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Date:	Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:00:38 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Pan Xinhui <xinhui@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp,
	dalias@...c.org, peterz@...radead.org, linux-sh@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh: cmpxchg: fix a  bit shift bug in big_endian os

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 02:58:53PM +0800, Pan Xinhui wrote:
> From: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Correct bitoff in big endian OS.
> 
> Fixes: 3226aad81aa6 ("sh: support 1 and 2 byte xchg")
> Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

I would add: current code works correctly for 1 byte but not for 2 bytes.

Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>

> ---
>  arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg-xchg.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg-xchg.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg-xchg.h
> index 7219719..1e881f5 100644
> --- a/arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg-xchg.h
> +++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg-xchg.h
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ static inline u32 __xchg_cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, u32 x, int size)
>  	int off = (unsigned long)ptr % sizeof(u32);
>  	volatile u32 *p = ptr - off;
>  #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
> -	int bitoff = (sizeof(u32) - 1 - off) * BITS_PER_BYTE;
> +	int bitoff = (sizeof(u32) - size - off) * BITS_PER_BYTE;
>  #else
>  	int bitoff = off * BITS_PER_BYTE;
>  #endif
> -- 
> 1.9.1