RE: [PATCH v3 3/4] xhci: Fix errors in the running total calculations in the TRB math

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From: Alan Stern [mailto:stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> > --- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
> > +++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci-ring.c
> > @@ -2375,6 +2375,7 @@ static unsigned int count_sg_trbs_needed(struct xhci_hcd *xhci, struct urb *urb)
> >  		/* Scatter gather list entries may cross 64KB boundaries */
> >  		running_total = TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE -
> >  			(sg_dma_address(sg) & (TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE - 1));
> > +		running_total &= TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE - 1;
> 
> It be a lot simpler to replace these two expressions with:
> 
> 	running_total = (- sg_dma_address(sg)) & (TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE - 1);
> 
> However this might not be very comprehensible.  As a compromise, you 
> could use:
> 
> 	running_total = (TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE - sg_dma_address(sg)) &
> 			(TRB_MAX_BUFF_SIZE - 1);

Sarah, what do you think? I would prefer to get the current patches into 
the kernel, since they have been well-tested. I could make either of the
modifications Alan is recommending as a cleanup patch on top of that.

-- 
Paul
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