Re: [PATCH] eeprom: at24: correctly set the size for at24mac402

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On 28.11.2017 12:44, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
> 2017-11-28 11:25 GMT+01:00 Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>:
>> On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 11:06 PM, Bartosz Golaszewski <brgl@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> There's an ilog2() expansion in AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC() which rounds down
>>> the actual size of EUI-48 byte array in at24mac402 eeproms to 4 from 6,
>>> making it impossible to read it all.
>>>
>>> Fix it by manually adjusting the value in probe().
>>>
>>> This patch contains a temporary fix that is suitable for stable
>>> branches. Eventually we'll probably remove the call to ilog2() while
>>> converting the magic values to actual structs.
>>
>>> +       /*
>>> +        * REVISIT: the size of the EUI-48 byte array is 6 in at24mac402, while
>>> +        * the call to ilog2() in AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC() rounds it down to 4.
>>> +        *
>>> +        * Eventually we'll get rid of the magic values altoghether in favor of
>>> +        * real structs, but for now just manually set the right size.
>>> +        */
>>> +       if (chip.flags & AT24_FLAG_MAC && chip.byte_len == 4)
>>
>> I didn't check, but do we need to test for len == 4 at all?
>>
>>> +               chip.byte_len = 6;
>>
>> --
>> With Best Regards,
>> Andy Shevchenko
> 
> Yes, because the fix is only relevant for at24mac402 whose MAC byte
> array is 6 bytes long, while the one in at24mac602 is 8 bytes and the
> driver doesn't truncate the byte_len for it.
>From my point of view, I think all chips in at24_ids[] array should be checked
about restrictions regarding the size truncation (especially the ones from the
initial commit: "2b7a5056a0a7ff17d5d2 i2c: New-style EEPROM driver using device IDs"
which introduces AT24_DEVICE_MAGIC() macro)  and if none of them has such restrictions
we should get rid of the ilog2() restrictions.

Just my 2 cents...
Claudiu

> 
> Thanks,
> Bartosz
> 



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