Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [PATCH v9 4/9] spi: cadence: Add Marvell SDMA operations

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On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 01:45:13PM +0000, Witold Sadowski wrote:
> Hi Mark

> > > +	while (len) {
> > > +		tmp_buf = readq(addr);
> > > +		memcpy(buf, &tmp_buf, len > 8 ? 8 : len);
> > > +		len = len > 8 ? len - 8 : 0;
> > > +		buf += 8;
> > > +	}
> > > +}

> > Wouldn't it be more efficient and readable to only do the memcpy() for the
> > trailing bytes and just do this memcpy() for the final word?

> The whole problem is with SDMA end - addr in that case. If code will try to
> Read it in non 64b mode, all remaining bits, will be lost.
> For example - doing 1B read on that register, will return 1B, but SDMA will
> transfer 8B, dropping remaining 7B.
> I have tried memcpy approach, and it was not stable.

That's not what I'm suggesting, like I said above I'm suggesting to
*only* do the memcpy() for the trailing word.

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