DA14531 - Writing & Reading Flash-Data

Hello, 

I am coding based on the ble_app_peripheral example from SDK6.0.16.1144 trying to write and read data from flash. For example I have a char with the value "00000" and would like to write into flash. I also would like to read the value of the respective ragister from flash and compare to my variable. The function I created to perform the write & read looks as follows: 

uint32_t PC_FLASH_ADR = 0x20000;
char default_passcode[] = "00000";

void check_nvs_available()
{
	// Disable HW RST on P0_0 so it can be used as SPI MOSI.
	GPIO_Disable_HW_Reset();
	
	// Read PC Flash --> IF PC Flash was not written in advance rewrite with default PC | ELSE do nothing 
	int8_t ret;
	uint32_t bytes_read;
	char buffer_pc;
	uint8_t data_read[5] = { 0 };
	ret = spi_flash_read_data(&data_read[0],PC_FLASH_ADR , sizeof(data_read), &bytes_read);
	while (bytes_read) {
		buffer_pc = (buffer_pc + bytes_read);
		bytes_read--;
	}
	if (buffer_pc == 0){
		uint32_t pc_bytes_written;
		uint8_t data[5] = { default_passcode[0], default_passcode[1], default_passcode[2], default_passcode[3], default_passcode[4]};
		ret = spi_flash_write_data(&data[0], PC_FLASH_ADR, sizeof(data), &pc_bytes_written);
	}
	
	// Reduce power consumption by putting flash into sleep mode 
    spi_flash_power_down();
	
	// Re-enable HW reset input (must be disabled if/when further operation on
  // external flash are performed) - must set as input first!
	GPIO_ConfigurePin(SPI_DO_PORT, SPI_DO_PIN, INPUT_PULLDOWN, PID_GPIO, false);
    GPIO_Enable_HW_Reset();
    
}

The functions should check the Flash if data was already written to PC_FLASH_ADR. IF this is the case nothting should be done. If no data was written to PC_FLASH_ADR the values of default_passcode should be written into flash starting at PC_FLASH_ADR. 
Are there any issues with my code?