[PATCH] mtd: fix race in cfi_cmdset_0001 driver

[Joakim Tjernlund]

Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1 at gmail.com> wrote on 2011/02/11 15:02:16:
>
> On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 17:07 +0100, Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
> > As inval_cache_and_wait_for_operation() drop and reclaim the lock
> > to invalidate the cache, some other thread may suspend the operation
> > before reaching the for(;;) loop. Therefore the loop must start with
> > checking the chip->state before reading status from the chip.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joakim Tjernlund <Joakim.Tjernlund at transmode.se>
>
> Am I right that this patch should be ignored and a new patch will be
> created?

No, this is the real thing. Should go to Linus ASAP.

There is a hunt for another flash HW related bug hunt ongoing too
that may result in another patch touching other areas.

 Jocke