Re: [PATCH 27/28] i2c: cgbc: Propagate hardware errors when polling read status
From: Thomas Richard (congatec GmbH)
Date: Fri Oct 23 2026 - 04:44:24 EST
> In cgbc_i2c_xfer_msg(), read_poll_timeout() uses the same ret variable
> to store the polled return value of cgbc_i2c_get_status() and the
> timeout result of the macro itself. When cgbc_i2c_get_status() returns
> a negative error code (such as -EIO on an I2C NACK), the loop condition
> ret != CGBC_I2C_STAT_BUSY evaluates to true and read_poll_timeout()
> overwrites ret with 0. The driver then issues CGBC_I2C_CMD_DATA, which
> completes with CGBC_STATUS_CMD_READY without populating msg->buf,
> leaving uninitialised heap memory in the caller's read buffer.
>
> Store the polled status in a separate variable, verify that it equals
> CGBC_I2C_STAT_DAT, and check that CGBC_I2C_CMD_DATA returns the expected
> number of bytes.
>
> Fixes: 6894f640b8f3 ("i2c: Congatec Board Controller i2c bus driver")
> Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-66cbf4b1-a219-4012-969d-236417bf419a
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cgbc.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cgbc.c
> index 682ba639d887..3226838cca46 100644
> --- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cgbc.c
> +++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-cgbc.c
> @@ -198,9 +198,9 @@ static int cgbc_i2c_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
> struct cgbc_device_data *cgbc = i2c->cgbc;
> struct i2c_msg *msg = i2c->msg;
> u8 cmd[CGBC_I2C_CMD_SIZE];
> - int ret, max_len, len, i;
> + int ret, status, max_len, len, i;
> unsigned int cmd_len;
> - u8 cmd_data;
> + u8 cmd_data, data_len;
>
> struct cgbc_i2c_transfer xfer = {
> .bus_id = i2c->bus_id,
> @@ -259,17 +259,32 @@ static int cgbc_i2c_xfer_msg(struct i2c_adapter *adap)
> if (ret)
> goto err;
>
> - ret = read_poll_timeout(cgbc_i2c_get_status, ret,
> - ret != CGBC_I2C_STAT_BUSY, 0,
> + ret = read_poll_timeout(cgbc_i2c_get_status, status,
> + status != CGBC_I2C_STAT_BUSY, 0,
> 2 * i2c->read_maxtime_us, false, adap);
> - if (ret < 0)
> + if (ret)
> + goto err;
> +
> + if (status < 0) {
> + ret = status;
> goto err;
> + }
> +
> + if (status != CGBC_I2C_STAT_DAT) {
> + ret = -EIO;
> + goto err;
> + }
We could save a goto and make code more readable IMO
if (ret)
goto err;
if (status != CGBC_I2C_STAT_DAT) {
ret = (status < 0) ? status : -EIO;
goto err;
}
>
> cmd_data = CGBC_I2C_CMD_DATA | i2c->bus_id;
> ret = cgbc_command(cgbc, &cmd_data, sizeof(cmd_data),
> - msg->buf + i2c->pos, len, NULL);
> + msg->buf + i2c->pos, len, &data_len);
> if (ret)
> goto err;
> +
> + if (data_len != len) {
> + ret = -EIO;
> + goto err;
> + }
> }
>
> if (len == (msg->len - i2c->pos)) {
Otherwise looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Thomas Richard (congatec GmbH) <thomas.richard@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Thomas Richard (congatec GmbH) <thomas.richard@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Best Regards,
Thomas
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Thomas Richard (congatec GmbH) <thomas.richard@xxxxxxxxxxx>