[PATCH 1/3] dmaengine: at_xdmac: align descriptors on 64 bits

From: Ludovic Desroches
Date: Thu May 12 2016 - 10:53:53 EST


Having descriptors aligned on 64 bits allows update CNDA and CUBC in an
atomic way.

Signed-off-by: Ludovic Desroches <ludovic.desroches@xxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: e1f7c9eee707 ("dmaengine: at_xdmac: creation of the atmel
eXtended DMA Controller driver")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx #v4.1 and later
---
drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c b/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c
index 8e304b1..ba9b0b7 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/at_xdmac.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ struct at_xdmac_lld {
u32 mbr_dus; /* Destination Microblock Stride Register */
};

-
+/* 64-bit alignment needed to update CNDA and CUBC registers in an atomic way. */
struct at_xdmac_desc {
struct at_xdmac_lld lld;
enum dma_transfer_direction direction;
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ struct at_xdmac_desc {
unsigned int xfer_size;
struct list_head descs_list;
struct list_head xfer_node;
-};
+} __aligned(sizeof(u64));

static inline void __iomem *at_xdmac_chan_reg_base(struct at_xdmac *atxdmac, unsigned int chan_nb)
{
--
2.5.0