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

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On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 11:28:40AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Sergei,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 6:55 PM Sergei Shtylyov
> <sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 09/18/2018 01:22 PM, Simon Horman wrote:
> > > 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>
> > [...]
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
> > > index 1470fc12282b..9b6bf557a2f5 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb.h
> > > @@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ enum EIS_BIT {
> > >       EIS_CULF1       = 0x00000080,
> > >       EIS_TFFF        = 0x00000100,
> > >       EIS_QFS         = 0x00010000,
> > > +     EIS_RESERVED    = (GENMASK(31, 17) | GENMASK(15, 11)),
> >
> >    Well, I'm not a big fan of BIT() and GENMASK() -- they still lack a macro
> > to #define a bit/field value. But if you prefer to use them, OK, let's be so...
> 
> FIELD_PREP()?
> 
> Perhaps the other bit definitions should be converted to BIT()?
> That way it becomes much easier to match valid EIS_* bits with EIS_RESERVED.

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