On Sun, Jul 30, 2023 at 09:10:10PM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote: > The existing implementation of qmp_send() requires the caller to provide > a buffer which is of word-aligned. The underlying reason for this is > that message ram only supports word accesses, but pushing this > requirement onto the clients results in the same boiler plate code > sprinkled in every call site. > > By using a temporary buffer in qmp_send() we can hide the underlying > hardware limitations from the clients and allow them to pass their > NUL-terminates C string directly. > > Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <quic_bjorande@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/net/ipa/ipa_power.c | 2 +- > drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5.c | 2 +- > drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c | 25 ++++++++++++------------- > include/linux/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.h | 4 ++-- > 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_power.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_power.c > index 921eecf3eff6..26181eeed975 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_power.c > +++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_power.c > @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ void ipa_power_retention(struct ipa *ipa, bool enable) > > (void)snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, enable ? '1' : '0'); > > - ret = qmp_send(power->qmp, buf, sizeof(buf)); > + ret = qmp_send(power->qmp, buf); > if (ret) > dev_err(power->dev, "error %d sending QMP %sable request\n", > ret, enable ? "en" : "dis"); > diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5.c b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5.c > index 192c7aa0e39e..8b41a73fa4d1 100644 > --- a/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5.c > +++ b/drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5.c > @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static int q6v5_load_state_toggle(struct qcom_q6v5 *q6v5, bool enable) > > WARN_ON(ret >= Q6V5_LOAD_STATE_MSG_LEN); > > - ret = qmp_send(q6v5->qmp, buf, sizeof(buf)); > + ret = qmp_send(q6v5->qmp, buf); > if (ret) > dev_err(q6v5->dev, "failed to toggle load state\n"); > > diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c > index e376c32cc16e..5e74332515cf 100644 > --- a/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c > +++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/qcom_aoss.c > @@ -206,36 +206,35 @@ static bool qmp_message_empty(struct qmp *qmp) > * qmp_send() - send a message to the AOSS > * @qmp: qmp context > * @data: message to be sent > - * @len: length of the message > * > * Transmit @data to AOSS and wait for the AOSS to acknowledge the message. > - * @len must be a multiple of 4 and not longer than the mailbox size. Access is > - * synchronized by this implementation. > + * data must not be longer than the mailbox size. Access is synchronized by > + * this implementation. > * > * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on failure > */ > -int qmp_send(struct qmp *qmp, const void *data, size_t len) > +int qmp_send(struct qmp *qmp, const void *data) > { > long time_left; > + char buf[QMP_MSG_LEN]; > int ret; Hi Bjorn, please consider preserving reverse xmas tree - longest line to shortest - for local variable declarations in this Networking code. char buf[QMP_MSG_LEN]; long time_left; int ret; ...