Hi Arnd, On 07/17/2017 04:45 PM, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 3:26 PM, <laurentiu.tudor@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> From: Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@xxxxxxx> >> >> Split the 64-bit accesses in 32-bit accesses because there's no real >> constrain in MC to do only atomic 64-bit. There's only one place >> where ordering is important: when writing the MC command header the >> first 32-bit part of the header must be written last. >> We do this switch in order to allow compiling the driver on 32-bit. >> >> Signed-off-by: Laurentiu Tudor <laurentiu.tudor@xxxxxxx> >> --- >> drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-sys.c | 31 ++++++++++++------------------- >> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-sys.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-sys.c >> index 195d9f3..dd2828e 100644 >> --- a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-sys.c >> +++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-sys.c >> @@ -124,14 +124,15 @@ static inline void mc_write_command(struct mc_command __iomem *portal, >> { >> int i; >> >> - /* copy command parameters into the portal */ >> - for (i = 0; i < MC_CMD_NUM_OF_PARAMS; i++) >> - __raw_writeq(cmd->params[i], &portal->params[i]); >> - /* ensure command params are committed before submitting it */ >> - wmb(); >> - >> - /* submit the command by writing the header */ >> - __raw_writeq(cmd->header, &portal->header); >> + /* >> + * copy command parameters into the portal. Final write >> + * triggers the submission of the command. >> + */ >> + for (i = sizeof(struct mc_command) / sizeof(u32) - 1; i >= 0; i--) { >> + __raw_writel(((u32 *)cmd)[i], &((u32 *)portal)[i]); >> + /* ensure command params are committed before submitting it */ >> + wmb(); >> + } >> } > > What is the byte order requirement on this buffer? Endianness is handled by the callers so this function must leave the binary blob intact. > If this is a byte string > rather than individual registers, you should probably just use > memcpy_toio() It's a header followed by an opaque command. The protocol for queueing a command says that the first 32-bit half of the header must be written last, this triggering the command handling in the MC. > but if these are separate registers, then using the > __raw_* accessors is still wrong, at least on kernels that have a > different byteorder from the hardware. As mentioned above, endianness is handled by the caller. This function takes raw data and must leave it unchanged. > Also, are you sure that adding those six extra barriers has no > performance impact? This is a slow interface used in slow paths, so i don't think those extra barriers will have any performance impact. --- Thanks & Best Regards, Laurentiu _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel