[PATCH v2 2/4] nvmem: NXP LPC18xx EEPROM memory NVMEM driver

[Srinivas Kandagatla]

On 16/11/15 15:33, Ariel D'Alessandro wrote:
>>> >>-------------------------------->cut<----------------------------------
>>> >> From 8cae10eff8ea8da9c5a8058ff75abeeddd8a8224 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>>> >>From: Srinivas Kandagatla<srinivas.kandagatla at linaro.org>
>>> >>Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:30:24 +0000
>>> >>Subject: [PATCH] nvmem: core: return error for non word aligned bytes
>>> >>
>>> >>nvmem providers have restrictions on register strides, so return error
>>> >>code when users attempt to read/write buffers with sizes which are not
>>> >>aligned to the word boundary.
>>> >>
>>> >>Without this patch the userspace would continue to try as it does not
>>> >>get any error from the nvmem core, resulting in a hang.
>>> >>
>>> >>Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla<srinivas.kandagatla at linaro.org>
>>> >>---
>>> >>  drivers/nvmem/core.c | 6 ++++++
>>> >>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>> >>
>>> >>diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
>>> >>index 6fd4e5a..9d11d98 100644
>>> >>--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
>>> >>+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
>>> >>@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ static ssize_t bin_attr_nvmem_read(struct file *filp,
>>> >>struct kobject *kobj,
>>> >>      if (pos >= nvmem->size)
>>> >>          return 0;
>>> >>
>>> >>+    if (count < nvmem->word_size)
>>> >>+        return -EINVAL;
>>> >>+
>>> >>      if (pos + count > nvmem->size)
>>> >>          count = nvmem->size - pos;
>>> >>
>>> >>@@ -95,6 +98,9 @@ static ssize_t bin_attr_nvmem_write(struct file *filp,
>>> >>struct kobject *kobj,
>>> >>      if (pos >= nvmem->size)
>>> >>          return 0;
>>> >>
>>> >>+    if (count < nvmem->word_size)
>>> >>+        return -EINVAL;
>>> >>+
>>> >>      if (pos + count > nvmem->size)
>>> >>          count = nvmem->size - pos;
>>> >>
>> >
>> >Patch looks good to me. I think that it solves the issue.
>> >I don't have the board here right now, so I'll check it ASAP and give
>> >some feedback.
> Finally tested this. As it seemed, it solved the issue.
> Are you submitting a patch for this?
Yes, I will send a patch to the mailing list.

--srini
>
> Thanks again.