Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] ravb: do not write 1 to reserved bits

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On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 08:10:26PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:22:26 +0200
> 
> > From: Kazuya Mizuguchi <kazuya.mizuguchi.ks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > EtherAVB hardware requires 0 to be written to status register bits in
> > order to clear them, however, care must be taken not to:
> > 
> > 1. Clear other bits, by writing zero to them
> > 2. Write one to reserved bits
> > 
> > This patch corrects the ravb driver with respect to the second point above.
> > This is done by defining reserved bit masks for the affected registers and,
> > after auditing the code, ensure all sites that may write a one to a
> > reserved bit use are suitably masked.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Kazuya Mizuguchi <kazuya.mizuguchi.ks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <horms+renesas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I've decided to apply this to 'net', let me know if this is a problem.

Thanks Dave, 'net' is fine by me.



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