linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 7/8] mtd: spi-nor: add TB (Top/Bottom) protect support

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Message-ID: <20160129023642.GC19540@google.com>
Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 18:36:42 -0800
From:	Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>,
	Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel@...guardiasur.com.ar>,
	Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@...e-electrons.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Bayi Cheng <bayi.cheng@...iatek.com>,
	Marek Vasut <marex@...x.de>, djkurtz@...omium.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 7/8] mtd: spi-nor: add TB (Top/Bottom) protect support

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 09:51:46PM -0800, Brian Norris wrote:
> This one hasn't been exhaustively tested yet, so I labeled it 'RFC'. I hope to
> have some sort of test scripts (possibly targeting mtd-utils) ready, to help
> make sure the locking APIs behave as expected. (And "as expected" is a little
> ill-defined, IMO.)

I've written up some ugly (but effective) tests locally and found a few
edge case problems with this patch, so I'm going to refactor both this
patch and patch 2. Stay tuned.

Brian