stm class: Use driver's packet callback return value

STM drivers provide a callback to generate/send individual STP packets;
it also tells the stm core how many bytes of payload it has consumed.
However, we would also need to use the negative space of this return
value to communicate errors that occur during the packet generation,
in which case the stm core will have to take appropriate action.

For now, we need to account for the possibility that the stm driver may
not support certain combinations of packet type/flags, in which case
it is expected to signal an error.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/stm.h b/include/linux/stm.h
index 9d0083d364e6..ab8ceca4f570 100644
--- a/include/linux/stm.h
+++ b/include/linux/stm.h
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ struct stm_device;
  * description. That is, the lowest master that can be allocated to software
  * writers is @sw_start and data from this writer will appear is @sw_start
  * master in the STP stream.
+ *
+ * The @packet callback should adhere to the following rules:
+ *   1) it must return the number of bytes it consumed from the payload;
+ *   2) therefore, if it sent a packet that does not have payload (like FLAG),
+ *      it must return zero;
+ *   3) if it does not support the requested packet type/flag combination,
+ *      it must return -ENOTSUPP.
  */
 struct stm_data {
 	const char		*name;