Re: [PATCH v8 03/15] wlcore: simplify/fix/optimize reg_ch_conf_pending operations
From: Kalle Valo
Date: Thu Apr 25 2019 - 13:12:35 EST
Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Bitmaps are defined on unsigned longs, so the usage of u32[2] in the
> wlcore driver is incorrect. As noted by Peter Zijlstra, casting arrays
> to a bitmap is incorrect for big-endian architectures.
>
> When looking at it I observed that:
>
> - operations on reg_ch_conf_pending is always under the wl_lock mutex,
> so set_bit is overkill
>
> - the only case where reg_ch_conf_pending is accessed a u32 at a time is
> unnecessary too.
>
> This patch cleans up everything in this area, and changes tmp_ch_bitmap
> to have the proper alignment.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
147b502bda33 wlcore: simplify/fix/optimize reg_ch_conf_pending operations
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10915635/
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