This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled mmc: core: Set read only for SD cards with permanent write protect bit to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: mmc-core-set-read-only-for-sd-cards-with-permanent-write-protect-bit.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 917a5336f2c27928be270226ab374ed0cbf3805d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seunghui Lee <sh043.lee@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:31:56 +0900 Subject: mmc: core: Set read only for SD cards with permanent write protect bit From: Seunghui Lee <sh043.lee@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit 917a5336f2c27928be270226ab374ed0cbf3805d upstream. Some of SD cards sets permanent write protection bit in their CSD register, due to lifespan or internal problem. To avoid unnecessary I/O write operations, let's parse the bits in the CSD during initialization and mark the card as read only for this case. Signed-off-by: Seunghui Lee <sh043.lee@xxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210222083156.19158-1-sh043.lee@xxxxxxxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/mmc/core/sd.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/mmc/core/sd.c +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/sd.c @@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ static int mmc_decode_csd(struct mmc_car csd->erase_size = UNSTUFF_BITS(resp, 39, 7) + 1; csd->erase_size <<= csd->write_blkbits - 9; } + + if (UNSTUFF_BITS(resp, 13, 1)) + mmc_card_set_readonly(card); break; case 1: /* @@ -172,6 +175,9 @@ static int mmc_decode_csd(struct mmc_car csd->write_blkbits = 9; csd->write_partial = 0; csd->erase_size = 1; + + if (UNSTUFF_BITS(resp, 13, 1)) + mmc_card_set_readonly(card); break; default: pr_err("%s: unrecognised CSD structure version %d\n", Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from sh043.lee@xxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.14/mmc-core-set-read-only-for-sd-cards-with-permanent-write-protect-bit.patch