netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 08/40] net: fec: move cbd_bufaddr assignment closer to the mapping function

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 23:14:19 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:	Troy Kisky <troy.kisky@...ndarydevices.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, B38611@...escale.com,
	fabio.estevam@...escale.com, andrew@...n.ch,
	linux@....linux.org.uk, laci@...ndarydevices.com,
	l.stach@...gutronix.de, shawnguo@...nel.org, tremyfr@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 08/40] net: fec: move cbd_bufaddr assignment
 closer to the mapping function

On Thu, 2016-01-28 at 23:02 +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thursday 28 January 2016 14:25:32 Troy Kisky wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Troy Kisky <troy.kisky@...ndarydevices.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> [note: missing changelog?]
> 
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> > b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> > index b87f80d..15a93f90 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
> > @@ -476,6 +476,8 @@ static int fec_enet_txq_submit_skb(struct
> > fec_enet_priv_tx_q *txq,
> >  				estatus |= BD_ENET_TX_TS;
> >  		}
> >  	}
> > +	bdp->cbd_bufaddr = addr;
> > +	bdp->cbd_datlen = buflen;
> >  
> >  	if (fep->bufdesc_ex) {
> >  
> > @@ -499,8 +501,6 @@ static int fec_enet_txq_submit_skb(struct
> > fec_enet_priv_tx_q *txq,
> >  	/* Save skb pointer */
> >  	txq->tx_skbuff[index] = skb;
> >  
> > -	bdp->cbd_datlen = buflen;
> > -	bdp->cbd_bufaddr = addr;
> >  	/* Make sure the updates to rest of the descriptor are
> > performed before
> >  	 * transferring ownership.
> >  	 */
> > 
> 
> This patch and others in the series conflicts with the bugfix "net:
> fec: make driver endian-safe" that Johannes sent this week. Can you
> include his fix in your series and ensure that all descriptor
> accesses are done in an endian-safe way?
> 

My fixes are already in net.git, so you should base on a current
net.git or on net-next.git after net.git is merged there (which davem
usually does after Linus merges from him, IIRC)

johannes