[PATCH v2] spi: cadence_qspi: Fix odd byte write issue in STIG mode

Prasanth Mantena p-mantena at ti.com
Wed Jul 9 10:21:36 CEST 2025


On 09:34, Venkatesh Yadav Abbarapu wrote:
> Starting from 'commit <8077d296adff> ("spi: cadence-quadspi: Use STIG
> mode for all ops with small payload") the utilization of STIG mode
> has been implemented for read and write operations involving less
> than 8 bytes of data.
> 
> However, following this commit, encountering timeout issues occurs when
> writing odd bytes of data in DDR mode, as indicated below:
> "jedec_spi_nor flash at 0: flash operation timed out
> SF: 3 bytes @ 0x0 Written: ERROR -110"
> 
> To resolve this issue, the number of bytes to write has been updated
> specifically for DDR mode.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejas Bhumkar <tejas.arvind.bhumkar at amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Yadav Abbarapu <venkatesh.abbarapu at amd.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> -Modified the logic from using modulus and changed to use "logical and" 
> operator to check the odd bytes.
> ---
>  drivers/spi/cadence_qspi_apb.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/cadence_qspi_apb.c b/drivers/spi/cadence_qspi_apb.c
> index b579699d2eb..76569a8019b 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/cadence_qspi_apb.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/cadence_qspi_apb.c
> @@ -554,6 +554,9 @@ int cadence_qspi_apb_command_write(struct cadence_spi_priv *priv,
>  	void *reg_base = priv->regbase;
>  	u8 opcode;
>  
> +	if (priv->dtr)
> +		txlen += txlen & 1;
> +

Hi Venkatesh,

1> Is this not a generic problem, having a DTR write in stig mode. If so,
shouldn't this be handled at the spi-nor core level.

2> You are just increasing the number of bytes here, aren't we writing
an unwanted extra data ? Where did we pad the buffer ?


Thanks,
Prasanth

>  	if (priv->dtr)
>  		opcode = op->cmd.opcode >> 8;
>  	else
> -- 
> 2.34.1
> 


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