[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/6] nand: denali: add Denali NAND driver for SPL

[Marek Vasut]

On Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 12:06:20 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Hi Marek,

Hi!

> On Fri, 4 Jul 2014 16:34:11 +0200
> 
> Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> > > +static void read_data_from_flash_mem(uint8_t *buf, int len)
> > > +{
> > > +	int i;
> > > +	uint32_t *buf32;
> > > +
> > > +	/* transfer the data from the flash */
> > > +	buf32 = (uint32_t *)buf;
> > > +	for (i = 0; i < len / 4; i++)
> > > +		*buf32++ = readl(denali_flash_mem + INDEX_DATA_REG);
> > 
> > Won't this trigger unaligned access if $buf is not aligned to 4-byte
> > boundary ?
> 
> Thanks for catching this.
> 
> Actually, it would seldom happen because the aligned load address is
> generally given.
> 
> But I will add a sanity check here in v2, just in case.

Or just use put_unaligned() ?

> > > +
> > > +	/* setup the pipeline command */
> > > +	index_addr(cmd, 0x2000 | page_count);
> > 
> > Magic value 0x2000 should be fixed here.
> 
> Actually, this part is the same as that of the normal Denali driver
> by Chin Liang See
> http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/357717/
> 
> Moreover, it is the same as in Linux Kernel.
> 
> I understand what you mean, but I guess we can excuse here.

OK, I see. Is there any chance to fix this in Linux maybe eventually?

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Best regards,
Marek Vasut