__spi_alloc_controller() uses a single allocation to accommodate struct spi_controller and the driver-private data, but places the latter behind the former. This order does not guarantee cacheline alignment of the driver-private data. It does guarantee cacheline alignment of struct spi_controller but the structure doesn't make any use of that property. Reverse the order. A forthcoming commit leverages this to grant DMA access to driver-private data of the BCM2835 SPI master. An alternative approach would be to round up struct spi_controller to cacheline size, at the expense of some wasted memory. Tested-by: Nuno Sá <nuno.sa@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lukas Wunner <lukas@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/spi/spi.c | 18 ++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c index 8e83c9567353..8f692f657690 100644 --- a/drivers/spi/spi.c +++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c @@ -2071,9 +2071,11 @@ static inline void acpi_register_spi_devices(struct spi_controller *ctlr) {} static void spi_controller_release(struct device *dev) { struct spi_controller *ctlr; + void *devdata; ctlr = container_of(dev, struct spi_controller, dev); - kfree(ctlr); + devdata = spi_controller_get_devdata(ctlr); + kfree(devdata); } static struct class spi_master_class = { @@ -2187,8 +2189,10 @@ extern struct class spi_slave_class; /* dummy */ * __spi_alloc_controller - allocate an SPI master or slave controller * @dev: the controller, possibly using the platform_bus * @size: how much zeroed driver-private data to allocate; the pointer to this - * memory is in the driver_data field of the returned device, - * accessible with spi_controller_get_devdata(). + * memory is in the driver_data field of the returned device, accessible + * with spi_controller_get_devdata(); the memory is cacheline aligned; + * drivers granting DMA access to portions of their private data need to + * round up @size using ALIGN(size, dma_get_cache_alignment()). * @slave: flag indicating whether to allocate an SPI master (false) or SPI * slave (true) controller * Context: can sleep @@ -2210,14 +2214,16 @@ struct spi_controller *__spi_alloc_controller(struct device *dev, unsigned int size, bool slave) { struct spi_controller *ctlr; + void *devdata; if (!dev) return NULL; - ctlr = kzalloc(size + sizeof(*ctlr), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!ctlr) + devdata = kzalloc(size + sizeof(*ctlr), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!devdata) return NULL; + ctlr = devdata + size; device_initialize(&ctlr->dev); ctlr->bus_num = -1; ctlr->num_chipselect = 1; @@ -2228,7 +2234,7 @@ struct spi_controller *__spi_alloc_controller(struct device *dev, ctlr->dev.class = &spi_master_class; ctlr->dev.parent = dev; pm_suspend_ignore_children(&ctlr->dev, true); - spi_controller_set_devdata(ctlr, &ctlr[1]); + spi_controller_set_devdata(ctlr, devdata); return ctlr; } -- 2.20.1