Re: [PATCH v2] nvmem: rmem: Fix return value of rmem_read()

[Joy Chakraborty]

On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 3:04 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 05:22:15PM +0530, Joy Chakraborty wrote:
> > > > Userspace will see a false error with nvmem cell reads from
> > > > nvmem_cell_attr_read() in current code, which should be fixed on
> > > > returning 0 for success.
> > >
> > > So maybe fix this all up to allow the read to return the actual amount
> > > read?  That feels more "correct" to me.
> > >
> >
> > If I change the behavior of the nvmem_reg_read_t callback to negative
> > for error and number of bytes actually read for success then, other
> > than the core driver I would also have to change all the
> > nvmem-provider drivers.
> > Is it okay to do so ?
>
> Sure, why not?  That seems like the correct fix to me, right?

Sure, I can do that.

Is it okay to change the if checks on the return code to "if (rc < 0)"
instead of "if (rc)" as a fix for the immediate issue with how return
value from rmem is handled which can be applied to older kernels.
In a separate patch I can change the definition of nvmem_reg_read_t()
to return ssize_t instead of int and make corresponding changes to
nvmem-provider drivers.

Does that sound okay ?
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

Thanks
Joy