In function do_write_buffer(), in the for loop, there is a case chip_ready() returns 1 while chip_good() returns 0, so it never break the loop. To fix this, chip_good() is enough and it should timeout if it stay not good status for a while.
Fixes: dfeae1073583("mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: Change write buffer to check correct value") Signed-off-by: Yi Huaijie <yihuai...@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Liu Jian <liujia...@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Tokunori Ikegami <ikegami...@yahoo.co.jp> --- v3-v4: 1. add "mtd: " prefix to subject 2. add some comment suggested by reviewers I forgot to resend this patch, I am very sorry. drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c index 72428b6..bcabc50 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c @@ -1876,7 +1876,11 @@ static int __xipram do_write_buffer(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip, continue; } - if (time_after(jiffies, timeo) && !chip_ready(map, adr)) + /* + * We check "time_after" && "!chip_good" before checking + * "chip_good" to avoid the failure due to scheduling. + */ + if (time_after(jiffies, timeo) && !chip_good(map, adr, datum)) break; if (chip_good(map, adr, datum)) { -- 2.7.4