The block-write function of the core was not used because there was no client-struct to use. However, in this case it seems apropriate to use a temporary client struct. Because we are answering a request we recieved when being a client ourselves. So, convert the code to use a temporary client and use the block-write function of the I2C core. Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes since RFC: * don't use stack but kmemdup. No complaints from buildbots drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c index 382b28f1cf2f..49b8f22fdcf0 100644 --- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c +++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmb_dev_int.c @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static ssize_t ipmb_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, { struct ipmb_dev *ipmb_dev = to_ipmb_dev(file); u8 rq_sa, netf_rq_lun, msg_len; - union i2c_smbus_data data; + struct i2c_client *temp_client; u8 msg[MAX_MSG_LEN]; ssize_t ret; @@ -160,21 +160,21 @@ static ssize_t ipmb_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, } /* - * subtract rq_sa and netf_rq_lun from the length of the msg passed to - * i2c_smbus_xfer + * subtract rq_sa and netf_rq_lun from the length of the msg. Fill the + * temporary client. Note that its use is an exception for IPMI. */ msg_len = msg[IPMB_MSG_LEN_IDX] - SMBUS_MSG_HEADER_LENGTH; - if (msg_len > I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX) - msg_len = I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_MAX; + temp_client = kmemdup(ipmb_dev->client, sizeof(*temp_client), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!temp_client) + return -ENOMEM; + + temp_client->addr = rq_sa; - data.block[0] = msg_len; - memcpy(&data.block[1], msg + SMBUS_MSG_IDX_OFFSET, msg_len); - ret = i2c_smbus_xfer(ipmb_dev->client->adapter, rq_sa, - ipmb_dev->client->flags, - I2C_SMBUS_WRITE, netf_rq_lun, - I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA, &data); + ret = i2c_smbus_write_block_data(temp_client, netf_rq_lun, msg_len, + msg + SMBUS_MSG_IDX_OFFSET); + kfree(temp_client); - return ret ? : count; + return ret < 0 ? ret : count; } static __poll_t ipmb_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait) -- 2.29.2