Re: [PATCH v1 07/17] misc: eeprom: at25: Change nvmem reg_read/write return type

[Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 05:59:51PM +0000, Joy Chakraborty wrote:
> @@ -195,10 +195,11 @@ static struct attribute *sernum_attrs[] = {
>  };
>  ATTRIBUTE_GROUPS(sernum);
>  
> -static int at25_ee_write(void *priv, unsigned int off, void *val, size_t count)
> +static ssize_t at25_ee_write(void *priv, unsigned int off, void *val, size_t count)
>  {
>  	struct at25_data *at25 = priv;
>  	size_t maxsz = spi_max_transfer_size(at25->spi);
> +	size_t bytes_written = count;
>  	const char *buf = val;
>  	int			status = 0;
>  	unsigned		buf_size;
> @@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ static int at25_ee_write(void *priv, unsigned int off, void *val, size_t count)
>  	mutex_unlock(&at25->lock);
>  
>  	kfree(bounce);
> -	return status;
> +	return status < 0 ? status : bytes_written;
>  }

So the original bug was that rmem_read() is returning positive values
on success instead of zero[1].  That started a discussion about partial
reads which resulted in changing the API to support partial reads[2].
That patchset broke the build.  This patchset is trying to fix the
build breakage.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240206042408.224138-1-joychakr@xxxxxxxxxx/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240510082929.3792559-2-joychakr@xxxxxxxxxx/

The bug in rmem_read() is still not fixed.  That needs to be fixed as
a stand alone patch.  We can discuss re-writing the API separately.

These functions are used internally and exported to the user through
sysfs via bin_attr_nvmem_read/write().  For internal users partial reads
should be treated as failure.  What are we supposed to do with a partial
read?  I don't think anyone has asked for partial reads to be supported
from sysfs either except Greg was wondering about it while reading the
code.

Currently, a lot of drivers return -EINVAL for partial read/writes but
some return success.  It is a bit messy.  But this patchset doesn't
really improve anything.  In at24_read() we check if it's going to be a
partial read and return -EINVAL.  Below we report a partial read as a
full read.  It's just a more complicated way of doing exactly what we
were doing before.

drivers/misc/eeprom/at25.c
   198  static int at25_ee_write(void *priv, unsigned int off, void *val, size_t count)
   199  {
   200          struct at25_data *at25 = priv;
   201          size_t maxsz = spi_max_transfer_size(at25->spi);
New:            size_t bytes_written = count;
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is not the number of bytes written.

   202          const char *buf = val;
   203          int                     status = 0;
   204          unsigned                buf_size;
   205          u8                      *bounce;
   206  
   207          if (unlikely(off >= at25->chip.byte_len))
   208                  return -EFBIG;
   209          if ((off + count) > at25->chip.byte_len)
   210                  count = at25->chip.byte_len - off;
                        ^^^^^
This is.

   211          if (unlikely(!count))
   212                  return -EINVAL;
   213  
   214          /* Temp buffer starts with command and address */
   215          buf_size = at25->chip.page_size;
   216          if (buf_size > io_limit)
   217                  buf_size = io_limit;
   218          bounce = kmalloc(buf_size + at25->addrlen + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
   219          if (!bounce)
   220                  return -ENOMEM;
   221  

regards,
dan carpenter