This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled ARC: [BE] readl()/writel() to work in Big Endian CPU configuration to the 4.5-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: arc-readl-writel-to-work-in-big-endian-cpu-configuration.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.5 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From f778cc65717687a3d3f26dd21bef62cd059f1b8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lada Trimasova <ltrimas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2016 20:21:04 +0300 Subject: ARC: [BE] readl()/writel() to work in Big Endian CPU configuration From: Lada Trimasova <ltrimas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit f778cc65717687a3d3f26dd21bef62cd059f1b8b upstream. read{l,w}() write{l,w}() primitives should use le{16,32}_to_cpu() and cpu_to_le{16,32}() respectively to ensure device registers are read correctly in Big Endian CPU configuration. Per Arnd Bergmann | Most drivers using readl() or readl_relaxed() expect those to perform byte | swaps on big-endian architectures, as the registers tend to be fixed endian This was needed for getting UART to work correctly on a Big Endian ARC. The ARC accessors originally were fine, and the bug got introduced inadventently by commit b8a033023994 ("ARCv2: barriers") Fixes: b8a033023994 ("ARCv2: barriers") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/201603100845.30602.arnd@xxxxxxxx Cc: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Lada Trimasova <ltrimas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [vgupta: beefed up changelog, added Fixes/stable tags] Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arc/include/asm/io.h | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/arch/arc/include/asm/io.h +++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/io.h @@ -129,15 +129,23 @@ static inline void __raw_writel(u32 w, v #define writel(v,c) ({ __iowmb(); writel_relaxed(v,c); }) /* - * Relaxed API for drivers which can handle any ordering themselves + * Relaxed API for drivers which can handle barrier ordering themselves + * + * Also these are defined to perform little endian accesses. + * To provide the typical device register semantics of fixed endian, + * swap the byte order for Big Endian + * + * http://lkml.kernel.org/r/201603100845.30602.arnd@xxxxxxxx */ #define readb_relaxed(c) __raw_readb(c) -#define readw_relaxed(c) __raw_readw(c) -#define readl_relaxed(c) __raw_readl(c) +#define readw_relaxed(c) ({ u16 __r = le16_to_cpu((__force __le16) \ + __raw_readw(c)); __r; }) +#define readl_relaxed(c) ({ u32 __r = le32_to_cpu((__force __le32) \ + __raw_readl(c)); __r; }) #define writeb_relaxed(v,c) __raw_writeb(v,c) -#define writew_relaxed(v,c) __raw_writew(v,c) -#define writel_relaxed(v,c) __raw_writel(v,c) +#define writew_relaxed(v,c) __raw_writew((__force u16) cpu_to_le16(v),c) +#define writel_relaxed(v,c) __raw_writel((__force u32) cpu_to_le32(v),c) #include <asm-generic/io.h> Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from ltrimas@xxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.5/arc-readl-writel-to-work-in-big-endian-cpu-configuration.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html