linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 20/32] Blackfin arch: dma

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Date:	Mon, 21 May 2007 12:49:29 -0500
From:	"Mike Frysinger" <vapier.adi@...il.com>
To:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
Cc:	"Bryan Wu" <bryan.wu@...log.com>, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Aubrey Li" <aubrey.li@...log.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 20/32] Blackfin arch: dma_memcpy borken for > 64K

On 5/21/07, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi> wrote:
> On 5/21/07, Bryan Wu <bryan.wu@...log.com> wrote:
> > -void *dma_memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t size)
> > +void *_dma_memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t size)
>
> Minor nitpick: the established naming convention is two underscores, not one.

that should be marked as static now actually since the function isnt
for use outside of this file

> > +void *dma_memcpy(void *dest, const void *src, size_t size)
> > +{
> > +       size_t bulk;
> > +       size_t rest;
> > +       void * addr;
> > +
> > +       bulk = (size >> 16) << 16;
>
> I assume this is significantly faster on your architecture than:
>
>    bulk = size & ~0xFFFFUL;
>
> which is more readable?

actually they should get optimized to the same thing
-mike
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