Re: [PATCH v2] mtd: m25p80: Calculate flash block protect bits based on number of sectors

From: Austin Boyle
Date: Wed Apr 16 2014 - 08:27:26 EST



On Sun, 13 Apr 2014, Marek Vasut wrote:
>
> This portion of code looks like a duplicate of ...
>
> > + for (lock_bits = 1; lock_bits < 7; lock_bits++) {
> > + protected_area_start = flash->mtd.size -
> > + get_protected_area(flash, lock_bits);
> > + if (offset+len >= protected_area_start)
> > + break;
> > + }
> > + lock_bits--;
> > +
> > + status_new = (status_old & ~SR_BP_BIT_MASK) |
> > + ((lock_bits << SR_BP_BIT_OFFSET) & SR_BP_BIT_MASK);
>
> ... this here (if you don't consider the lock_bits--) . Why don't we move this
> into a separate function to avoid the duplication?
>

Thanks for reviewing this patch Marek, your suggestions were very
helpful. I am about to post another version that
hopefully addresses the issues raised, I would appreciate if you can take
another look at it.

Cheers,
Austin.
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