Re: [PATCH v3] at24: Support SMBus read/write of 16-bit devices

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Hi Aaron,

On Wed, 4 Nov 2015 11:28:29 -0600 (CST), Aaron Sierra wrote:
> Previously, the at24 driver would bail out in the case of a 16-bit
> addressable EEPROM attached to an SMBus controller. This is because
> SMBus block reads and writes don't map to I2C multi-byte reads and
> writes when the offset portion is 2 bytes.
> 
> Instead of bailing out, this patch settles for functioning with single
> byte read SMBus cycles. Writes can be block or single-byte, depending
> on SMBus controller features.
> 
> Read access is not without some risk. Multiple SMBus cycles are
> required to read even one byte. If the SMBus has multiple masters and
> one accesses this EEPROM between the dummy address write and the
> subsequent current-address-read cycle(s), this driver will receive
> data from the wrong address.
> 
> Functionality has been tested with the following devices:
> 
>     AT24CM01 attached to Intel ISCH SMBus
>     AT24C512 attached to Intel I801 SMBus
> 
> Read performance:
>     3.6 KB/s with 32-byte* access
> 
>     *limited to 32-bytes by I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX.
> 
> Write performance:
>     248 B/s with 1-byte page (default)
>     3.9 KB/s with 128-byte* page (via platform data)
> 
>     *limited to 31-bytes by I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX - 1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nate Case <ncase@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Aaron Sierra <asierra@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  v2 - Account for changes related to introduction of
>       i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data_or_emulated()
>  v3 - Consolidate three patches into one
>     - Expand comments regarding SMBus multi-master read risks.
>     - Rely on current-address-read for improved read performance (i.e. one
>       dummy address write followed by multiple individual byte reads).
>       This improves performance from 1.4 KiB/s to 3.6 KiB/s.
>     - Use struct at24_data's writebuf instead of kzalloc-ing
>     - Only limit write_max by 1-byte when accessing a 16-bit device with
>       block writes instead of attempting to preserve a power-of-two.
>     - Style fixes (indentation, parentheses, unnecessary masking, etc.)
> 
>  drivers/misc/eeprom/Kconfig |   4 +-
>  drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c  | 118 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  2 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/eeprom/Kconfig
> index 04f2e1f..bc79a44 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/Kconfig
> @@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ config EEPROM_AT24
>  
>  	  If you use this with an SMBus adapter instead of an I2C adapter,
>  	  full functionality is not available.  Only smaller devices are
> -	  supported (24c16 and below, max 4 kByte).
> +	  supported via block reads (24c16 and below, max 4 kByte).
> +	  Larger devices that use 16-bit addresses will only work with
> +	  individual byte reads, which is very slow.

... and unsafe on multi-master topologies.

>  
>  	  This driver can also be built as a module.  If so, the module
>  	  will be called at24.
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> index 5d7c090..35c5c83 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/at24.c
> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
>   * Other than binding model, current differences from "eeprom" driver are
>   * that this one handles write access and isn't restricted to 24c02 devices.
>   * It also handles larger devices (32 kbit and up) with two-byte addresses,
> - * which won't work on pure SMBus systems.
> + * which don't work without risks on pure SMBus systems.
>   */
>  
>  struct at24_data {
> @@ -141,6 +141,86 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, at24_acpi_ids);
>  /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
>  
>  /*
> + * Write a byte to an AT24 device using SMBus cycles.
> + */
> +static inline s32 at24_smbus_write_byte_data(struct at24_data *at24,
> +	struct i2c_client *client, u16 offset, u8 value)
> +{
> +	if (!(at24->chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16))
> +		return i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, offset, value);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Emulate I2C multi-byte write by using SMBus "write word"
> +	 * cycle.  We split up the 16-bit offset among the "command"
> +	 * byte and the first data byte.
> +	 */
> +	return i2c_smbus_write_word_data(client,
> +		offset >> 8, (value << 8) | (offset & 0xff));
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Write block data to an AT24 device using SMBus cycles.
> + */
> +static inline s32 at24_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(struct at24_data *at24,
> +	const struct i2c_client *client, u16 off, u8 len, const u8 *vals)
> +{
> +	s32 res;
> +
> +	if (!(at24->chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16))
> +		return i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(client, off, len, vals);
> +
> +	/* Insert extra address byte into data stream */
> +	at24->writebuf[0] = off & 0xff;
> +	memcpy(&at24->writebuf[1], vals, len);
> +
> +	res = i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(client,
> +		off >> 8, len + 1, at24->writebuf);
> +
> +	return res;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Read block data from an AT24 device using SMBus cycles.
> + */
> +static inline s32 at24_smbus_read_block_data(struct at24_data *at24,
> +	const struct i2c_client *client, u16 off, u8 len, u8 *vals)
> +{
> +	int count = 0;

As a minor optimization, "count" could be initialized later, right
before the do/while loop.

> +	s32 res;
> +
> +	if (!(at24->chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16))
> +		return i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data_or_emulated(client,
> +				off, len, vals);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Emulate I2C multi-byte read by using SMBus "write byte" and
> +	 * "receive byte".  This is slightly unsafe since there is an
> +	 * additional STOP involved, which exposes the SMBus and (this
> +	 * device!) to takeover by another bus master. However, it's the
> +	 * only way to work on SMBus-only controllers when talking to
> +	 * EEPROMs with multi-byte addresses.
> +	 */
> +
> +	/* Address "dummy" write */
> +	res = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client, off >> 8, off & 0xff);
> +	if (res < 0)
> +		return res;
> +
> +	do {
> +		/* Current Address Read */
> +		res = i2c_smbus_read_byte(client);
> +		if (res < 0)
> +			break;
> +
> +		*(vals++) = res;
> +		count++;
> +		len--;
> +	} while (len > 0);

You never checked that the adapter supports
I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BYTE_DATA and I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BYTE.

> +
> +	return count;
> +}
> +
> +/*
>   * This routine supports chips which consume multiple I2C addresses. It
>   * computes the addressing information to be used for a given r/w request.
>   * Assumes that sanity checks for offset happened at sysfs-layer.
> @@ -229,7 +309,7 @@ static ssize_t at24_eeprom_read(struct at24_data *at24, char *buf,

Earlier in this function is a test:

	if (at24->use_smbus) {
		/* Smaller eeproms can work given some SMBus extension calls */
		if (count > I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX)
			count = I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX;

Limiting count that way is not needed in the 16-bit addressing case.
Skipping this will bring a small performance boost (4-5 %) as you
will be able to read the whole EEPROM after setting the initial address
pointer only once, rather than every 32 bytes. Can be done in a
separate commit.

>  	do {
>  		read_time = jiffies;
>  		if (at24->use_smbus) {
> -			status = i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data_or_emulated(client, offset,
> +			status = at24_smbus_read_block_data(at24, client, offset,
>  									   count, buf);

Both lines are over 80 columns, and please preserve the alignment on
the opening parenthesis.

>  		} else {
>  			status = i2c_transfer(client->adapter, msg, 2);
> @@ -351,12 +431,12 @@ static ssize_t at24_eeprom_write(struct at24_data *at24, const char *buf,
>  		if (at24->use_smbus_write) {
>  			switch (at24->use_smbus_write) {
>  			case I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA:
> -				status = i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(client,
> -						offset, count, buf);
> +				status = at24_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(at24,
> +						client, offset, count, buf);
>  				break;
>  			case I2C_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA:
> -				status = i2c_smbus_write_byte_data(client,
> -						offset, buf[0]);
> +				status = at24_smbus_write_byte_data(at24,
> +						client, offset, buf[0]);
>  				break;
>  			}
>  
> @@ -527,10 +607,13 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>  
>  	/* Use I2C operations unless we're stuck with SMBus extensions. */
>  	if (!i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter, I2C_FUNC_I2C)) {
> -		if (chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16)
> -			return -EPFNOSUPPORT;
> -
> -		if (i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
> +		if (chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16) {
> +			/*
> +			 * This will be slow, but better than nothing
> +			 * (e.g. read @ 3.6 KiB/s).
> +			 */
> +			use_smbus = I2C_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA;
> +		} else if (i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
>  				I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_I2C_BLOCK)) {
>  			use_smbus = I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA;
>  		} else if (i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
> @@ -549,7 +632,17 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>  		if (i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
>  				I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_I2C_BLOCK)) {
>  			use_smbus_write = I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA;
> -		} else if (i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
> +		} else if ((chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16) &&
> +		    i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
> +				I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_WORD_DATA)) {
> +			/*
> +			 * We need SMBUS_WRITE_WORD_DATA to implement
> +			 * byte writes for 16-bit address devices.
> +			 */
> +			use_smbus_write = I2C_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA;
> +			chip.page_size = 1;
> +		} else if (!(chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16) &&
> +			i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
>  				I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BYTE_DATA)) {
>  			use_smbus_write = I2C_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA;
>  			chip.page_size = 1;
> @@ -599,7 +692,8 @@ static int at24_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
>  			if (write_max > io_limit)
>  				write_max = io_limit;
>  			if (use_smbus && write_max > I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX)
> -				write_max = I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX;
> +				write_max = I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX -
> +					!!(chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_ADDR16);

This test still looks wrong to me when AT24_FLAG_ADDR16 is set. If
write_max is 33 you'll properly clip it to 31. However if it's 32
you'll leave it at 32 and the subsequent block write attempts of 33
bytes will fail.

>  			at24->write_max = write_max;
>  
>  			/* buffer (data + address at the beginning) */

Otherwise looks "good", assuming the user understands the risks and
limitations.

-- 
Jean Delvare
SUSE L3 Support
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