Re: [PATCH v8 01/14] spi: spi-mem: reject partial cycle transfers in

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>]

Hi Pratyush,

p.yadav@ti.com wrote on Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:01:52 +0530:

> On 22/12/21 09:12AM, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> > Hi Pratyush,
> > 
> > p.yadav@ti.com wrote on Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:11:50 +0530:
> >   
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > On 21/12/21 06:48PM, Miquel Raynal wrote:  
> > > > From: Pratyush Yadav <p.yadav@ti.com>
> > > > 
> > > > In 8D-8D-8D mode two bytes are transferred per cycle. So an odd number
> > > > of bytes cannot be transferred because it would leave a residual half
> > > > cycle at the end. Consider such a transfer invalid and reject it.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Pratyush Yadav <p.yadav@ti.com>
> > > > Reviewed-by: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>    
> > > 
> > > Sorry, I didn't realize this before. This patch would break a couple of 
> > > SPI NOR flashes. You need patch 1, 2, and 3 from my series as well to 
> > > make sure this does not happen. Since those patches have some pending 
> > > comments, can you just drop this patch and I will re-roll it on top of 
> > > your series later when I can find some time for it? Again, sorry for not 
> > > noticing this before.  
> > 
> > Yes no problem, I might as well drop it when applying.  
> 
> And drop the changes from patch 3 as well.

Yes of course, I'll keep the "cmd.nbytes != 2" check as it was to keep
the behavior exactly as it was, and on top of that we can fine tune
these checks.

Thanks,
Miquèl