On 27-08-2013 19:22, Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki wrote:
From: Gerlando Falauto <gerlando.fala...@keymile.com>
Since "sf update" erases the last block as a whole, but only rewrites
the meaningful initial part of it, the rest would be left erased,
potentially erasing meaningful information.
So, as a safety measure, have it rewrite the original content.
Signed-off-by: Gerlando Falauto <gerlando.fala...@keymile.com>
Cc: Valentin Longchamp <valentin.longch...@keymile.com>
Cc: Holger Brunck <holger.bru...@keymile.com>
Acked-by: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Jagannadha Sutradharudu Teki <jaga...@xilinx.com>
---
Changes for v4:
- Rebase to current tree
- Fix one checkpatch warning
common/cmd_sf.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/common/cmd_sf.c b/common/cmd_sf.c
index 4af0f0a..3f60979 100644
--- a/common/cmd_sf.c
+++ b/common/cmd_sf.c
@@ -152,8 +152,10 @@ static const char *spi_flash_update_block(struct spi_flash
*flash, u32 offset,
{
debug("offset=%#x, sector_size=%#x, len=%#zx\n",
offset, flash->sector_size, len);
- if (spi_flash_read(flash, offset, len, cmp_buf))
+ /* Read the entire sector so to allow for rewriting */
+ if (spi_flash_read(flash, offset, flash->sector_size, cmp_buf))
return "read";
+ /* Compare only what is meaningful (len) */
if (memcmp(cmp_buf, buf, len) == 0) {
debug("Skip region %x size %zx: no change\n",
offset, len);
@@ -163,8 +165,17 @@ static const char *spi_flash_update_block(struct spi_flash
*flash, u32 offset,
/* Erase the entire sector */
if (spi_flash_erase(flash, offset, flash->sector_size))
return "erase";
+ /* Write the initial part of the block from the source */
if (spi_flash_write(flash, offset, len, buf))
return "write";
+ /* If it's a partial sector, rewrite the existing part */
+ if (len != flash->sector_size) {
+ /* Rewrite the original data to the end of the sector */
+ if (spi_flash_write(flash, offset + len,
+ flash->sector_size - len, &cmp_buf[len]))
+ return "write";
+ }
+
return NULL;
}
Applied to u-boot-spi/master
--
Thanks,
Jagan.
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