[PATCH net-next v2 2/4] NTB: ntb_transport: Use little-endian shared fields
From: Koichiro Den
Date: Mon Aug 17 2026 - 02:51:34 EST
ntb_transport writes payload headers and the RX ring tail with
iowrite32(), but reads peer-written copies from coherent memory as native
integers. The values are therefore byte-swapped when read on a big-endian
system.
Mark the shared fields as __le32 and convert coherent-memory accesses
accordingly.
Fixes: 74465645cdb4 ("NTB: Fix Sparse Warnings")
Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260815032932.151F11F000E9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Koichiro Den <den@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- New patch. (Sashiko)
drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
index d458a8b1de11..967a5ad38164 100644
--- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ struct ntb_queue_entry {
};
struct ntb_rx_info {
- unsigned int entry;
+ __le32 entry;
};
struct ntb_transport_qp {
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ enum {
};
struct ntb_payload_header {
- unsigned int ver;
- unsigned int len;
- unsigned int flags;
+ __le32 ver;
+ __le32 len;
+ __le32 flags;
};
enum {
@@ -514,7 +514,8 @@ static int ntb_qp_debugfs_stats_show(struct seq_file *s, void *v)
seq_printf(s, "tx_err_no_buf - %llu\n", qp->tx_err_no_buf);
seq_printf(s, "tx_mw - \t0x%p\n", qp->tx_mw);
seq_printf(s, "tx_index (H) - \t%u\n", qp->tx_index);
- seq_printf(s, "RRI (T) - \t%u\n", qp->remote_rx_info->entry);
+ seq_printf(s, "RRI (T) - \t%u\n",
+ le32_to_cpu(qp->remote_rx_info->entry));
seq_printf(s, "tx_max_entry - \t%u\n", qp->tx_max_entry);
seq_printf(s, "free tx - \t%u\n", ntb_transport_tx_free_entry(qp));
seq_putc(s, '\n');
@@ -633,7 +634,7 @@ static int ntb_transport_setup_qp_mw(struct ntb_transport_ctx *nt,
qp->rx_alloc_entry++;
}
- qp->remote_rx_info->entry = qp->rx_max_entry - 1;
+ qp->remote_rx_info->entry = cpu_to_le32(qp->rx_max_entry - 1);
/* setup the hdr offsets with 0's */
for (i = 0; i < qp->rx_max_entry; i++) {
@@ -919,7 +920,7 @@ static void ntb_qp_link_down_reset(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
{
ntb_qp_link_context_reset(qp);
if (qp->remote_rx_info)
- qp->remote_rx_info->entry = qp->rx_max_entry - 1;
+ qp->remote_rx_info->entry = cpu_to_le32(qp->rx_max_entry - 1);
}
static void ntb_qp_link_cleanup(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
@@ -1445,7 +1446,7 @@ static void ntb_complete_rxc(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
if (!(entry->flags & DESC_DONE_FLAG))
break;
- entry->rx_hdr->flags = 0;
+ entry->rx_hdr->flags = cpu_to_le32(0);
iowrite32(entry->rx_index, &qp->rx_info->entry);
cb_data = entry->cb_data;
@@ -1609,13 +1610,15 @@ static int ntb_process_rxc(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
{
struct ntb_payload_header *hdr;
struct ntb_queue_entry *entry;
- unsigned int flags;
void *offset;
+ u32 flags;
+ u32 len;
+ u32 ver;
offset = qp->rx_buff + qp->rx_max_frame * qp->rx_index;
hdr = offset + qp->rx_max_frame - sizeof(struct ntb_payload_header);
- flags = READ_ONCE(hdr->flags);
+ flags = le32_to_cpu(READ_ONCE(hdr->flags));
if (!(flags & DESC_DONE_FLAG)) {
dev_dbg(&qp->ndev->pdev->dev, "done flag not set\n");
qp->rx_ring_empty++;
@@ -1623,21 +1626,23 @@ static int ntb_process_rxc(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
}
dma_rmb();
+ ver = le32_to_cpu(hdr->ver);
+ len = le32_to_cpu(hdr->len);
dev_dbg(&qp->ndev->pdev->dev, "qp %d: RX ver %u len %d flags %x\n",
- qp->qp_num, hdr->ver, hdr->len, flags);
+ qp->qp_num, ver, len, flags);
if (flags & LINK_DOWN_FLAG) {
dev_dbg(&qp->ndev->pdev->dev, "link down flag set\n");
ntb_qp_link_down(qp);
- hdr->flags = 0;
+ hdr->flags = cpu_to_le32(0);
return -EAGAIN;
}
- if (hdr->ver != (u32)qp->rx_pkts) {
+ if (ver != (u32)qp->rx_pkts) {
dev_dbg(&qp->ndev->pdev->dev,
"version mismatch, expected %llu - got %u\n",
- qp->rx_pkts, hdr->ver);
+ qp->rx_pkts, ver);
qp->rx_err_ver++;
return -EIO;
}
@@ -1652,10 +1657,10 @@ static int ntb_process_rxc(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
entry->rx_hdr = hdr;
entry->rx_index = qp->rx_index;
- if (hdr->len > entry->len) {
+ if (len > entry->len) {
dev_dbg(&qp->ndev->pdev->dev,
"receive buffer overflow! Wanted %d got %d\n",
- hdr->len, entry->len);
+ len, entry->len);
qp->rx_err_oflow++;
entry->len = -EIO;
@@ -1665,12 +1670,12 @@ static int ntb_process_rxc(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
} else {
dev_dbg(&qp->ndev->pdev->dev,
"RX OK index %u ver %u size %d into buf size %d\n",
- qp->rx_index, hdr->ver, hdr->len, entry->len);
+ qp->rx_index, ver, len, entry->len);
- qp->rx_bytes += hdr->len;
+ qp->rx_bytes += len;
qp->rx_pkts++;
- entry->len = hdr->len;
+ entry->len = len;
ntb_async_rx(entry, offset);
}
@@ -2492,7 +2497,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ntb_transport_max_size);
unsigned int ntb_transport_tx_free_entry(struct ntb_transport_qp *qp)
{
unsigned int head = qp->tx_index;
- unsigned int tail = qp->remote_rx_info->entry;
+ unsigned int tail;
+
+ tail = le32_to_cpu(READ_ONCE(qp->remote_rx_info->entry));
return tail >= head ? tail - head : qp->tx_max_entry + tail - head;
}
--
2.51.0