Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752064AbbEIVSG (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 May 2015 17:18:06 -0400 Received: from pandora.arm.linux.org.uk ([78.32.30.218]:33881 "EHLO pandora.arm.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751129AbbEIVSB (ORCPT ); Sat, 9 May 2015 17:18:01 -0400 Date: Sat, 9 May 2015 22:17:46 +0100 From: Russell King - ARM Linux To: Philippe Reynes Cc: davem@davemloft.net, B38611@freescale.com, Frank.Li@freescale.com, LW@KARO-electronics.de, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fec: add support of ethtool get_regs Message-ID: <20150509211746.GY2067@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> References: <1431204728-16754-1-git-send-email-tremyfr@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1431204728-16754-1-git-send-email-tremyfr@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 767 Lines: 19 On Sat, May 09, 2015 at 10:52:08PM +0200, Philippe Reynes wrote: > +static void fec_enet_get_regs(struct net_device *ndev, > + struct ethtool_regs *regs, void *regbuf) > +{ > + struct fec_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(ndev); > + > + memcpy_fromio(regbuf, fep->hwp, regs->len); Using memcpy_fromio() to copy device registers is not a good idea - it can use a variable access size which can cause bus faults. -- FTTC broadband for 0.8mile line: currently at 10.5Mbps down 400kbps up according to speedtest.net. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/