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[PATCH] staging: r8723au: This patch tries to fix some byte order issues that is found by sparse check.

Started byJandy Gou <qingsong.gou@ck-telecom.com>
First post2016-03-17 09:20 +0100
Last post2016-03-17 15:40 +0100
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  [PATCH] staging: r8723au: This patch tries to fix some byte order issues that is found by sparse check. Jandy Gou <qingsong.gou@ck-telecom.com> - 2016-03-17 09:20 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] staging: r8723au: This patch tries to fix some byte order  issues that is found by sparse check. Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 10:20 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] staging: r8723au: This patch tries to fix some byte order issues that is found by sparse check. Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> - 2016-03-17 15:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] staging: r8723au: This patch tries to fix some byte order issues that is found by sparse check. Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com> - 2016-03-17 15:40 +0100

#1359621 — [PATCH] staging: r8723au: This patch tries to fix some byte order issues that is found by sparse check.

FromJandy Gou <qingsong.gou@ck-telecom.com>
Date2016-03-17 09:20 +0100
Subject[PATCH] staging: r8723au: This patch tries to fix some byte order issues that is found by sparse check.
Message-ID<rdBjY-4LR-7@gated-at.bofh.it>
make C=1 M=drivers/staging/rtl8723au/

drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c:96:38: warning: cast to
restricted __le16
drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c:100:27: warning: cast to
restricted __le32

Signed-off-by: Jandy Gou <qingsong.gou@ck-telecom.com>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c
index 1662c03c..d82fd8a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ int FillH2CCmd(struct rtw_adapter *padapter, u8 ElementID, u32 CmdLen,
 
 		if (h2c_cmd & BIT(7)) {
 			msgbox_ex_addr = REG_HMEBOX_EXT_0 + (h2c_box_num * EX_MESSAGE_BOX_SIZE);
-			h2c_cmd_ex = le16_to_cpu(h2c_cmd_ex);
+			le16_to_cpus(&h2c_cmd_ex);
 			rtl8723au_write16(padapter, msgbox_ex_addr, h2c_cmd_ex);
 		}
 		msgbox_addr = REG_HMEBOX_0 + (h2c_box_num * MESSAGE_BOX_SIZE);
-		h2c_cmd = le32_to_cpu(h2c_cmd);
+		le32_to_cpus(&h2c_cmd);
 		rtl8723au_write32(padapter, msgbox_addr, h2c_cmd);
 
 		bcmd_down = true;
-- 
1.9.1

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#1359649 — Re: [PATCH] staging: r8723au: This patch tries to fix some byte order issues that is found by sparse check.

FromJulian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com>
Date2016-03-17 10:20 +0100
SubjectRe: [PATCH] staging: r8723au: This patch tries to fix some byte order issues that is found by sparse check.
Message-ID<rdCg3-5qo-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1359621
Hi Jandy,

On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Jandy Gou <qingsong.gou@ck-telecom.com> wrote:
> make C=1 M=drivers/staging/rtl8723au/
>
> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c:96:38: warning: cast to
> restricted __le16
> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c:100:27: warning: cast to
> restricted __le32
>
> Signed-off-by: Jandy Gou <qingsong.gou@ck-telecom.com>

I'm not sure your change is correct. Perhaps you should add temporary
variables for h2c_cmd_ex and h2c_cmd while they're cpu-endian?

Jes,

I'm pretty sure this isn't the first time this has come up. Do you
have any ideas for a solution? Or should we ignore this as this driver
will eventually be going away?

Thanks,

Julian Calaby

> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c
> index 1662c03c..d82fd8a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c
> @@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ int FillH2CCmd(struct rtw_adapter *padapter, u8 ElementID, u32 CmdLen,
>
>                 if (h2c_cmd & BIT(7)) {
>                         msgbox_ex_addr = REG_HMEBOX_EXT_0 + (h2c_box_num * EX_MESSAGE_BOX_SIZE);
> -                       h2c_cmd_ex = le16_to_cpu(h2c_cmd_ex);
> +                       le16_to_cpus(&h2c_cmd_ex);
>                         rtl8723au_write16(padapter, msgbox_ex_addr, h2c_cmd_ex);
>                 }
>                 msgbox_addr = REG_HMEBOX_0 + (h2c_box_num * MESSAGE_BOX_SIZE);
> -               h2c_cmd = le32_to_cpu(h2c_cmd);
> +               le32_to_cpus(&h2c_cmd);
>                 rtl8723au_write32(padapter, msgbox_addr, h2c_cmd);
>
>                 bcmd_down = true;
> --
> 1.9.1
>
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#1359917

FromJes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
Date2016-03-17 15:50 +0100
Message-ID<rdHpn-di-5@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1359649
Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi Jandy,
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2016 at 7:03 PM, Jandy Gou <qingsong.gou@ck-telecom.com> wrote:
>> make C=1 M=drivers/staging/rtl8723au/
>>
>> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c:96:38: warning: cast to
>> restricted __le16
>> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c:100:27: warning: cast to
>> restricted __le32
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jandy Gou <qingsong.gou@ck-telecom.com>
>
> I'm not sure your change is correct. Perhaps you should add temporary
> variables for h2c_cmd_ex and h2c_cmd while they're cpu-endian?
>
> Jes,
>
> I'm pretty sure this isn't the first time this has come up. Do you
> have any ideas for a solution? Or should we ignore this as this driver
> will eventually be going away?

Temp variables as you suggest would be a clean way to accomplish this.

Technically this might work, but esthetically this is so gross I wish I
had never seen it. There is a reason why we have the byteorder specific
types, and le{16,32}_to_cpus() violates that.

I am surprised we still have these macros around, tbh I didn't even know
they existed. A quick search for le16_to_cpus() shows that it's really
very old drivers and some more recent Intel Ethernet drivers that use
them - maybe this would be a good time to get rid of them completely.

Cheers,
Jes

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#1359911

FromJes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@redhat.com>
Date2016-03-17 15:40 +0100
Message-ID<rdHfH-9X-1@gated-at.bofh.it>
In reply to#1359621
Jandy Gou <qingsong.gou@ck-telecom.com> writes:
> make C=1 M=drivers/staging/rtl8723au/
>
> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c:96:38: warning: cast to
> restricted __le16
> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c:100:27: warning: cast to
> restricted __le32
>
> Signed-off-by: Jandy Gou <qingsong.gou@ck-telecom.com>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c
> index 1662c03c..d82fd8a 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_cmd.c
> @@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ int FillH2CCmd(struct rtw_adapter *padapter, u8 ElementID, u32 CmdLen,
>  
>  		if (h2c_cmd & BIT(7)) {
>  			msgbox_ex_addr = REG_HMEBOX_EXT_0 + (h2c_box_num * EX_MESSAGE_BOX_SIZE);
> -			h2c_cmd_ex = le16_to_cpu(h2c_cmd_ex);
> +			le16_to_cpus(&h2c_cmd_ex);
>  			rtl8723au_write16(padapter, msgbox_ex_addr, h2c_cmd_ex);
>  		}
>  		msgbox_addr = REG_HMEBOX_0 + (h2c_box_num * MESSAGE_BOX_SIZE);
> -		h2c_cmd = le32_to_cpu(h2c_cmd);
> +		le32_to_cpus(&h2c_cmd);
>  		rtl8723au_write32(padapter, msgbox_addr, h2c_cmd);

Please do *not* use le{16,32}_to_cpus() that is so gross it's hard to
even put words on it. Use a temp variable of the correct type instead.

NAK

Jes

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