linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] k3dma: Fix hisi burst clipping

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Date:	Thu, 4 Aug 2016 18:38:34 +0530
From:	Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com>
To:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andy Green <andy.green@...aro.org>,
	Zhangfei Gao <zhangfei.gao@...aro.org>,
	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@...e-electrons.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Andy Green <andy@...mcat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] k3dma: Fix hisi burst clipping

On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 03:40:46PM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 12:25 AM, Vinod Koul <vinod.koul@...el.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 08:53:03PM -0700, John Stultz wrote:
> >> From: Andy Green <andy.green@...aro.org>
> >>
> >> Max burst len is a 4-bit field, but at the moment it's clipped with
> >> a 5-bit constant... reduce it to that which can be expressed
> >
> > Maybe we should GENMASK() etc to avoid these errors..
> 
> Not sure I follow what you're thinking here... can you clarify a bit?

I am assuming the 4bit field was a mistake by orignal author. Using GENMASK,
BIT etc macro helps you to avoid those as one would look at datasheet and
say this is specfied as bit 5 thru 9, so let me say GENMASK(5, 0) rather
than a typo which missed 5th bit.

But ofcourse if the error was due to some other reason then this one doesnt
help.

-- 
~Vinod