# Re: \[PATCH\] net: sfp: add SMBus I2C block support

- From: Maxime Chevallier \<maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com\>
- Date: 2026-01-05 08:29:57 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2026/01/3352397
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2025/12/3347339/t.md

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Hi folks,

On 04/01/2026 17:05, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Dec 2025 21:33:31 +0000 Jonas Jelonek wrote:
>> +static int sfp_smbus_block_write(struct sfp *sfp, bool a2, u8 dev_addr,
>> +				 void *buf, size_t len)
>> +{
>> +	size_t block_size = sfp->i2c_block_size;
>> +	union i2c_smbus_data smbus_data;
>> +	u8 bus_addr = a2 ? 0x51 : 0x50;
>> +	u8 *data = buf;
>> +	u8 this_len;
>> +	int ret;
>> +
>> +	while (len) {
>> +		this_len = min(len, block_size);
>> +
>> +		smbus_data.block[0] = this_len;
>> +		memcpy(&smbus_data.block[1], data, this_len);
>> +		ret = i2c_smbus_xfer(sfp->i2c, bus_addr, 0,
>> +				     I2C_SMBUS_WRITE, dev_addr,
>> +				     I2C_SMBUS_I2C_BLOCK_DATA, &smbus_data);
>> +		if (ret)
>> +			return ret;
>> +
>> +		len -= this_len;
>> +		data += this_len;
>> +		dev_addr += this_len;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
> 
> AI code review says:
> 
>  Should this return the number of bytes written instead of 0?
> 
>  The existing sfp_i2c_write() returns the byte count on success, and several
>  callers depend on this return value:
> 
>  sfp_cotsworks_fixup_check() checks:
>     err = sfp_write(sfp, false, SFP_PHYS_ID, &id->base, 3);
>     if (err != 3) { ... error path ... }
> 
>  sfp_sm_mod_hpower() via sfp_modify_u8() checks:
>     if (err != sizeof(u8)) { ... error path ... }
> 
>  With this function returning 0 on success, these checks will always fail,
>  causing high-power SFP modules to fail initialization with "failed to enable
>  high power" errors, and Cotsworks module EEPROM fixups to fail with "Failed
>  to rewrite module EEPROM" errors.
> 
> Either way, you'll need to repost, net-next was closed when you posted.

Looks like I made the same mistake in sfp_smbus_byte_write(). I'll send
a fix for that/

Maxime

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