linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: use resource_size

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Date:	Fri, 13 Nov 2015 03:10:13 +0200
From:	Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc:	Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
	Jaehoon Chung <jh80.chung@...sung.com>,
	"linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-arm Mailing List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mmc: dw_mmc: use resource_size_t to store physical address

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> wrote:
> The dw_mmc driver stores the physical address of the MMIO registers
> in a pointer, which requires the use of type casts, and is actually
> broken if anyone ever has this device on a 32-bit SoC in registers
> above 4GB. Gcc warns about this possibility when the driver is built
> with ARM LPAE enabled:

> -       host->phy_regs = (void *)(regs->start);
> +       host->phy_regs = regs->start;

>         /* Set external dma config: burst size, burst width */
> -       cfg.dst_addr = (dma_addr_t)(host->phy_regs + fifo_offset);
> +       cfg.dst_addr = host->phy_regs + fifo_offset;

dst_addr is dma_addr_t?

>         /* Registers's physical base address */
> -       void                    *phy_regs;
> +       resource_size_t         phy_regs;

If dst_addr is dma_addr_t wouldn't be a problem when
resource_size_t is defined as 64-bit address, and dma_addr_t as 32-bit?

Btw, for me casting to dma_addr_t looks sane.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko
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