Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] usb: typec: ucsi: Add ITE IT8851/IT8853 Type-C PD controller driver

From: Heikki Krogerus

Date: Tue Jul 21 2026 - 05:12:31 EST


Hi Amber,

This looks okay otherwise, but I have to ask about the i2c reads and
writes..

> +static int itepd_read_reg(struct itepd *itepd, u8 reg, void *data, u32 len)
> +{
> + struct i2c_client *client = itepd->client;
> + struct i2c_msg msg[2];
> + u8 *tx_buf, *rx_buf;
> + int ret;
> +
> + tx_buf = kzalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!tx_buf)
> + return -ENOMEM;

That looks completely unnecessary. You really don't need to allocate
local buffer for one byte.

> + rx_buf = kzalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!rx_buf) {
> + kfree(tx_buf);
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }

I'm not sure about this either.

> + tx_buf[0] = reg;
> +
> + msg[0].addr = client->addr;
> + msg[0].flags = 0;
> + msg[0].len = 1;
> + msg[0].buf = tx_buf;
> +
> + msg[1].addr = client->addr;
> + msg[1].flags = I2C_M_RD;
> + msg[1].len = len;
> + msg[1].buf = rx_buf;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&itepd->i2c_lock);
> + ret = i2c_transfer(client->adapter, msg, ARRAY_SIZE(msg));
> + mutex_unlock(&itepd->i2c_lock);
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + dev_err_ratelimited(&client->dev, "reg 0x%02x read failed: %d\n",
> + reg, ret);
> + goto out_free;
> + }
> + if (ret != ARRAY_SIZE(msg)) {
> + ret = -EIO;
> + goto out_free;
> + }
> +
> + memcpy(data, rx_buf, len);

This whole thing looks almost like SMBus Block Read protocol. Can't
you just use
i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data(client, reg, len, data)?

> + ret = 0;
> +
> +out_free:
> + kfree(rx_buf);
> + kfree(tx_buf);
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static int itepd_write_reg(struct itepd *itepd, u8 reg, const void *data, u32 len)
> +{
> + struct i2c_client *client = itepd->client;
> + struct i2c_msg msg[1];
> + u8 *tx_buf;
> + int ret;
> +
> + tx_buf = kzalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!tx_buf)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + tx_buf[0] = reg;
> + memcpy(tx_buf + 1, data, len);
> +
> + msg[0].addr = client->addr;
> + msg[0].flags = 0;
> + msg[0].len = len + 1;
> + msg[0].buf = tx_buf;
> +
> + mutex_lock(&itepd->i2c_lock);
> + ret = i2c_transfer(client->adapter, msg, ARRAY_SIZE(msg));
> + mutex_unlock(&itepd->i2c_lock);

i2c_smbus_write_i2c_block_data(client, reg, len, data)?

> + if (ret < 0) {
> + dev_err_ratelimited(&client->dev, "reg 0x%02x write failed: %d\n",
> + reg, ret);
> + goto out_free;
> + }
> + if (ret != ARRAY_SIZE(msg)) {
> + ret = -EIO;
> + goto out_free;
> + }
> +
> + ret = 0;
> +
> +out_free:
> + kfree(tx_buf);
> + return ret;
> +}

Thanks,

--
heikki