linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] reset: brcmstb: Fix resource checks

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Date:   Fri, 1 Nov 2019 12:38:27 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
        "maintainer:BROADCOM BCM7XXX ARM ARCHITECTURE" 
        <bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] reset: brcmstb: Fix resource checks

On 10/31/19 9:18 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
> The use of IS_ALIGNED() is incorrect, the typical resource we pass looks
> like this: start: 0x8404318, size: 0x30. When using IS_ALIGNED() we will
> get the following 0x8404318 & (0x18 - 1) = 0x10 which is definitively
> not equal to 0, same goes with the size.
> 
> Replace this with an appropriate check on the start address and the
> resource size to be a multiple of SW_INIT_BANK_SIZE.
> 
> Fixes: 77750bc089e4 ("reset: Add Broadcom STB SW_INIT reset controller driver")
> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>

Philipp, I am just going to remove those register checks, this is overly
cautious for no particular reason, and we actually have platforms where
those registers checks would just flat out fail. Expect a v3 shortly,
thanks!
-- 
Florian