Re: [PATCH -next] i2c: designware: Fix improper usage of readl

[Jan Dąbroś]

wt., 1 mar 2022 o 16:16 Wolfram Sang <wsa@xxxxxxxxxx> napisał(a):
>
> On Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 02:33:48PM +0100, Jan Dabros wrote:
> > Kernel test robot reported incorrect type in argument 1 of readl(), but
> > more importantly it brought attention that MMIO accessor shouldn't be
> > used in this case, since req->hdr.status is part of a command-response
> > buffer in system memory.
> >
> > Since its value may be altered by PSP outside of the scope of current
> > thread (somehow similar to IRQ handler case), we need to use
> > READ_ONCE() to ensure compiler won't optimize this call.
> >
> > Fix also 'status' variable type to reflect that corresponding field in
> > command-response buffer is platform-independent u32.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jan Dabros <jsd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Applied to for-next, thanks!

Thanks!

> Jan, I wonder if you want to be the maintainer for this driver? If you'd
> like, then please send me the patch adding you to MAINTAINERS. So, you
> will get notified if people want to enhance this driver.

So actually I've already added myself as a R:eviewer for
i2c-designware-* files in one of the previous patches with the purpose
of reviewing code touching this driver. This makes sense since I can
also test modifications on my device.

Best Regards,
Jan