linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spi: Add FSI-attached SPI controller driver

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Date:   Fri, 7 Feb 2020 22:34:17 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     Eddie James <eajames@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-spi <linux-spi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>, Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        Andrew Jeffery <andrew@...id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: Add FSI-attached SPI controller driver

On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 10:04 PM Eddie James <eajames@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> On 2/7/20 1:39 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 9:28 PM Eddie James <eajames@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> >> On 2/5/20 9:51 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 6:06 PM Eddie James <eajames@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:
> >>>> On 2/4/20 5:02 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2020 at 10:33 PM Eddie James <eajames@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> >>>>>> On 1/30/20 10:37 AM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:


> >>>>>>>> +       for (i = 0; i < num_bytes; ++i)
> >>>>>>>> +               rx[i] = (u8)((in >> (8 * ((num_bytes - 1) - i))) & 0xffULL);
> >>>>>>> Redundant & 0xffULL part.

> >>> For me it looks like
> >>>
> >>>     u8 tmp[8];
> >>>
> >>>     put_unaligned_be64(in, tmp);
> >>>     memcpy(rx, tmp, num_bytes);
> >>>
> >>> put_unaligned*() is just a method to unroll the value to the u8 buffer.
> >>> See, for example, linux/unaligned/be_byteshift.h implementation.
> >>
> >> Unforunately it is not the same. put_unaligned_be64 will take the
> >> highest 8 bits (0xff00000000000000) and move it into tmp[0]. Then
> >> 0x00ff000000000000 into tmp[1], etc. This is only correct for this
> >> driver IF my transfer is 8 bytes. If, for example, I transfer 5 bytes,
> >> then I need 0x000000ff00000000 into tmp[0], 0x00000000ff000000 into
> >> tmp[1], etc. So I think my current implementation is correct.
> > Yes, I missed correction of the start address in memcpy(). Otherwise
> > it's still the same what I was talking about.
>
>
> I see now, yes, thanks.
>
> Do you think this is worth a v3? Perhaps put_unaligned is slightly more
> optimized than the loop but there is more memory copy with that way too.

I already forgot the entire context when this has been called. Can you
summarize what the sequence(s) of num_bytes are expected usually.

IIUC if packets small, less than 8 bytes, than num_bytes will be that value.
Otherwise it will be something like 8 + 8 + 8 ... + tail. Is it
correct assumption?

> >>>>>>>> +       return num_bytes;
> >>>>>>>> +}

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko