Re: [PATCH v1 01/17] hwmon: pmbus: adm1266: Change nvmem reg_read/write return type

[Dan Carpenter]

On Wed, Jun 05, 2024 at 05:59:45PM +0000, Joy Chakraborty wrote:
> Change nvmem read/write function definition return type to ssize_t.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joy Chakraborty <joychakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/hwmon/pmbus/adm1266.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/adm1266.c b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/adm1266.c
> index 2c4d94cc8729..7eaab5a7b04c 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/adm1266.c
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/pmbus/adm1266.c
> @@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ static int adm1266_nvmem_read_blackbox(struct adm1266_data *data, u8 *read_buff)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static int adm1266_nvmem_read(void *priv, unsigned int offset, void *val, size_t bytes)
> +static ssize_t adm1266_nvmem_read(void *priv, unsigned int offset, void *val, size_t bytes)
>  {
>  	struct adm1266_data *data = priv;
>  	int ret;
> @@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ static int adm1266_nvmem_read(void *priv, unsigned int offset, void *val, size_t
>  
>  	memcpy(val, data->dev_mem + offset, bytes);
>  
> -	return 0;
> +	return bytes;
>  }

This breaks the build so it's not allowed.  The way to do it is to:
1) add a new pointer which takes a ssize_t
2) convert everything to the new pointer
3) Rename the new pointer to the old name

regards,
dan carpenter