linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/8] fs: use get_unaligned

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Date:	Fri, 02 May 2008 11:17:28 -0700
From:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>
To:	Stefan Richter <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] fs: use get_unaligned_* helpers

On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 13:40 +0200, Stefan Richter wrote:
> Harvey Harrison wrote:
> >  fs/partitions/ldm.h |    6 +++---
> >  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/partitions/ldm.h b/fs/partitions/ldm.h
> ...
> >  /* Most numbers we deal with are big-endian and won't be aligned. */
> > -#define BE16(x)			((u16)be16_to_cpu(get_unaligned((__be16*)(x))))
> > -#define BE32(x)			((u32)be32_to_cpu(get_unaligned((__be32*)(x))))
> > -#define BE64(x)			((u64)be64_to_cpu(get_unaligned((__be64*)(x))))
> > +#define BE16(x)		get_unaligned_be16((x))
> > +#define BE32(x)		get_unaligned_be32((x))
> > +#define BE64(x)		get_unaligned_be64((x))
> 
> Why the double parentheses?

No reason.

> 
> More importantly, I would say ldm.c should rather use
> get_unaligned_be*() directly.  No need to hide what these macros are
> about by using a local alias.

Done, will send out a revised set.

> 
> After that, ldm.c should be inspected for whether really all of the
> accesses are unaligned.  If there are any which are guaranteed to be
> aligned, they should of course be turned into be*_to_cpu().  But
> separately from this conversion to get_unaligned_be*().

It looks like they are all needed from a quick inspection, the comments
seem to suggest that lots of the accesses will be unaligned.

Cheers,

Harvey

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