Setting the status register write disable (SRWD) bit in the status register (SR) with WP# signal of the flash left floating or wrongly tied to GND (that includes internal pull-downs), will configure the SR permanently as read-only. If WP# signal is left floating or wrongly tied to GND, avoid setting SRWD bit while writing the SR during flash protection. Signed-off-by: Amit Kumar Mahapatra <amit.kumar-mahapatra@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c | 3 +++ drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h | 1 + drivers/mtd/spi-nor/swp.c | 9 +++++++-- 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c index 0bb0ad14a2fc..520f5ab86d2b 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.c @@ -2864,6 +2864,9 @@ static void spi_nor_init_flags(struct spi_nor *nor) if (flags & NO_CHIP_ERASE) nor->flags |= SNOR_F_NO_OP_CHIP_ERASE; + if (of_property_read_bool(np, "no-wp")) + nor->flags |= SNOR_F_NO_WP; + if (flags & SPI_NOR_RWW && nor->info->n_banks > 1 && !nor->controller_ops) nor->flags |= SNOR_F_RWW; diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h index 4fb5ff09c63a..55b5e7abce6e 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/core.h @@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ enum spi_nor_option_flags { SNOR_F_SWP_IS_VOLATILE = BIT(13), SNOR_F_RWW = BIT(14), SNOR_F_ECC = BIT(15), + SNOR_F_NO_WP = BIT(16), }; struct spi_nor_read_command { diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/swp.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/swp.c index 0ba716e84377..cfaba41d74d6 100644 --- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/swp.c +++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/swp.c @@ -214,8 +214,13 @@ static int spi_nor_sr_lock(struct spi_nor *nor, loff_t ofs, uint64_t len) status_new = (status_old & ~mask & ~tb_mask) | val; - /* Disallow further writes if WP pin is asserted */ - status_new |= SR_SRWD; + /* + * Disallow further writes if WP# pin is neither left floating nor + * wrongly tied to GND(that includes internal pull-downs). + * WP# pin hard strapped to GND can be a valid use case. + */ + if (!(nor->flags & SNOR_F_NO_WP)) + status_new |= SR_SRWD; if (!use_top) status_new |= tb_mask; -- 2.17.1