linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/1] hwmon: Add driver for Astera Labs PT5161L retimer

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Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2024 11:05:14 +0800
From: Cosmo Chou <chou.cosmo@...il.com>
To: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/1] hwmon: Add driver for Astera Labs PT5161L retimer

On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 3:43 AM +0800, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2024 at 11:20:13PM +0800, Cosmo Chou wrote:
> > This driver implements support for temperature monitoring of Astera Labs
> > PT5161L series PCIe retimer chips.
> >
> > This driver implementation originates from the CSDK available at
> > Link: https://github.com/facebook/openbmc/tree/helium/common/recipes-lib/retimer-v2.14
> > The communication protocol utilized is based on the I2C/SMBus standard.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Cosmo Chou <chou.cosmo@...il.com>
> > ---
> [ ... ]
>
> > +static ssize_t pt5161l_debugfs_read_fw_ver(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
> > +                                        size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
> > +{
> > +     struct pt5161l_data *data = file->private_data;
> > +     int ret;
> > +     char ver[32];
> > +
> > +     mutex_lock(&data->lock);
> > +     ret = pt5161l_fwsts_check(data);
> > +     mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
> > +     if (ret)
> > +             return ret;
> > +
> > +     ret = snprintf(ver, sizeof(ver), "%u.%u.%u\n", data->fw_ver.major,
> > +                    data->fw_ver.minor, data->fw_ver.build);
> > +     if (ret < 0)
> > +             return ret;
> > +
>
> You almost got me here ;-). snprintf() never returns a negative error code,
> so checking for it is not necessary.
>
Oh! You're right.

> > +     return simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos, ver, ret + 1);
>
> Number of bytes written plus 1 ? Why ?
It's just to include the string terminator '\0'.

>
> Thanks,
> Guenter