On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 03:07:47PM +0200, Laurentiu Palcu wrote: > +/* > + * Perform one read operation. > + */ > +static int dln2_spi_read_one(struct dln2_spi *dln2, u8 *data, > + u16 data_len, u8 attr) > +{ > + int ret; > + struct { > + u8 port; > + __le16 size; > + u8 attr; > + } __packed tx; > + struct { > + __le16 size; > + u8 buf[DLN2_SPI_MAX_XFER_SIZE]; > + } __packed *rx = dln2->buf; You said you verified that the dln2 protocol headers did not mess up the alignment, yet they do. Here you have a two byte header. > + unsigned rx_len = sizeof(*rx); > + > + BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*rx) > DLN2_SPI_BUF_SIZE); > + > + if (data_len > DLN2_SPI_MAX_XFER_SIZE) > + return -EINVAL; > + > + tx.port = dln2->port; > + tx.size = cpu_to_le16(data_len); > + tx.attr = attr; > + > + ret = dln2_transfer(dln2->pdev, DLN2_SPI_READ, &tx, sizeof(tx), > + rx, &rx_len); > + if (ret < 0) > + return ret; > + if (rx_len < sizeof(rx->size) + data_len) > + return -EPROTO; > + if (le16_to_cpu(rx->size) != data_len) > + return -EPROTO; > + > + dln2_spi_copy_from_buf(data, rx->buf, data_len, dln2->bpw); So you need to use the unaligned macros in dln2_spi_copy_from_buf for rx->buf (at least for bpw 32). Make sure to document why. > + > + return 0; > +} > + > +/* > + * Perform one write & read operation. > + */ > +static int dln2_spi_read_write_one(struct dln2_spi *dln2, const u8 *tx_data, > + u8 *rx_data, u16 data_len, u8 attr) > +{ > + int ret; > + struct { > + u8 port; > + __le16 size; > + u8 attr; > + u8 buf[DLN2_SPI_MAX_XFER_SIZE]; > + } __packed *tx; tx is ok. > + struct { > + __le16 size; > + u8 buf[DLN2_SPI_MAX_XFER_SIZE]; > + } __packed *rx; But here you have the same two-byte header. Johan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-spi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html