Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] i2c: core: ACPI: Properly set status byte to 0 for multi-byte writes

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On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 12:53:20PM +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> acpi_gsb_i2c_write_bytes() returns i2c_transfer()'s return value, which
> is the number of transfers executed on success, so 1.
> 
> The ACPI code expects us to store 0 in gsb->status for success, not 1.
> 
> Specifically this breaks the following code in the Thinkpad 8 DSDT:
> 
>             ECWR = I2CW = ECWR /* \_SB_.I2C1.BAT0.ECWR */
>             If ((ECST == Zero))
>             {
>                 ECRD = I2CR /* \_SB_.I2C1.I2CR */
>             }
> 
> Before this commit we set ECST to 1, causing the read to never happen
> breaking battery monitoring on the Thinkpad 8.
> 
> This commit makes acpi_gsb_i2c_write_bytes() return 0 when i2c_transfer()
> returns 1, so the single write transfer completed successfully, and
> makes it return -EIO on for other (unexpected) return values >= 0.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to for-next, thanks!

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