FAILED: Patch "mtd: spinand: Disable continuous read during probe" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
Sasha Levin
sashal at kernel.org
Sat Feb 28 17:24:35 PST 2026
The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable at vger.kernel.org>.
Thanks,
Sasha
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>From b4af7d194dc879353829f3c56988a68fbba1fbdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David LaPorte <dalaport at amazon.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:33:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] mtd: spinand: Disable continuous read during probe
Macronix serial NAND devices with continuous read support do not
clear the configuration register on soft reset and lack a hardware
reset pin. When continuous read is interrupted (e.g., during reboot),
the feature remains enabled at the device level.
With continuous read enabled, the OOB area becomes inaccessible and
all reads are instead directed to the main area. As a result, during
partition allocation as part of MTD device registration, the first two
bytes of the main area for the master block are read and indicate that
the block is bad. This process repeats for every subsequent block for
the partition.
All reads and writes that reference the BBT find no good blocks and
fail.
The only paths for recovery from this state are triggering the
continuous read feature by way of raw MTD reads or through a NAND
device power drain.
Disable continuous read explicitly during spinand probe to ensure
quiescent feature state.
Fixes: 631cfdd0520d ("mtd: spi-nand: Add continuous read support")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David LaPorte <dalaport at amazon.com>
Reviewed-by: Gunnar Kudrjavets <gunnarku at amazon.com>
Reviewed-by: Mikhail Kshevetskiy <mikhail.kshevetskiy at iopsys.eu>
Signed-off-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
---
drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
index 21a980e626eb2..514f653f27f3e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/spi/core.c
@@ -940,6 +940,14 @@ static void spinand_cont_read_init(struct spinand_device *spinand)
(engine_type == NAND_ECC_ENGINE_TYPE_ON_DIE ||
engine_type == NAND_ECC_ENGINE_TYPE_NONE)) {
spinand->cont_read_possible = true;
+
+ /*
+ * Ensure continuous read is disabled on probe.
+ * Some devices retain this state across soft reset,
+ * which leaves the OOB area inaccessible and results
+ * in false positive returns from spinand_isbad().
+ */
+ spinand_cont_read_enable(spinand, false);
}
}
--
2.51.0
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