linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] i2c: ismt: Separate I2C block read from SMBus block read

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Date:   Thu, 5 Oct 2017 16:13:11 +0200
From:   Pontus Andersson <epontan@...il.com>
To:     Wolfram Sang <wsa@...-dreams.de>
Cc:     Seth Heasley <seth.heasley@...el.com>,
        Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>,
        Stephen Douthit <stephend@...engineering.com>,
        linux-i2c@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] i2c: ismt: Separate I2C block read from SMBus block read

On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 02:41:33PM +0200, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 02:45:19PM +0200, Pontus Andersson wrote:
> > Commit b6c159a9cb69 ("i2c: ismt: Don't duplicate the receive length for
> > block reads") broke I2C block reads. It aimed to fix normal SMBus block
> > read, but changed the correct behavior of I2C block read in the process.
> > 
> > According to Documentation/i2c/smbus-protocol, one vital difference
> > between normal SMBus block read and I2C block read is that there is no
> > byte count prefixed in the data sent on the wire:
> > 
> >  SMBus Block Read:  i2c_smbus_read_block_data()
> >  S Addr Wr [A] Comm [A]
> >             S Addr Rd [A] [Count] A [Data] A [Data] A ... A [Data] NA P
> > 
> >  I2C Block Read:  i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data()
> >  S Addr Wr [A] Comm [A]
> >             S Addr Rd [A] [Data] A [Data] A ... A [Data] NA P
> > 
> > Therefore the two transaction types need to be processed differently in
> > the driver by copying of the dma_buffer as done previously for the
> > I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA case.
> > 
> > Fixes: b6c159a9cb69 ("i2c: ismt: Don't duplicate the receive length for block reads")
> > Signed-off-by: Pontus Andersson <epontan@...il.com>
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> 
> Applied to for-current, thanks!

Thank you! Is it safe to asume it will be backported to 4.4 stable
branch and upwards as the problematic commit did (once in mainline)?

> Might have been good to CC the patch author of the problematic commit,
> too.

Yes, of course! Stephen is CC now at least (kept the commit message
quoted at his convenience).