECR,
> + nor->bouncebuf, 3);

Huh, sending address in the "data" parameter of write_reg() is strange.
Wouldn't you be better off using spi_nor_controller_ops_erase()? It is
an erase operation anyway so it should be the natural choice.

This was my first thought anyway. Then I looked at
spi_nor_erase_sector(). It looks like controller_ops->erase is optional,
and the fallback is this same technique.

I see a lot of similarities between this function and
spi_nor_erase_sector(). So you can just swap out nor->erase_opcode and
nor->addr_width and call that. I am not the biggest fan of this approach
but it is widely used in the core so it should be fine. In fact, OTP
read and write also use this approach.

> + }
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> +
> + return spi_nor_wait_till_ready(nor);
> +}
> +
> static int spi_nor_otp_lock_bit_cr(unsigned int region)
> {
> static const int lock_bits[] = { SR2_LB1, SR2_LB2, SR2_LB3 };
> @@ -316,12 +359,14 @@ static int spi_nor_mtd_otp_write(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t to, size_t len,
> return spi_nor_mtd_otp_read_write(mtd, to, len, retlen, buf, true);
> }
>
> -static int spi_nor_mtd_otp_lock(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len)
> +static int spi_nor_mtd_otp_lock_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from,

spi_nor_mtd_otp_lock_or_erase()? Or would it make it too long?

Anyway, maybe I am bikeshedding too much, but I don't like that you
combine two completely independent operations into the same function
because they have some common parts. You should make them two separate
functions and see how many of the common parts can be split into
independent subroutines.

> + size_t len, bool is_erase)
> {
> struct spi_nor *nor = mtd_to_spi_nor(mtd);
> const struct spi_nor_otp_ops *ops = nor->params->otp.ops;
> const size_t rlen = spi_nor_otp_region_len(nor);
> unsigned int region;
> + loff_t rstart;
> int ret;
>
> if (from < 0 || (from + len) > spi_nor_otp_size(nor))
> @@ -337,7 +382,13 @@ static int spi_nor_mtd_otp_lock(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len)
>
> while (len) {
> region = spi_nor_otp_offset_to_region(nor, from);
> - ret = ops->lock(nor, region);
> +
> + if (is_erase) {
> + rstart = spi_nor_otp_region_start(nor, region);
> + ret = ops->erase(nor, rstart);

This further highlights my point. There are subtle differences between
erase and lock and having them in the same function might not be the
best idea.

> + } else {
> + ret = ops->lock(nor, region);
> + }
> if (ret)
> goto out;
>
> @@ -351,6 +402,23 @@ static int spi_nor_mtd_otp_lock(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len)
> return ret;
> }
>
> +static int spi_nor_mtd_otp_lock(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len)
> +{
> + return spi_nor_mtd_otp_lock_erase(mtd, from, len, false);
> +}
> +
> +static int spi_nor_mtd_otp_erase(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len)
> +{
> + struct spi_nor *nor = mtd_to_spi_nor(mtd);
> + const struct spi_nor_otp_ops *ops = nor->params->otp.ops;
> +
> + /* OTP erase is optional */
> + if (!ops->erase)
> + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
> + return spi_nor_mtd_otp_lock_erase(mtd, from, len, true);
> +}
> +
> void spi_nor_otp_init(struct spi_nor *nor)
> {
> struct mtd_info *mtd = &nor->mtd;
> @@ -374,4 +442,5 @@ void spi_nor_otp_init(struct spi_nor *nor)
> mtd->_read_user_prot_reg = spi_nor_mtd_otp_read;
> mtd->_write_user_prot_reg = spi_nor_mtd_otp_write;
> mtd->_lock_user_prot_reg = spi_nor_mtd_otp_lock;
> + mtd->_erase_user_prot_reg = spi_nor_mtd_otp_erase;
> }
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c
> index 9a81c67a60c6..96573f61caf5 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/winbond.c
> @@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ static int winbond_set_4byte_addr_mode(struct spi_nor *nor, bool enable)
> static const struct spi_nor_otp_ops winbond_otp_ops = {
> .read = spi_nor_otp_read_secr,
> .write = spi_nor_otp_write_secr,
> + .erase = spi_nor_otp_erase_secr,
> .lock = spi_nor_otp_lock_sr2,
> .is_locked = spi_nor_otp_is_locked_sr2,
> };
> --
> 2.20.1
>

--
Regards,
Pratyush Yadav
Texas Instruments Inc.