linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: brcmnand: Change BUG_ON in brcmnand_send

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Date:	Sat, 16 Jul 2016 20:41:27 -0700
From:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:	Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, Kamal Dasu <kdasu.kdev@...il.com>,
	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"open list:BROADCOM STB NAND FLASH DRIVER" 
	<bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: nand: brcmnand: Change BUG_ON in brcmnand_send_cmd

On Fri, Jul 08, 2016 at 10:36:39AM -0700, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> Change the BUG_ON() condition in brcmnand_send_cmd() which checks for
> the interrupt status "controller ready" bit to a WARN_ON.
> 
> There is no good reason to kill the system when this condition occur
> because we could have systems which listed the NAND controller as
> available (e.g: from Device Tree), but the NAND chip could be
> malfunctioning and not responding.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Applied to l2-mtd.git