[PATCH v3 4/5] i3c: master: Fix error codes at send_ccc_cmd

From: Jorge Marques

Date: Mon Mar 23 2026 - 12:40:07 EST


i3c_master_send_ccc_cmd_locked() would propagate cmd->err (positive,
Mx codes) to the ret variable, cascading down multiple methods until
reaching methods that explicitly stated they would return 0 on success
or negative error code. For example, the call chain:

i3c_device_enable_ibi <- i3c_dev_enable_ibi_locked <-
master->ops.enable_ibi <- i3c_master_enec_locked <-
i3c_master_enec_disec_locked <- i3c_master_send_ccc_cmd_locked

Fix this by returning the ret value, callers can still read the cmd->err
value if ret is negative.

All corner cases where the Mx codes do need to be handled individually,
are resolved in previous commits. Those corner cases are all scenarios
when I3C_ERROR_M2 is expected and acceptable.
The prerequisite patches for the fix are:

i3c: master: Move rstdaa error suppression
i3c: master: Move entdaa error suppression
i3c: master: Move bus_init error suppression

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iio/aYXvT5FW0hXQwhm_@stanley.mountain/
Fixes: 3a379bbcea0a ("i3c: Add core I3C infrastructure")
Reviewed-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jorge Marques <jorge.marques@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/i3c/master.c | 32 +++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master.c b/drivers/i3c/master.c
index b80f7528948ab..e092c833124c0 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master.c
@@ -898,11 +898,17 @@ static void i3c_ccc_cmd_init(struct i3c_ccc_cmd *cmd, bool rnw, u8 id,
cmd->err = I3C_ERROR_UNKNOWN;
}

+/**
+ * i3c_master_send_ccc_cmd_locked() - send a CCC (Common Command Codes)
+ * @master: master used to send frames on the bus
+ * @cmd: command to send
+ *
+ * Return: 0 in case of success, or a negative error code otherwise.
+ * I3C Mx error codes are stored in cmd->err.
+ */
static int i3c_master_send_ccc_cmd_locked(struct i3c_master_controller *master,
struct i3c_ccc_cmd *cmd)
{
- int ret;
-
if (!cmd || !master)
return -EINVAL;

@@ -920,15 +926,7 @@ static int i3c_master_send_ccc_cmd_locked(struct i3c_master_controller *master,
!master->ops->supports_ccc_cmd(master, cmd))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

- ret = master->ops->send_ccc_cmd(master, cmd);
- if (ret) {
- if (cmd->err != I3C_ERROR_UNKNOWN)
- return cmd->err;
-
- return ret;
- }
-
- return 0;
+ return master->ops->send_ccc_cmd(master, cmd);
}

static struct i2c_dev_desc *
@@ -1036,8 +1034,7 @@ static int i3c_master_rstdaa_locked(struct i3c_master_controller *master,
*
* This function must be called with the bus lock held in write mode.
*
- * Return: 0 in case of success, a positive I3C error code if the error is
- * one of the official Mx error codes, and a negative error code otherwise.
+ * Return: 0 in case of success, or a negative error code otherwise.
*/
int i3c_master_entdaa_locked(struct i3c_master_controller *master)
{
@@ -1097,8 +1094,7 @@ static int i3c_master_enec_disec_locked(struct i3c_master_controller *master,
*
* This function must be called with the bus lock held in write mode.
*
- * Return: 0 in case of success, a positive I3C error code if the error is
- * one of the official Mx error codes, and a negative error code otherwise.
+ * Return: 0 in case of success, or a negative error code otherwise.
*/
int i3c_master_disec_locked(struct i3c_master_controller *master, u8 addr,
u8 evts)
@@ -1118,8 +1114,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i3c_master_disec_locked);
*
* This function must be called with the bus lock held in write mode.
*
- * Return: 0 in case of success, a positive I3C error code if the error is
- * one of the official Mx error codes, and a negative error code otherwise.
+ * Return: 0 in case of success, or a negative error code otherwise.
*/
int i3c_master_enec_locked(struct i3c_master_controller *master, u8 addr,
u8 evts)
@@ -1144,8 +1139,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(i3c_master_enec_locked);
*
* This function must be called with the bus lock held in write mode.
*
- * Return: 0 in case of success, a positive I3C error code if the error is
- * one of the official Mx error codes, and a negative error code otherwise.
+ * Return: 0 in case of success, or a negative error code otherwise.
*/
int i3c_master_defslvs_locked(struct i3c_master_controller *master)
{

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