Re: [PATCH v3] iio: buffer: align the size of scan bytes to size of the largest element

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On 26.12.19 22:16, Lars-Peter Clausen wrote:
> On 12/23/19 6:05 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
>> On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 08:51:27 +0100
>> Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/15/19 10:09 PM, Lars Möllendorf wrote:
>>>> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----  
>>>>> Von: Lars Möllendorf <lars.moellendorf@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Gesendet: Freitag 13 Dezember 2019 14:58
>>>>> An: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@xxxxxxxxxx>; Hartmut Knaack <knaack.h@xxxxxx>; Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>; Peter Meerwald-Stadler <pmeerw@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux-iio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> CC: Lars Möllendorf <lars.moellendorf@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Betreff: [PATCH v3] iio: buffer: align the size of scan bytes to size of the largest element
>>>>>
>>>>> Previous versions of `iio_compute_scan_bytes` only aligned each element
>>>>> to its own length (i.e. its own natural alignment). Because multiple
>>>>> consecutive sets of scan elements are buffered this does not work in
>>>>> case the computed scan bytes do not align with the natural alignment of
>>>>> the first scan element in the set.
>>>>>
>>>>> This commit fixes this by aligning the scan bytes to the natural
>>>>> alignment of the largest scan element in the set.  
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After re-reading my commit message, I come to the conclusion that it really is sufficient to align the scan bytes to the natural alignment of the *first* element. This would save us the `max()` comparisons for each bit. At the moment I am not at my workstation, but I could submit a v4 next Friday.
>>>>   
>>>
>>> I thought so too in the beginning, but as Jonathan pointed out, it does
>>> not work for all cases. Lets say you have u16,u16,u32,u16. If all
>>> channels are enabled the size is aligned to the first element, but the
>>> u32 would not be aligned in the second dataset.
>>>
>>
>> I'm sitting on this at the moment... Can I confirm we have consensus
>> that this patch is the correct fix?
>>
>> Lars and Lars?
> 
> Current version looks good to me.

I agree that the current implementation will fix the aforementioned cases.

> Reviewed-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
>>
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>> Fixes: 959d2952d124 ("staging:iio: make iio_sw_buffer_preenable much more
>>>>> general.")
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Lars Möllendorf <lars.moellendorf@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> v3:
>>>>>   - Fix the problem description in the commit message
>>>>>   - Add "Fixes" tag
>>>>>
>>>>> v2:
>>>>>   - Fix subject of patch which marked it the first in a set of three.
>>>>>   - Add a description of the problem in the commit message
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c | 6 +++++-
>>>>>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
>>>>> index 5d05c38c4ba9..2f037cd59d53 100644
>>>>> --- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
>>>>> +++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
>>>>> @@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static int iio_compute_scan_bytes(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
>>>>>  				const unsigned long *mask, bool timestamp)
>>>>>  {
>>>>>  	unsigned bytes = 0;
>>>>> -	int length, i;
>>>>> +	int length, i, largest = 0;
>>>>>
>>>>>  	/* How much space will the demuxed element take? */
>>>>>  	for_each_set_bit(i, mask,
>>>>> @@ -554,13 +554,17 @@ static int iio_compute_scan_bytes(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
>>>>>  		length = iio_storage_bytes_for_si(indio_dev, i);
>>>>>  		bytes = ALIGN(bytes, length);
>>>>>  		bytes += length;
>>>>> +		largest = max(largest, length);
>>>>>  	}
>>>>>
>>>>>  	if (timestamp) {
>>>>>  		length = iio_storage_bytes_for_timestamp(indio_dev);
>>>>>  		bytes = ALIGN(bytes, length);
>>>>>  		bytes += length;
>>>>> +		largest = max(largest, length);
>>>>>  	}
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	bytes = ALIGN(bytes, largest);
>>>>>  	return bytes;
>>>>>  }
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> 2.23.0
>>>>>  
>>>
>>
> 

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