2015-08-11 10:43:45

by Leilk Liu

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Subject: [PATCH] spi: Mediatek: fix endian warnings

This patch fixes endian warnings detected by sparse:
- sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
expected unsigned int [unsigned] val
got restricted __le32 [usertype] <noident>
- sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
expected unsigned int [unsigned] val
got restricted __le32 [usertype] <noident>

Signed-off-by: Leilk Liu <[email protected]>
---
drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c
index 4676b01..ae645fa 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c
@@ -359,9 +359,11 @@ static void mtk_spi_setup_dma_addr(struct spi_master *master,
struct mtk_spi *mdata = spi_master_get_devdata(master);

if (mdata->tx_sgl)
- writel(cpu_to_le32(xfer->tx_dma), mdata->base + SPI_TX_SRC_REG);
+ writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(xfer->tx_dma),
+ mdata->base + SPI_TX_SRC_REG);
if (mdata->rx_sgl)
- writel(cpu_to_le32(xfer->rx_dma), mdata->base + SPI_RX_DST_REG);
+ writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(xfer->rx_dma),
+ mdata->base + SPI_RX_DST_REG);
}

static int mtk_spi_fifo_transfer(struct spi_master *master,
--
1.8.1.1.dirty


2015-08-12 14:45:54

by Jonas Gorski

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: Mediatek: fix endian warnings

Hi,

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Leilk Liu <[email protected]> wrote:
> This patch fixes endian warnings detected by sparse:
> - sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
> expected unsigned int [unsigned] val
> got restricted __le32 [usertype] <noident>
> - sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
> expected unsigned int [unsigned] val
> got restricted __le32 [usertype] <noident>

This doesn't "fix" the warning, it only hides the warning and leaves
the actual issue unfixed.

>
> Signed-off-by: Leilk Liu <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c
> index 4676b01..ae645fa 100644
> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c
> @@ -359,9 +359,11 @@ static void mtk_spi_setup_dma_addr(struct spi_master *master,
> struct mtk_spi *mdata = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
>
> if (mdata->tx_sgl)
> - writel(cpu_to_le32(xfer->tx_dma), mdata->base + SPI_TX_SRC_REG);
> + writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(xfer->tx_dma),
> + mdata->base + SPI_TX_SRC_REG);
> if (mdata->rx_sgl)
> - writel(cpu_to_le32(xfer->rx_dma), mdata->base + SPI_RX_DST_REG);
> + writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(xfer->rx_dma),
> + mdata->base + SPI_RX_DST_REG);

The issue here is that writel already does a cpu_to_le32 conversion,
so the extra cpu_to_le32 calls are actually bogus and need to be
removed. Else it will do a double conversion on big endian systems,
resulting in the data being written in big endian.


Jonas

2015-08-13 02:12:20

by Leilk Liu

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: Mediatek: fix endian warnings

Hello Mark,

This patch is applied, should I append a new patch or you rollback it?
Thanks.

On Wed, 2015-08-12 at 16:45 +0200, Jonas Gorski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Leilk Liu <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This patch fixes endian warnings detected by sparse:
> > - sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
> > expected unsigned int [unsigned] val
> > got restricted __le32 [usertype] <noident>
> > - sparse: incorrect type in argument 1 (different base types)
> > expected unsigned int [unsigned] val
> > got restricted __le32 [usertype] <noident>
>
> This doesn't "fix" the warning, it only hides the warning and leaves
> the actual issue unfixed.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Leilk Liu <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c | 6 ++++--
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c
> > index 4676b01..ae645fa 100644
> > --- a/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c
> > +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-mt65xx.c
> > @@ -359,9 +359,11 @@ static void mtk_spi_setup_dma_addr(struct spi_master *master,
> > struct mtk_spi *mdata = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
> >
> > if (mdata->tx_sgl)
> > - writel(cpu_to_le32(xfer->tx_dma), mdata->base + SPI_TX_SRC_REG);
> > + writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(xfer->tx_dma),
> > + mdata->base + SPI_TX_SRC_REG);
> > if (mdata->rx_sgl)
> > - writel(cpu_to_le32(xfer->rx_dma), mdata->base + SPI_RX_DST_REG);
> > + writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(xfer->rx_dma),
> > + mdata->base + SPI_RX_DST_REG);
>
> The issue here is that writel already does a cpu_to_le32 conversion,
> so the extra cpu_to_le32 calls are actually bogus and need to be
> removed. Else it will do a double conversion on big endian systems,
> resulting in the data being written in big endian.
>
>
> Jonas

2015-08-13 09:20:20

by Mark Brown

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: Mediatek: fix endian warnings

On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 10:11:59AM +0800, lei liu wrote:

> This patch is applied, should I append a new patch or you rollback it?
> Thanks.

Please send an incremental patch on top of what's applied and don't top
post.


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2015-08-15 20:17:03

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: Mediatek: fix endian warnings

On Tuesday 11 August 2015 18:43:09 Leilk Liu wrote:
> @@ -359,9 +359,11 @@ static void mtk_spi_setup_dma_addr(struct spi_master *master,
> struct mtk_spi *mdata = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
>
> if (mdata->tx_sgl)
> - writel(cpu_to_le32(xfer->tx_dma), mdata->base + SPI_TX_SRC_REG);
> + writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(xfer->tx_dma),
> + mdata->base + SPI_TX_SRC_REG);
> if (mdata->rx_sgl)
> - writel(cpu_to_le32(xfer->rx_dma), mdata->base + SPI_RX_DST_REG);
> + writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(xfer->rx_dma),
> + mdata->base + SPI_RX_DST_REG);
> }
>

This looks wrong: writel takes a CPU-endian argument, so the value returned
from cpu_to_le32() is not appropriate.

The warning is correct, and you have to remove the cpu_to_le32() conversion
in order to get the driver to behave correctly when the kernel is built
as big-endian.

Arnd

2015-08-15 20:18:03

by Arnd Bergmann

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: Mediatek: fix endian warnings

On Saturday 15 August 2015 22:16:03 Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 August 2015 18:43:09 Leilk Liu wrote:
> > @@ -359,9 +359,11 @@ static void mtk_spi_setup_dma_addr(struct spi_master *master,
> > struct mtk_spi *mdata = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
> >
> > if (mdata->tx_sgl)
> > - writel(cpu_to_le32(xfer->tx_dma), mdata->base + SPI_TX_SRC_REG);
> > + writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(xfer->tx_dma),
> > + mdata->base + SPI_TX_SRC_REG);
> > if (mdata->rx_sgl)
> > - writel(cpu_to_le32(xfer->rx_dma), mdata->base + SPI_RX_DST_REG);
> > + writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(xfer->rx_dma),
> > + mdata->base + SPI_RX_DST_REG);
> > }
> >
>
> This looks wrong: writel takes a CPU-endian argument, so the value returned
> from cpu_to_le32() is not appropriate.
>
> The warning is correct, and you have to remove the cpu_to_le32() conversion
> in order to get the driver to behave correctly when the kernel is built
> as big-endian.

Nevermind, I now saw the issue has already been raised.

Arnd

2015-08-16 14:07:04

by Russell King - ARM Linux

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: Mediatek: fix endian warnings

On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 10:16:03PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 August 2015 18:43:09 Leilk Liu wrote:
> > @@ -359,9 +359,11 @@ static void mtk_spi_setup_dma_addr(struct spi_master *master,
> > struct mtk_spi *mdata = spi_master_get_devdata(master);
> >
> > if (mdata->tx_sgl)
> > - writel(cpu_to_le32(xfer->tx_dma), mdata->base + SPI_TX_SRC_REG);
> > + writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(xfer->tx_dma),
> > + mdata->base + SPI_TX_SRC_REG);
> > if (mdata->rx_sgl)
> > - writel(cpu_to_le32(xfer->rx_dma), mdata->base + SPI_RX_DST_REG);
> > + writel((__force u32)cpu_to_le32(xfer->rx_dma),
> > + mdata->base + SPI_RX_DST_REG);
> > }
> >
>
> This looks wrong: writel takes a CPU-endian argument, so the value returned
> from cpu_to_le32() is not appropriate.
>
> The warning is correct, and you have to remove the cpu_to_le32() conversion
> in order to get the driver to behave correctly when the kernel is built
> as big-endian.

Indeed, it's about time people started thinking more about the warnings
and why we have coded things in the way we have.

Look people. cpu_to_le32() takes a value in the CPU endian, and
converts it to a little endian 32-bit number. See, the clue is in
the name.

All writel() implementations take a CPU number and write it in little
endian format. Hence, writel() almost always uses cpu_to_le32()
internally.

Now think about what you're saying with "cpu_to_le32(cpu_to_le32())".
It's utter rubbish, total crap. It's wrong no matter which way you
look at it.

We have le32_to_cpu() which does what it says on the tin. Same with
be32_to_cpu() and cpu_to_be32().

Don't hack around this stuff with __force. If you're having to use
__force to get rid of a warning here, you _ARE_ doing something wrong,
no questions about that. __force in driver code is a definite sign
that you are doing something wrong. Don't do it. Ask the question
if you think you need it.

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2015-08-17 03:38:24

by Mark Brown

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] spi: Mediatek: fix endian warnings

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 03:06:39PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:

> All writel() implementations take a CPU number and write it in little
> endian format. Hence, writel() almost always uses cpu_to_le32()
> internally.

I think the reason this keeps coming up is that people aren't expecting
writel() to be doing endianness conversion, it's easy to get caught out
by it.


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