Re: [PATCH for-next v7 12/12] RDMA/erdma: Add driver to kernel build environment

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On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 11:40:46AM +0800, Cheng Xu wrote:

> > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/Makefile b/drivers/infiniband/hw/Makefile
> > > index fba0b3be903e..6b3a88046125 100644
> > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/Makefile
> > > @@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_INFINIBAND_HFI1)		+= hfi1/
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_INFINIBAND_HNS)		+= hns/
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_INFINIBAND_QEDR)		+= qedr/
> > >   obj-$(CONFIG_INFINIBAND_BNXT_RE)	+= bnxt_re/
> > > +obj-$(CONFIG_INFINIBAND_ERDMA)		+= erdma/
> > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/erdma/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/hw/erdma/Kconfig
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..c90f2be1ea63
> > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/erdma/Kconfig
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
> > > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > > +config INFINIBAND_ERDMA
> > > +	tristate "Alibaba Elastic RDMA Adapter (ERDMA) support"
> > > +	depends on PCI_MSI && 64BIT && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
> > 
> > Why !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN? That is usually not OK.
> 
> we want use !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN to disable the erdma compilation on big
> endian machine

Do not copy this

> because we only have little endian machines, and don't support big
> endian machines. I have no idea why it is usually not OK, could you
> explain it any more?

It is considered bad coding practice in the kernel. Write the required endian
swaps.

Jason



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