Having descriptors aligned on 64 bits allows update CNDA and CUBC in an atomic way. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@xxxxxxxxx> Fixes: e1f7c9eee707 ("dmaengine: at_xdmac: creation of the atmel eXtended DMA Controller driver") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx #v4.1 and later --- drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c b/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c index 8e304b1..ba9b0b7 100644 --- a/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c +++ b/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ struct at_xdmac_lld { u32 mbr_dus; /* Destination Microblock Stride Register */ }; - +/* 64-bit alignment needed to update CNDA and CUBC registers in an atomic way. */ struct at_xdmac_desc { struct at_xdmac_lld lld; enum dma_transfer_direction direction; @@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ struct at_xdmac_desc { unsigned int xfer_size; struct list_head descs_list; struct list_head xfer_node; -}; +} __aligned(sizeof(u64)); static inline void __iomem *at_xdmac_chan_reg_base(struct at_xdmac *atxdmac, unsigned int chan_nb) { -- 2.5.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe dmaengine" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html