linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 04/47] soc: fsl: qe: introduce qe

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Message-ID: <CAOZdJXU35+G5CMrS3247mgMjQH7__MxP8wpW6yjn1_MLD-sGqw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:17:19 -0600
From:   Timur Tabi <timur@...nel.org>
To:     Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Cc:     Qiang Zhao <qiang.zhao@....com>, Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Scott Wood <oss@...error.net>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 04/47] soc: fsl: qe: introduce qe_io{read,write}* wrappers

On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 7:03 AM Rasmus Villemoes
<linux@...musvillemoes.dk> wrote:
>
> The QUICC engine drivers use the powerpc-specific out_be32() etc. In
> order to allow those drivers to build for other architectures, those
> must be replaced by iowrite32be(). However, on powerpc, out_be32() is
> a simple inline function while iowrite32be() is out-of-line. So in
> order not to introduce a performance regression on powerpc when making
> the drivers work on other architectures, introduce qe_io* helpers.

Isn't it also true that iowrite32be() assumes a little-endian platform
and always does a byte swap?