netdev - Re: [PATCH 14/14] net: smc91x: dont't use SMC_outw for fixing up halfword-aligned data

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Date:	Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:41:57 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@...aro.org>
To:	Matthew Leach <matthew.leach@....com>
cc:	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, ankit.jindal@...aro.org,
	steve.mcintyre@...aro.org, tushar.jagad@...aro.org,
	will.deacon@....com, catalin.marinas@....com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/14] net: smc91x: dont't use SMC_outw for fixing up
 halfword-aligned data

On Fri, 11 Oct 2013, Matthew Leach wrote:

> From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> 
> SMC_outw invokes an endian-aware I/O accessor, which may change the data
> endianness before writing to the device. This is not suitable for data
> transfers where the memory buffer is simply a string of bytes that does
> not require any byte-swapping.
> 
> This patches fixes the smc91x SMC_PUSH_DATA macro so that it uses the
> string I/O accessor for outputting the leading or trailing halfwords on
> halfword-aligned buffers.

Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...aro.org>

> 
> Cc: <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
> Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@...xnic.net>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.h |    6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.h
> index 5730fe2..98eedb9 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/smsc/smc91x.h
> @@ -1124,8 +1124,7 @@ static const char * chip_ids[ 16 ] =  {
>  			void __iomem *__ioaddr = ioaddr;		\
>  			if (__len >= 2 && (unsigned long)__ptr & 2) {	\
>  				__len -= 2;				\
> -				SMC_outw(*(u16 *)__ptr, ioaddr,		\
> -					DATA_REG(lp));		\
> +				SMC_outsw(ioaddr, DATA_REG(lp), __ptr, 1); \
>  				__ptr += 2;				\
>  			}						\
>  			if (SMC_CAN_USE_DATACS && lp->datacs)		\
> @@ -1133,8 +1132,7 @@ static const char * chip_ids[ 16 ] =  {
>  			SMC_outsl(__ioaddr, DATA_REG(lp), __ptr, __len>>2); \
>  			if (__len & 2) {				\
>  				__ptr += (__len & ~3);			\
> -				SMC_outw(*((u16 *)__ptr), ioaddr,	\
> -					 DATA_REG(lp));		\
> +				SMC_outsw(ioaddr, DATA_REG(lp), __ptr, 1); \
>  			}						\
>  		} else if (SMC_16BIT(lp))				\
>  			SMC_outsw(ioaddr, DATA_REG(lp), p, (l) >> 1);	\
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 
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