On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 06:01:46PM +0100, Francesco Dolcini wrote: > From: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > receive_buf() is called from ttyport_receive_buf() that expects values > ">= 0" from serdev_controller_receive_buf(), change its return type from > ssize_t to size_t. > > Suggested-by: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/087be419-ec6b-47ad-851a-5e1e3ea5cfcc@xxxxxxxxxx/ > Signed-off-by: Francesco Dolcini <francesco.dolcini@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > hello, > patch is based on current linux next. > > It has an obvious problem, it touches files from multiple subsystem in a single > patch that is complicated to review and eventually merge, just splitting this > would however not work, it will break bisectability and the build. > > I am looking for advise on the best way to move forward. > > I see the following options: > - keep it as it is > - break it down with a patch with each subsystem, and squash before applying > from a single (tty?) subsystem > - go for a multi stage approach, defining a new callback, move to it and in > the end remove the original one, likewise it was done for i2c lately > > --- > drivers/bluetooth/btmtkuart.c | 4 ++-- > drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c | 4 ++-- > diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btmtkuart.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btmtkuart.c > index 3c84fcbda01a..e6bc4a73c9fc 100644 > --- a/drivers/bluetooth/btmtkuart.c > +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btmtkuart.c > @@ -383,8 +383,8 @@ static void btmtkuart_recv(struct hci_dev *hdev, const u8 *data, size_t count) > } > } > > -static ssize_t btmtkuart_receive_buf(struct serdev_device *serdev, > - const u8 *data, size_t count) > +static size_t btmtkuart_receive_buf(struct serdev_device *serdev, > + const u8 *data, size_t count) > { > struct btmtkuart_dev *bdev = serdev_device_get_drvdata(serdev); > > diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c > index 1d592ac413d1..056bef5b2919 100644 > --- a/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c > +++ b/drivers/bluetooth/btnxpuart.c > @@ -1264,8 +1264,8 @@ static const struct h4_recv_pkt nxp_recv_pkts[] = { > { NXP_RECV_FW_REQ_V3, .recv = nxp_recv_fw_req_v3 }, > }; > > -static ssize_t btnxpuart_receive_buf(struct serdev_device *serdev, > - const u8 *data, size_t count) > +static size_t btnxpuart_receive_buf(struct serdev_device *serdev, > + const u8 *data, size_t count) > { > struct btnxpuart_dev *nxpdev = serdev_device_get_drvdata(serdev); A quick check of just the first two functions here shows that they can return negative values. > diff --git a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c > index e94e090cf0a1..3d7ae7fa5018 100644 > --- a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c > +++ b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c > @@ -27,19 +27,17 @@ static size_t ttyport_receive_buf(struct tty_port *port, const u8 *cp, > { > struct serdev_controller *ctrl = port->client_data; > struct serport *serport = serdev_controller_get_drvdata(ctrl); > - int ret; > + size_t ret; > > if (!test_bit(SERPORT_ACTIVE, &serport->flags)) > return 0; > > ret = serdev_controller_receive_buf(ctrl, cp, count); > > - dev_WARN_ONCE(&ctrl->dev, ret < 0 || ret > count, > - "receive_buf returns %d (count = %zu)\n", > + dev_WARN_ONCE(&ctrl->dev, ret > count, > + "receive_buf returns %zu (count = %zu)\n", > ret, count); > - if (ret < 0) > - return 0; > - else if (ret > count) > + if (ret > count) > return count; > > return ret; So please do not apply this patch until the various implementations have been fixed. Johan