On 7/14/07, Michael Buesch <[email protected]> wrote:
On Saturday 14 July 2007 21:49:21 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On 7/14/07, Michael Buesch <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Saturday 14 July 2007 20:49:53 Bryan Wu wrote:
> > > +static int __init bf537mac_probe(struct net_device *dev)
> > > +{
> > > + struct bf537mac_local *lp = netdev_priv(dev);
> > > + int retval;
> > > +
> > > + /* Grab the MAC address in the MAC */
> > > + *(u32 *) (&(dev->dev_addr[0])) = bfin_read_EMAC_ADDRLO();
> > > + *(u16 *) (&(dev->dev_addr[4])) = (u16) bfin_read_EMAC_ADDRHI();
> >
> > Endianess broken.
> >
> > > +struct dma_config_reg {
> > > + unsigned short b_DMA_EN:1; /* Bit 0 : DMA Enable */
> > > + unsigned short b_WNR:1; /* Bit 1 : DMA Direction */
> > > + unsigned short b_WDSIZE:2; /* Bit 2 & 3 : DMA Tranfer Word size */
> > > + unsigned short b_DMA2D:1; /* Bit 4 : DMA Mode 2D or 1D */
> > > + unsigned short b_RESTART:1; /* Bit 5 : Retain the FIFO */
> > > + unsigned short b_DI_SEL:1; /* Bit 6 : Data Interrupt Timing Select */
> > > + unsigned short b_DI_EN:1; /* Bit 7 : Data Interrupt Enable */
> > > + unsigned short b_NDSIZE:4; /* Bit 8 to 11 : Flex descriptor Size */
> > > + unsigned short b_FLOW:3; /* Bit 12 to 14 : FLOW */
> > > +};
> >
> > This is most likely not endianess safe.
>
> do we really need to care about this ? this is a driver for a MAC
> which can only be found on Blackfin processors and Blackfin itself is
> only little endian.
Well, this bitfield _might_ be OK (although I don't like bitfields
at all), but the above pointer casting stuff should really use
leXX_to_cpu. It's so easy to use and it is easier to read and
maintain the code afterwards.
i think that's arguable ... i dont see how:
a = foo(b);
is easier to read than:
a = b;
but it is easy to use ... i guess my point was more along the lines of
wasting further time auditing a driver for endianness issues that will
never actually be an issue.
-mike
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