Fail closed when browser flash programming is ignored

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Browser flash programming could report success when a flash ignored an erase or program command (for example on a protected region), because a clear busy bit looked like completion. The 4 KiB erase opcode was hardcoded to 0x20, and selecting an invalid replacement bitstream left the previous image armed.

After waiting for WIP to clear, require WEL to be clear as well: a flash that executes a write-enabled command clears both together, so a lingering WEL means the command was ignored. Busy is deliberately not required to be observed, since short page programs can finish before the first status read over WebUSB. Use the 4 KiB erase opcode advertised by SFDP, and clear the selected image before validating its replacement.

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Walkthrough

The Gowin programmer now derives flash erase opcodes from SFDP data and uses mutation-specific status polling. Bitstream selection and loading now clear previous state before processing new files.

Changes

SFDP-driven flash programming

Layer / File(s)	Summary
SFDP erase geometry tool/src/gowin.rs, tool/src/gowin_validation.rs	The programmer derives the optional 4 KiB erase opcode from SFDP descriptors. Validation covers supported sizes, missing matches, and invalid descriptor lengths.
Mutation polling and erase integration tool/src/gowin.rs	Erase, page-program, and write-status operations use spi_wait_mutation. Sector erase fails when SFDP provides no 4 KiB opcode and chip erase is not selected.

Bitstream selection state

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Bitstream state reset tool/src/web_main.rs	File selection and pending-file processing clear previous bitstream name, metadata, data, and pending-file state.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant program_spi_flash
  participant spi_flash_geometry
  participant SFDP
  participant SPIFlash
  participant spi_wait_mutation
  participant StatusRegister
  program_spi_flash->>spi_flash_geometry: request capacity and erase opcode
  spi_flash_geometry->>SFDP: read density and erase descriptors
  SFDP-->>spi_flash_geometry: flash geometry data
  spi_flash_geometry-->>program_spi_flash: capacity and optional opcode
  program_spi_flash->>SPIFlash: issue erase or program command
  program_spi_flash->>spi_wait_mutation: wait for mutation completion
  spi_wait_mutation->>StatusRegister: read status register
  StatusRegister-->>spi_wait_mutation: WIP state
  spi_wait_mutation-->>program_spi_flash: completion or error

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Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 2e21b

Rapidly replacing or cancelling a bitstream selection can load the wrong file, so the stale-read race should be fixed before merge.

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🟠 Major · Invalidate in-flight bitstream reads when replacing the selection. · web_main.rs:445-465

tool/src/web_main.rs:445-465
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Invalidate in-flight bitstream reads when replacing the selection.

The chooser is disabled only while busy is true, but this path does not set busy while array_buffer() is pending. A second selection can therefore start before the first callback completes. Picker cancellation also leaves the first callback active. The older callback can write to pending_bitstream_file, and update can load that stale file. Track a selection generation and publish results only for the current generation.

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In `@tool/src/web_main.rs` around lines 445 - 465, Update the file-selection flow
around the onchange closure and array_buffer read to track a selection
generation, incrementing it whenever a new chooser interaction replaces or
cancels the current selection. Capture the generation in each asynchronous read
and only write pending_bitstream_file when it still matches the current
generation, preventing stale callbacks from publishing results consumed by
update.

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In `@tool/src/web_main.rs`:
- Around line 445-465: Update the file-selection flow around the onchange
closure and array_buffer read to track a selection generation, incrementing it
whenever a new chooser interaction replaces or cancels the current selection.
Capture the generation in each asynchronous read and only write
pending_bitstream_file when it still matches the current generation, preventing
stale callbacks from publishing results consumed by update.

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