linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvmem: rmem: Fix return value of rmem

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Message-ID: <2024020544-lucid-nervous-2cbd@gregkh>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 19:43:54 +0000
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Joy Chakraborty <joychakr@...gle.com>
Cc: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...aro.org>,
	Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
	Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, manugautam@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvmem: rmem: Fix return value of rmem_read()

On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 11:48:26AM +0000, Joy Chakraborty wrote:
> reg_read() callback registered with nvmem core expects an integer error
> as a return value but rmem_read() returns the number of bytes read, as a
> result error checks in nvmem core fail even when they shouldn't.
> 
> Return 0 on success where number of bytes read match the number of bytes
> requested and a negative error -EINVAL on all other cases.
> 
> Fixes: 5a3fa75a4d9c ("nvmem: Add driver to expose reserved memory as nvmem")
> Signed-off-by: Joy Chakraborty <joychakr@...gle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/nvmem/rmem.c | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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