linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvme-pci: fix doorbell buffer value endianness

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Date:   Tue, 13 Dec 2022 09:50:57 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Klaus Jensen <its@...elevant.dk>
Cc:     linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Klaus Jensen <k.jensen@...sung.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme-pci: fix doorbell buffer value endianness

On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 04:02:43PM +0100, Klaus Jensen wrote:
> -		old_value = *dbbuf_db;
> -		*dbbuf_db = value;
> +		old_value = le32_to_cpu(*dbbuf_db);
> +		*dbbuf_db = cpu_to_le32(value);

As the buildbot noticed, this now means dbbuf_dbs needs to be
a __le32, and the endianess annoations will have to wee through
quite a few places.