On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 22:53:16 +0100 Arnaud Ebalard <arno@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > +static int isl12057_i2c_validate_chip(struct regmap *regmap) > +{ > + u8 regs[ISL12057_MEM_MAP_LEN]; > + u8 mask[ISL12057_MEM_MAP_LEN] = { 0x80, 0x80, 0x80, 0xf8, > + 0xc0, 0x60, 0x00, 0x00, > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, > + 0x00, 0x00, 0x60, 0x7c }; > + int ret, i; > + > + ret = regmap_bulk_read(regmap, 0, regs, ISL12057_MEM_MAP_LEN); > + if (ret) > + return ret; > + > + for (i = 0; i < ISL12057_MEM_MAP_LEN; ++i) { > + if (regs[i] & mask[i]) /* check if bits are cleared */ > + return -ENODEV; > + } > + > + return 0; > +} When I build this for x86_64, mask[] is assembled on-stack at runtime: leaq -48(%rbp), %r14 #, tmp130 xorl %esi, %esi # movl $16, %ecx #, movq %rax, %rdi # regmap, incq .LPBX1+552(%rip) # *.LPBX1 movb $-128, -64(%rbp) #, mask movq %r14, %rdx # tmp130, movb $-128, -63(%rbp) #, mask movb $-128, -62(%rbp) #, mask movb $-8, -61(%rbp) #, mask movb $-64, -60(%rbp) #, mask movb $96, -59(%rbp) #, mask movb $0, -58(%rbp) #, mask movb $0, -57(%rbp) #, mask movb $0, -56(%rbp) #, mask movb $0, -55(%rbp) #, mask movb $0, -54(%rbp) #, mask movb $0, -53(%rbp) #, mask movb $0, -52(%rbp) #, mask movb $0, -51(%rbp) #, mask movb $96, -50(%rbp) #, mask movb $124, -49(%rbp) #, mask call regmap_bulk_read # If we make `mask' static const, that all gets done at compile time instead: leaq -48(%rbp), %r14 #, tmp134 xorl %esi, %esi # movl $16, %ecx #, movq %rax, %rdi # regmap, incq .LPBX1+552(%rip) # *.LPBX1 movq %r14, %rdx # tmp134, call regmap_bulk_read # much nicer. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html