Re: [PATCH] drivers/block/xsysace - replace in(out)_8/in(out)_be16/in(out)_le16with generic iowrite(read)8/16(be)

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Feb 06 2013 - 14:53:03 EST


On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> One question regarding to asm-generic/io.h about iowrite16be implementation
>
> #define iowrite16be(v, addr) iowrite16(be16_to_cpu(v), (addr))
> #define iowrite16(v, addr) writew((v), (addr))
> #define writew(b,addr) __raw_writew(__cpu_to_le16(b),addr)
>
> static inline void __raw_writew(u16 b, volatile void __iomem *addr)
> {
> *(volatile u16 __force *) addr = b;
> }
>
> How is this suppose to work on Big Endian?
> be16_to_cpu(v) is (v)
> and
> __cpu_to_le16(b) is swab16(v)

Yes.

> On little
> be16_to_cpu(v) is swab16(v)

Yes.

> and
> __cpu_to_le16(swab(b)) is swab16(v)

???

Don't you mean "__cpu_to_le16(b) is (b)"?

> What I would expect is
> #define iowrite16be(v, addr) __raw_writew(__cpu_to_be16(v), addr)

Indeed, it should be "__cpu_to_be16(v)" instead of "be16_to_cpu(v)".

Same for iowrite32be().

> on Big endian:
> __cpu_to_be16(v) is (v)
> on Little endian:
> __cpu_to_be16(v) is swab(v)
>
> What am I missing here?

But as both conversions are identical (just swapping 2 bytes), It Just Works.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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