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[v2,4/4] i2c: slave-eeprom: add more info when to increase the pointer

Message ID 1427099199-3628-5-git-send-email-wsa@the-dreams.de (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Delegated to: Geert Uytterhoeven
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Wolfram Sang March 23, 2015, 8:26 a.m. UTC 
From: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>

It is a bit subtle when to correctly increase the buffer index when
reading. Make this clearer by adding some more comments and pointers to
the docs.

Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
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Changes since V1: new patch

 drivers/i2c/i2c-slave-eeprom.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Comments

Uwe Kleine-König March 23, 2015, 8:32 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 09:26:39AM +0100, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> From: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
> 
> It is a bit subtle when to correctly increase the buffer index when
> reading. Make this clearer by adding some more comments and pointers to
> the docs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>
Acked-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
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diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-slave-eeprom.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-slave-eeprom.c
index 3fb45d894d8072..8223746546093c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-slave-eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-slave-eeprom.c
@@ -48,12 +48,18 @@  static int i2c_slave_eeprom_slave_cb(struct i2c_client *client,
 		break;
 
 	case I2C_SLAVE_READ_PROCESSED:
+		/* The previous byte made it to the bus, get next one */
 		eeprom->buffer_idx++;
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case I2C_SLAVE_READ_REQUESTED:
 		spin_lock(&eeprom->buffer_lock);
 		*val = eeprom->buffer[eeprom->buffer_idx];
 		spin_unlock(&eeprom->buffer_lock);
+		/*
+		 * Do not increment buffer_idx here, because we don't know if
+		 * this byte will be actually used. Read Linux I2C slave docs
+		 * for details.
+		 */
 		break;
 
 	case I2C_SLAVE_STOP: