Re: [PATCH] drm/bridge: nxp-ptn3460: fix i2c_master_send() error checking

[Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@linaro.org>]

On 04/12/2023 13:29, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> The i2c_master_send/recv() functions return negative error codes or the
> number of bytes that were able to be sent/received.  This code has
> two problems.  1)  Instead of checking if all the bytes were sent or
> received, it checks that at least one byte was sent or received.
> 2) If there was a partial send/receive then we should return a negative
> error code but this code returns success.
> 
> Fixes: a9fe713d7d45 ("drm/bridge: Add PTN3460 bridge driver")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
> ---
> This is from static analysis and code review.  It's always a concern
> when you add stricter error handling that something will break.
> 
>   drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/nxp-ptn3460.c | 10 +++++-----
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/nxp-ptn3460.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/nxp-ptn3460.c
> index d81920227a8a..9b7eb8c669c1 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/nxp-ptn3460.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/nxp-ptn3460.c
> @@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ static int ptn3460_read_bytes(struct ptn3460_bridge *ptn_bridge, char addr,
>   	ret = i2c_master_send(ptn_bridge->client, &addr, 1);
>   	if (ret <= 0) {
>   		DRM_ERROR("Failed to send i2c command, ret=%d\n", ret);
> -		return ret;
> +		return ret ?: -EIO;
>   	}
>   
>   	ret = i2c_master_recv(ptn_bridge->client, buf, len);
> -	if (ret <= 0) {
> +	if (ret != len) {

This is impossible, i2c_transfer_buffer_flags() returns len as-is if no error, so
ret can only be negative or equal to len. The original code is right.

>   		DRM_ERROR("Failed to recv i2c data, ret=%d\n", ret);
> -		return ret;
> +		return ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO;
>   	}
>   
>   	return 0;
> @@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ static int ptn3460_write_byte(struct ptn3460_bridge *ptn_bridge, char addr,
>   	buf[1] = val;
>   
>   	ret = i2c_master_send(ptn_bridge->client, buf, ARRAY_SIZE(buf));
> -	if (ret <= 0) {
> +	if (ret != ARRAY_SIZE(buf)) {

Ditto

>   		DRM_ERROR("Failed to send i2c command, ret=%d\n", ret);
> -		return ret;
> +		return ret < 0 ? ret : -EIO;
>   	}
>   
>   	return 0;