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-rw-r--r--drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c11
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
index 078e0f67377d..32e52d83b961 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdblock.c
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ static int write_cached_data (struct mtdblk_dev *mtdblk)
ret = erase_write (mtd, mtdblk->cache_offset,
mtdblk->cache_size, mtdblk->cache_data);
- if (ret)
- return ret;
/*
* Here we could arguably set the cache state to STATE_CLEAN.
@@ -98,9 +96,14 @@ static int write_cached_data (struct mtdblk_dev *mtdblk)
* be notified if this content is altered on the flash by other
* means. Let's declare it empty and leave buffering tasks to
* the buffer cache instead.
+ *
+ * If this cache_offset points to a bad block, data cannot be
+ * written to the device. Clear cache_state to avoid writing to
+ * bad blocks repeatedly.
*/
- mtdblk->cache_state = STATE_EMPTY;
- return 0;
+ if (ret == 0 || ret == -EIO)
+ mtdblk->cache_state = STATE_EMPTY;
+ return ret;
}