[PATCH] mtd: cfi_cmdset_0002: allow retry/timeout loop to exit

Brian Norris computersforpeace at gmail.com
Mon Jul 21 19:06:19 PDT 2014


The variable 'retries' is never modified, so if the reset operation
never is going to complete, we'll get stuck in an infinite loop.

It looks like the intention was to decrement 'retries' on every loop.
Untested.

Caught by Coverity.

Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com>
---
Untested

 drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
index 5a4bfe33112a..6da141af9cba 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
@@ -2029,6 +2029,8 @@ static int cfi_amdstd_panic_wait(struct map_info *map, struct flchip *chip,
 
 			udelay(1);
 		}
+
+		retries--;
 	}
 
 	/* the chip never became ready */
-- 
1.9.1




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