Re: [PATCH v11 3/3] spi: dw: Round of n_bytes to power of 2

[Andy Shevchenko]

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 10:47:45AM +0000, Joy Chakraborty wrote:
> n_bytes variable in the driver represents the number of bytes per word
> that needs to be sent/copied to fifo. Bits/word can be between 8 and 32

FIFO

> bits from the client but in memory they are a power of 2, same is mentioned
> in spi.h header:

> "

Just a blank line is enough here.

>  * @bits_per_word: Data transfers involve one or more words; word sizes
>  *      like eight or 12 bits are common.  In-memory wordsizes are
>  *      powers of two bytes (e.g. 20 bit samples use 32 bits).
>  *      This may be changed by the device's driver, or left at the
>  *      default (0) indicating protocol words are eight bit bytes.
>  *      The spi_transfer.bits_per_word can override this for each transfer.
> "

And here.

> Hence, round of n_bytes to a power of 2 to avoid values like 3 which
> would generate unalligned/odd accesses to memory/fifo.

FIFO

> Fixes: a51acc2400d4 ("spi: dw: Add support for 32-bits max xfer size")
> Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Joy Chakraborty <joychakr@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx>

> * tested on Baikal-T1 based system with DW SPI-looped back interface
> transferring a chunk of data with DFS:8,12,16.

This shouldn't be here. It's not a tag.

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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko