From: Sam Agazaryan <samagazaryan@google.com>
To: linux-i3c@lists.infradead.org,
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
Frank Li <Frank.Li@nxp.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>,
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Meagan Lloyd <meaganlloyd@linux.microsoft.com>,
Vitor Soares <vitor.soares@toradex.com>,
Oleksandr Shulzhenko
<oleksandr.shulzhenko.viktorovych@intel.com>,
Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon@collabora.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Sam Agazaryan <samagazaryan@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 5/5] tools: i3c: add i3ctransfer utility
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 23:06:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260921230603.2518652-6-samagazaryan@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260921230603.2518652-1-samagazaryan@google.com>
Add the i3ctransfer userspace utility to tools/i3c/ for testing and
interacting with I3C target devices via /dev/bus/i3c/* character
devices.
Based on the i3ctransfer tool from i3c-tools by Vitor Soares, updated
for the unified I3C_IOC_XFER UAPI (struct i3c_ioc_xfer):
- Supports SDR and HDR (HDR-DDR, HDR-TSP, HDR-TSL) transfer modes
via -m/--mode and -c/--command options.
- Reports actual_len bytes received on read transfers.
Signed-off-by: Sam Agazaryan <samagazaryan@google.com>
---
Note to Vitor Soares:
This patch ports your GPL-2.0 i3ctransfer utility from i3c-tools into
tools/i3c/ and updates it for struct i3c_ioc_xfer (SDR/HDR modes and
actual_len read reporting). Since the original GitHub commit did not
include a Signed-off-by tag, could you please reply with your
Signed-off-by or Acked-by so we can properly record your sign-off?
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
tools/Makefile | 13 +-
tools/i3c/Build | 1 +
tools/i3c/Makefile | 58 ++++++++
tools/i3c/i3ctransfer.c | 307 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 374 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 tools/i3c/Build
create mode 100644 tools/i3c/Makefile
create mode 100644 tools/i3c/i3ctransfer.c
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 30a5cb12c4f0..8a4166ebc9dc 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -12365,6 +12365,7 @@ F: drivers/i3c/
F: include/dt-bindings/i3c/
F: include/linux/i3c/
F: include/uapi/linux/i3c/
+F: tools/i3c/
IBM Operation Panel Input Driver
M: Eddie James <eajames@linux.ibm.com>
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index cb40961a740f..7c17e7555fd7 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ help:
@echo ' freefall - laptop accelerometer program for disk protection'
@echo ' gpio - GPIO tools'
@echo ' hv - tools used when in Hyper-V clients'
+ @echo ' i3c - I3C tools'
@echo ' iio - IIO tools'
@echo ' intel-speed-select - Intel Speed Select tool'
@echo ' kvm_stat - top-like utility for displaying kvm statistics'
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ acpi: FORCE
cpupower: FORCE
$(call descend,power/$@)
-counter dma firewire hv guest bootconfig spi usb virtio mm bpf iio gpio objtool leds wmi firmware debugging tracing: FORCE
+counter dma firewire hv guest bootconfig spi usb virtio mm bpf i3c iio gpio objtool leds wmi firmware debugging tracing: FORCE
$(call descend,$@)
bpf/%: FORCE
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ ynl: FORCE
all: acpi counter cpupower dma gpio hv firewire \
perf selftests bootconfig spi turbostat usb \
virtio mm bpf x86_energy_perf_policy \
- tmon freefall iio objtool kvm_stat wmi \
+ tmon freefall i3c iio objtool kvm_stat wmi \
debugging tracing thermal thermometer thermal-engine ynl
acpi_install:
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ acpi_install:
cpupower_install:
$(call descend,power/$(@:_install=),install)
-counter_install dma_install firewire_install gpio_install hv_install iio_install perf_install bootconfig_install spi_install usb_install virtio_install mm_install bpf_install objtool_install wmi_install debugging_install tracing_install:
+counter_install dma_install firewire_install gpio_install hv_install i3c_install iio_install perf_install bootconfig_install spi_install usb_install virtio_install mm_install bpf_install objtool_install wmi_install debugging_install tracing_install:
$(call descend,$(@:_install=),install)
selftests_install:
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ ynl_install:
$(call descend,net/$(@:_install=),install)
install: acpi_install counter_install cpupower_install dma_install gpio_install \
- hv_install firewire_install iio_install \
+ hv_install firewire_install i3c_install iio_install \
perf_install selftests_install turbostat_install usb_install \
virtio_install mm_install bpf_install x86_energy_perf_policy_install \
tmon_install freefall_install objtool_install kvm_stat_install \
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ acpi_clean:
cpupower_clean:
$(call descend,power/cpupower,clean)
-counter_clean dma_clean hv_clean firewire_clean bootconfig_clean spi_clean usb_clean virtio_clean mm_clean wmi_clean bpf_clean iio_clean gpio_clean objtool_clean leds_clean firmware_clean debugging_clean tracing_clean:
+counter_clean dma_clean hv_clean firewire_clean bootconfig_clean spi_clean usb_clean virtio_clean mm_clean wmi_clean bpf_clean i3c_clean iio_clean gpio_clean objtool_clean leds_clean firmware_clean debugging_clean tracing_clean:
$(call descend,$(@:_clean=),clean)
libapi_clean:
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ ynl_clean:
clean: acpi_clean counter_clean cpupower_clean dma_clean hv_clean firewire_clean \
perf_clean selftests_clean turbostat_clean bootconfig_clean spi_clean usb_clean virtio_clean \
- mm_clean bpf_clean iio_clean x86_energy_perf_policy_clean tmon_clean \
+ mm_clean bpf_clean i3c_clean iio_clean x86_energy_perf_policy_clean tmon_clean \
freefall_clean build_clean libbpf_clean libsubcmd_clean \
gpio_clean objtool_clean leds_clean wmi_clean firmware_clean debugging_clean \
intel-speed-select_clean tracing_clean thermal_clean thermometer_clean thermal-engine_clean \
diff --git a/tools/i3c/Build b/tools/i3c/Build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a22328ad983
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/i3c/Build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+i3ctransfer-y += i3ctransfer.o
diff --git a/tools/i3c/Makefile b/tools/i3c/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43ce8769185b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/i3c/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+include ../scripts/Makefile.include
+
+bindir ?= /usr/bin
+
+ifeq ($(srctree),)
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
+srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))
+endif
+
+# Do not use make's built-in rules
+# (this improves performance and avoids hard-to-debug behaviour);
+MAKEFLAGS += -r
+
+CFLAGS += -O2 -Wall -g -D_GNU_SOURCE -I$(OUTPUT)include
+
+ALL_TARGETS := i3ctransfer
+ALL_PROGRAMS := $(patsubst %,$(OUTPUT)%,$(ALL_TARGETS))
+
+all: $(ALL_PROGRAMS)
+
+export srctree OUTPUT CC LD CFLAGS
+include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
+
+#
+# We need the following to be outside of kernel tree
+#
+$(OUTPUT)include/linux/i3c: ../../include/uapi/linux/i3c
+ mkdir -p $(OUTPUT)include/linux/i3c 2>&1 || true
+ ln -sf $(CURDIR)/../../include/uapi/linux/i3c/i3cdev.h $@
+
+prepare: $(OUTPUT)include/linux/i3c
+
+#
+# i3ctransfer
+#
+I3CTRANSFER_IN := $(OUTPUT)i3ctransfer-in.o
+$(I3CTRANSFER_IN): prepare FORCE
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=i3ctransfer
+$(OUTPUT)i3ctransfer: $(I3CTRANSFER_IN)
+ $(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $< -o $@
+
+clean:
+ rm -f $(ALL_PROGRAMS)
+ rm -rf $(OUTPUT)include/
+ find $(or $(OUTPUT),.) -name '*.o' -delete
+ find $(or $(OUTPUT),.) -name '\.*.o.d' -delete
+ find $(or $(OUTPUT),.) -name '\.*.o.cmd' -delete
+
+install: $(ALL_PROGRAMS)
+ install -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(bindir); \
+ for program in $(ALL_PROGRAMS); do \
+ install $$program $(DESTDIR)$(bindir); \
+ done
+
+FORCE:
+
+.PHONY: all install clean FORCE prepare
diff --git a/tools/i3c/i3ctransfer.c b/tools/i3c/i3ctransfer.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a5b071e63530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/i3c/i3ctransfer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Synopsys, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
+ * Copyright (c) 2026 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Author: Vitor Soares <vitor.soares@synopsys.com>
+ */
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <linux/i3c/i3cdev.h>
+
+#define VERSION "0.2"
+
+static const char *sopts = "d:m:c:r:w:vh";
+static const struct option lopts[] = {
+ {"device", required_argument, NULL, 'd' },
+ {"mode", required_argument, NULL, 'm' },
+ {"command", required_argument, NULL, 'c' },
+ {"read", required_argument, NULL, 'r' },
+ {"write", required_argument, NULL, 'w' },
+ {"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h' },
+ {"version", no_argument, NULL, 'v' },
+ {0, 0, 0, 0}
+};
+
+static void print_usage(const char *name)
+{
+ fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s options...\n", name);
+ fprintf(stderr, " options:\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, " -d --device <dev> device to use.\n");
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ " -m --mode <mode> sdr (default), hdr-ddr, hdr-tsp, hdr-tsl.\n");
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ " -c --command <cmd> HDR command byte (0x00-0x7f W, 0x80-0xff R).\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, " -r --read <len> read data length in bytes.\n");
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ " -w --write <block> write comma-separated bytes (e.g. 0x01,0x02).\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, " -h --help output usage message and exit.\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, " -v --version output version number and exit.\n");
+}
+
+static int parse_mode(const char *arg, uint8_t *mode)
+{
+ char *endptr;
+ long val;
+
+ if (!strcmp(arg, "sdr")) {
+ *mode = I3C_XFER_MODE_SDR;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (!strcmp(arg, "hdr-ddr") || !strcmp(arg, "ddr")) {
+ *mode = I3C_XFER_MODE_HDR_DDR;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (!strcmp(arg, "hdr-tsp") || !strcmp(arg, "tsp")) {
+ *mode = I3C_XFER_MODE_HDR_TSP;
+ return 0;
+ }
+ if (!strcmp(arg, "hdr-tsl") || !strcmp(arg, "tsl")) {
+ *mode = I3C_XFER_MODE_HDR_TSL;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ val = strtol(arg, &endptr, 0);
+ if (*endptr == '\0' &&
+ (val == I3C_XFER_MODE_HDR_DDR ||
+ val == I3C_XFER_MODE_HDR_TSP ||
+ val == I3C_XFER_MODE_HDR_TSL ||
+ val == I3C_XFER_MODE_SDR)) {
+ *mode = (uint8_t)val;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: invalid transfer mode '%s'\n", arg);
+ return -1;
+}
+
+static int rx_args_to_xfer(struct i3c_ioc_xfer *xfer, char *arg,
+ uint8_t mode, int cmd)
+{
+ char *endptr;
+ uint8_t *tmp;
+ long len;
+
+ len = strtol(arg, &endptr, 0);
+ if (*endptr != '\0' || len <= 0 || len > UINT16_MAX) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: invalid read length '%s'\n", arg);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (mode == I3C_XFER_MODE_SDR) {
+ xfer->rnw = I3C_DEV_DIR_READ;
+ } else {
+ if (cmd < 0 || !(cmd & 0x80)) {
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "Error: HDR read requires command (-c) in range 0x80..0xff\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+ xfer->cmd = (uint8_t)cmd;
+ }
+
+ tmp = calloc(len, sizeof(uint8_t));
+ if (!tmp)
+ return -1;
+
+ xfer->mode = mode;
+ xfer->len = (uint16_t)len;
+ xfer->data = (uintptr_t)tmp;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int w_args_to_xfer(struct i3c_ioc_xfer *xfer, char *arg,
+ uint8_t mode, int cmd)
+{
+ char *data_ptrs[256];
+ int len, i = 0;
+ uint8_t *tmp;
+
+ if (mode == I3C_XFER_MODE_SDR) {
+ xfer->rnw = I3C_DEV_DIR_WRITE;
+ } else {
+ if (cmd < 0 || (cmd & 0x80)) {
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "Error: HDR write requires command (-c) in range 0x00..0x7f\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+ xfer->cmd = (uint8_t)cmd;
+ }
+
+ data_ptrs[i] = strtok(arg, ",");
+ while (data_ptrs[i] && i < 255)
+ data_ptrs[++i] = strtok(NULL, ",");
+
+ if (i == 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: empty write data block\n");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ tmp = calloc(i, sizeof(uint8_t));
+ if (!tmp)
+ return -1;
+
+ for (len = 0; len < i; len++) {
+ char *endptr;
+ long val = strtol(data_ptrs[len], &endptr, 0);
+
+ if (*endptr != '\0' || val < 0 || val > UINT8_MAX) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: invalid byte value '%s'\n",
+ data_ptrs[len]);
+ free(tmp);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ tmp[len] = (uint8_t)val;
+ }
+
+ xfer->mode = mode;
+ xfer->len = (uint16_t)len;
+ xfer->data = (uintptr_t)tmp;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void print_rx_data(const struct i3c_ioc_xfer *xfer)
+{
+ const uint8_t *tmp = (const uint8_t *)(uintptr_t)xfer->data;
+ int i;
+
+ fprintf(stdout, " received data (%u bytes):\n", xfer->actual_len);
+ for (i = 0; i < xfer->actual_len; i++)
+ fprintf(stdout, " 0x%02x\n", tmp[i]);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ uint8_t mode = I3C_XFER_MODE_SDR;
+ struct i3c_ioc_xfer *xfers;
+ char *device = NULL;
+ int file, ret, opt, i;
+ int nxfers = 0;
+ int cmd = -1;
+
+ while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, sopts, lopts, NULL)) != EOF) {
+ switch (opt) {
+ case 'h':
+ print_usage(argv[0]);
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+ case 'v':
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s - %s\n", argv[0], VERSION);
+ return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+ case 'd':
+ device = optarg;
+ break;
+ case 'm':
+ if (parse_mode(optarg, &mode))
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ break;
+ case 'c': {
+ char *endptr;
+ long val = strtol(optarg, &endptr, 0);
+
+ if (*endptr != '\0' || val < 0 || val > UINT8_MAX) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: invalid command '%s'\n",
+ optarg);
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+ cmd = (int)val;
+ break;
+ }
+ case 'r':
+ case 'w':
+ nxfers++;
+ break;
+ default:
+ print_usage(argv[0]);
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (!device || nxfers == 0) {
+ print_usage(argv[0]);
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+
+ file = open(device, O_RDWR);
+ if (file < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: failed to open %s: %s\n",
+ device, strerror(errno));
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+
+ xfers = calloc(nxfers, sizeof(*xfers));
+ if (!xfers) {
+ close(file);
+ return EXIT_FAILURE;
+ }
+
+ optind = 1;
+ nxfers = 0;
+ cmd = -1;
+
+ while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, sopts, lopts, NULL)) != EOF) {
+ switch (opt) {
+ case 'h':
+ case 'v':
+ case 'd':
+ case 'm':
+ break;
+ case 'c':
+ cmd = (int)strtol(optarg, NULL, 0);
+ break;
+ case 'r':
+ if (rx_args_to_xfer(&xfers[nxfers], optarg, mode, cmd)) {
+ ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+ goto err_free;
+ }
+ nxfers++;
+ break;
+ case 'w':
+ if (w_args_to_xfer(&xfers[nxfers], optarg, mode, cmd)) {
+ ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+ goto err_free;
+ }
+ nxfers++;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (ioctl(file, I3C_IOC_XFER(nxfers), xfers) < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Error: transfer failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+ goto err_free;
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nxfers; i++) {
+ bool is_read = (mode == I3C_XFER_MODE_SDR) ?
+ (xfers[i].rnw == I3C_DEV_DIR_READ) :
+ (xfers[i].cmd & 0x80);
+
+ fprintf(stdout, "Success on message %d\n", i);
+ if (is_read)
+ print_rx_data(&xfers[i]);
+ }
+
+ ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+err_free:
+ for (i = 0; i < nxfers; i++)
+ free((void *)(uintptr_t)xfers[i].data);
+ free(xfers);
+ close(file);
+
+ return ret;
+}
--
2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-21 23:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-21 23:05 [PATCH v5 0/5] i3c: add i3cdev module to expose i3c dev in /dev Sam Agazaryan
2026-09-21 23:05 ` [PATCH v5 1/5] i3c: master: export i3c_masterdev_type Sam Agazaryan
2026-09-21 23:06 ` [PATCH v5 2/5] i3c: master: add i3c_for_each_dev helper Sam Agazaryan
2026-09-21 23:06 ` [PATCH v5 3/5] i3c: use actual_len for read transfers Sam Agazaryan
2026-09-24 11:53 ` Adrian Hunter
2026-09-21 23:06 ` [PATCH v5 4/5] i3c: add i3cdev module to expose i3c dev in /dev Sam Agazaryan
2026-09-21 23:06 ` Sam Agazaryan [this message]
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