linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: limit OTP NVMEM Cell parse to non Nand devices

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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 11:34:16 +0100
From: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@...il.com>
To: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
	Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
	Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
	Rafał Miłecki <rafal@...ecki.pl>,
	Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com>,
	Claudiu Beznea <claudiu.beznea@...on.dev>,
	AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>,
	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: limit OTP NVMEM Cell parse to non Nand devices

On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 11:32:56AM +0100, Miquel Raynal wrote:
> Hi Christian,
> 
> ansuelsmth@...il.com wrote on Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:55:13 +0100:
> 
> > MTD OTP logic is very fragile and can be problematic with some specific
> > kind of devices.
> > 
> > NVMEM across the years had various iteration on how Cells could be
> > declared in DT and MTD OTP probably was left behind and
> > add_legacy_fixed_of_cells was enabled without thinking of the consequences.
> > 
> > That option enables NVMEM to scan the provided of_node and treat each
> > child as a NVMEM Cell, this was to support legacy NVMEM implementation
> > and don't cause regression.
> > 
> > This is problematic if we have devices like Nand where the OTP is
> > triggered by setting a special mode in the flash. In this context real
> > partitions declared in the Nand node are registered as OTP Cells and
> > this cause probe fail with -EINVAL error.
> > 
> > This was never notice due to the fact that till now, no Nand supported
> > the OTP feature. With commit e87161321a40 ("mtd: rawnand: macronix: OTP
> > access for MX30LFxG18AC") this changed and coincidentally this Nand is
> > used on an FritzBox 7530 supported on OpenWrt.
> > 
> > Alternative and more robust way to declare OTP Cells are already
> > prossible by using the fixed-layout node or by declaring a child node
> > with the compatible set to "otp-user" or "otp-factory".
> > 
> > To fix this and limit any regression with other MTD that makes use of
> > declaring OTP as direct child of the dev node, disable
> > add_legacy_fixed_of_cells if we have a node called nand since it's the
> > standard property name to identify Nand devices attached to a Nand
> > Controller.
> 
> You forgot to update the commit log :-)
>

Ugh... sorry. Ok to resend or I need to wait 24h similar to the rules on
net-next?

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	Ansuel