[MTD][MTDPART] Cleanup and document the erase region handling

Mostly simplifying the loops.  Now everything fits into 80 columns,
is easier to read and the finer details have extra comments.

Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel <joern@logfs.org>
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com>