linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] drm/msm/a6xx: Fix GMU firmware parser

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Message-ID: <f610e2d3-cc8b-4a79-8c28-4be11dbbe38b@oss.qualcomm.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:40:43 +0200
From: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@....qualcomm.com>
To: Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo@....qualcomm.com>,
        Rob Clark <robin.clark@....qualcomm.com>,
        Dmitry Baryshkov
 <lumag@...nel.org>,
        Abhinav Kumar <abhinav.kumar@...ux.dev>,
        Jessica Zhang <jessica.zhang@....qualcomm.com>,
        Sean Paul <sean@...rly.run>,
        Marijn Suijten <marijn.suijten@...ainline.org>,
        David Airlie <airlied@...il.com>, Simona Vetter <simona@...ll.ch>,
        Konrad Dybcio <konradybcio@...nel.org>,
        Jordan Crouse <jordan@...micpenguin.net>,
        Jonathan Marek
 <jonathan@...ek.ca>,
        Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@...ux.intel.com>,
        Maxime Ripard <mripard@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>
Cc: Dmitry Baryshkov <dmitry.baryshkov@....qualcomm.com>,
        linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        freedreno@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/4] drm/msm/a6xx: Fix GMU firmware parser

On 9/10/25 10:44 PM, Akhil P Oommen wrote:
> Current parser logic for GMU firmware assumes a dword aligned payload
> size for every block. This is not true for all GMU firmwares. So, fix
> this by using correct 'size' value in the calculation for the offset
> for the next block's header.
> 
> Fixes: c6ed04f856a4 ("drm/msm/a6xx: A640/A650 GMU firmware path")
> Signed-off-by: Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo@....qualcomm.com>
> ---

I'm not sure what memcpy translates into for unaligned addresses,
but I'm going to assume it's handled properly..

Acked-by: Konrad Dybcio <konrad.dybcio@....qualcomm.com>

Konrad