Re: [PATCH v3 for-next 2/2] RDMA/hns: Fix alignment problem of the doorbell

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On 2017/12/30 1:47, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 06:29:35PM +0800, Liuyixian (Eason) wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2017/12/28 23:57, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 10:18:03PM +0800, Yixian Liu wrote:
>>>
>>>> -	hns_roce_write64_k(doorbell, eq->doorbell);
>>>> +	hns_roce_write64_k(db.doorbell, eq->doorbell);
>>>
>>> You need to pass &db to hns_roce_write64_k and have it deref the 64
>>> bit value using the union. The point here is to eliminate the cast inside
>>> hns_roce_write64_k.
>>>
>>> Jason
>>
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> I know exactly what you mean, but the interface also called by lots of
>> other places in our driver, I plan to leave this revision in future
>> work.
> 
> Yes, exactly, and they all have the same problem, right?

Yes, they all have the same problem.

> 
> The point of my original note was for you to fix the systemic problem
> not just the single location I used as an example.
>  
>> With db.doorbell input, we could get the correct value (64 bit) w/o
>> *(u64 *).  Thus, this patch will not be updated in patch v4.
> 
> Let us drop it then, resend it when you fix them all.

Okay, I think your decision is reasonable.

> 
> Jason
> 
> 

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