netdev - [PATCH net V1] net/mlx4_en: Doorbell is byteswapped in Little Endian archs

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Date:	Mon, 22 Dec 2014 10:21:57 +0200
From:	Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@...lanox.com>,
	Yevgeny Petrilin <yevgenyp@...lanox.com>,
	Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>,
	Wei Yang <weiyang@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	David Laight <david.laight@...lab.com>
Subject: [PATCH net V1] net/mlx4_en: Doorbell is byteswapped in Little Endian archs

iowrite32() will byteswap it's argument on big endian archs.
iowrite32be() will byteswap on little endian archs.
Since we don't want to do this unnecessary byteswap on the fast path,
doorbell is stored in the NIC's native endianness. Using the right
iowrite() according to the arch endianness.

CC: Wei Yang <weiyang@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC: David Laight <david.laight@...lab.com>
Fixes: 6a4e812 ("net/mlx4_en: Avoid calling bswap in tx fast path")
Signed-off-by: Amir Vadai <amirv@...lanox.com>
---
Change from V0:
- Fixed indentation of comment

 drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
index a308d41..e3357bf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/en_tx.c
@@ -962,7 +962,17 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx4_en_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 		tx_desc->ctrl.owner_opcode = op_own;
 		if (send_doorbell) {
 			wmb();
-			iowrite32(ring->doorbell_qpn,
+			/* Since there is no iowrite*_native() that writes the
+			 * value as is, without byteswapping - using the one
+			 * the doesn't do byteswapping in the relevant arch
+			 * endianness.
+			 */
+#if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+			iowrite32(
+#else
+			iowrite32be(
+#endif
+				  ring->doorbell_qpn,
 				  ring->bf.uar->map + MLX4_SEND_DOORBELL);
 		} else {
 			ring->xmit_more++;
-- 
1.9.3

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