Re: [PATCH v3] nvmem: rmem: Fix return value of rmem_read()

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Fri Jun 07 2024 - 12:47:32 EST


On Fri, Jun 07, 2024 at 04:05:10PM +0000, Joy Chakraborty wrote:
> reg_read() callback registered with nvmem core expects 0 on success and
> a negative value on error but rmem_read() returns the number of bytes
> read which is treated as an error at the nvmem core.
>
> This does not break when rmem is accessed using sysfs via
> bin_attr_nvmem_read()/write() but causes an error when accessed from
> places like nvmem_access_with_keepouts(), etc.
>
> Change to return 0 on success and error in case
> memory_read_from_buffer() returns an error or -EIO if bytes read do not
> match what was requested.
>
> Fixes: 5a3fa75a4d9c ("nvmem: Add driver to expose reserved memory as nvmem")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Joy Chakraborty <joychakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Thanks!

Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>

You mentioned some other functions that had similar bugs. Could you
fix those as well.

regards,
dan carpenter