[PATCH] mtd: rawnand: r852: disable the engine when card registration fails

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Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found no new issues
in this patch, but noticed 1 related pre-existing issue it does not
introduce:
- [High] mtd: rawnand: r852: ignored sm_controller_ops in
  sm_register_device() [1]
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commit b0db256c0e7e95a57788ef377b493f1dae9d2218
Author: James Hilliard <james.hilliard1 at gmail.com>

mtd: rawnand: r852: disable the engine when card registration fails

This commit calls r852_engine_disable() in the error path of
r852_register_nand_device() when sm_register_device() or
device_create_file() fails.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/sashiko-outbox-204169@kernel.org/

> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/r852.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/r852.c
> index 92c47d351c278..073f96f73be36 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/r852.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/r852.c
> @@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ static int r852_register_nand_device(struct r852_device *dev)
>  	WARN_ON(mtd_device_unregister(nand_to_mtd(dev->chip)));
>  	nand_cleanup(dev->chip);
>  error1:
> +	r852_engine_disable(dev);
>  	/* Force card redetect */
>  	dev->card_detected = 0;
>  	return -1;

[Severity: High]
This problem wasn't introduced by this patch, but does sm_register_device()
called earlier in r852_register_nand_device() have its sm_controller_ops
ignored [1]?

r852_probe() initializes chip->controller to &dev->controller (with
r852_ops), while sm_register_device() sets sm_controller_ops on
chip->legacy.dummy_controller:

drivers/mtd/nand/raw/sm_common.c:sm_register_device() {
    ...
	chip->legacy.dummy_controller.ops = &sm_controller_ops;
	flash_ids = smartmedia ? nand_smartmedia_flash_ids : nand_xd_flash_ids;
	ret = nand_scan_with_ids(chip, 1, flash_ids);
    ...
}

Because chip->controller is already non-NULL, nand_set_defaults() ignores
dummy_controller, so nand_attach() calls r852_attach_chip() without calling
sm_attach_chip(), leaving the card's OOB layout, bad-block marker
parameters, and page-size validation unconfigured.

[1] https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-4d4f9cfa-07ac-4319-9927-3acf4cf70ca3

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