On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 01:00:45PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > >>>>- | ( (uint32_t) (b)[(i) + 3] ); \ > > >>>>-} > > >>>>-#endif > > >>>>- > > >>>>-#ifndef PUT_UINT32_BE > > >>>>-#define PUT_UINT32_BE(n,b,i) { \ > > >>>>- (b)[(i) ] = (unsigned char) ( (n)>> 24 ); \ > > >>>>- (b)[(i) + 1] = (unsigned char) ( (n)>> 16 ); \ > > >>>>- (b)[(i) + 2] = (unsigned char) ( (n)>> 8 ); \ > > >>>>- (b)[(i) + 3] = (unsigned char) ( (n) ); \ > > >>>>-} > > >>>>-#endif > > >>>>+#define GET_UINT32_BE(n,b,i) (n) = be32_to_cpu(((uint32_t*)(b))[i / 4]) > > >>>>+#define PUT_UINT32_BE(n,b,i) ((uint32_t*)(b))[i / 4] = cpu_to_be32(n) > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>>The previous macros served two purposes: endian swapping and performing > > >>>the memory accesses byte-by-byte. New versions are unsafe for CPUs which > > >>>do not support misaligned 32bit memory accesses. > > >> > > >>Indeed. We have get_unaligned_be32() / put_unaligned_be32(). These should be > > >>the correct functions, right? > > > > > >no-nned IIRC as be32_to_cpu and cpu_to_be32 already handle this > > >depending on the arch > > > > > > > I think get_unaligned_be32() / put_unaligned_be32() are correct in > > this case. be32_to_cpu / cpu_to_be32 perform endian swapping (if > > required) with source and destination both being 32bit variables, > > not memory locations ? > no the arch have to handle this No. As Andre mentioned cpu_to_be32 operates on variables, not on pointers. with ((uint32_t*)(b))[i / 4] you cast b to a pointer to uint32_t which you dereference with [i / 4]. This has nothing to do with cpu_to_be32 and will crash if the architecture does not allow unaligned accesses. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox