linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 4/9] spi: cadence: Add Marvell SDMA operations

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Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 15:29:37 +0100
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: Witold Sadowski <wsadowski@...vell.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-spi@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree@...r.kernel.org, robh@...nel.org,
	krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org, conor+dt@...nel.org,
	pthombar@...ence.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 4/9] spi: cadence: Add Marvell SDMA operations

On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 07:17:10AM -0700, Witold Sadowski wrote:

> +static void m_ioreadq(void __iomem  *addr, void *buf, int len)
> +{
> +	u64 tmp_buf;
> +
> +	while (len) {
> +		tmp_buf = readq(addr);
> +		memcpy(buf, &tmp_buf, len > 8 ? 8 : len);
> +		len = len > 8 ? len - 8 : 0;
> +		buf += 8;
> +	}
> +}

Wouldn't it be more efficient and readable to only do the memcpy() for
the trailing bytes and just do this memcpy() for the final word?

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