netdev - RE: [PATCH v3 -next 3/4] net: emaclite: Fix arm64 compilation warnings

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Date:   Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:26:58 +0000
From:   Radhey Shyam Pandey <radheys@...inx.com>
To:     Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Anirudha Sarangi <anirudh@...inx.com>,
        Michal Simek <michals@...inx.com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "mchehab+samsung@...nel.org" <mchehab+samsung@...nel.org>,
        John Linn <linnj@...inx.com>,
        "linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
        <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 -next 3/4] net: emaclite: Fix arm64 compilation
 warnings

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2020 7:08 PM
> To: Radhey Shyam Pandey <radheys@...inx.com>
> Cc: davem@...emloft.net; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org; Anirudha Sarangi <anirudh@...inx.com>; Michal Simek
> <michals@...inx.com>; gregkh@...uxfoundation.org;
> mchehab+samsung@...nel.org; John Linn <linnj@...inx.com>; linux-arm-
> kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 -next 3/4] net: emaclite: Fix arm64 compilation warnings
> 
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 05:17:49PM +0530, Radhey Shyam Pandey wrote:
> >
> >  /* BUFFER_ALIGN(adr) calculates the number of bytes to the next alignment.
> */
> > -#define BUFFER_ALIGN(adr) ((ALIGNMENT - ((u32)adr)) % ALIGNMENT)
> > +#define BUFFER_ALIGN(adr) ((ALIGNMENT - ((ulong)adr)) % ALIGNMENT)
> 
> Hi Radhey
> 
> linux/kernel.h has a few interesting macros, like
> 
> #define ALIGN(x, a)             __ALIGN_KERNEL((x), (a))
> 
> These are more likely to be correct across all architectures than
> anything you role yourself.
> 
Thanks for the review. I agree using a kernel macro is preferred. However,
as a second thought it seems we can get rid of this custom BUFFER_ALIGN
macro and simply calling skb_reserve(skb, NET_IP_ALIGN) will make the
protocol header to be aligned on at least a 4-byte boundary.

> 	 Andrew