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From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: benh@kernel.crashing.org
Cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	tpiepho@freescale.com, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org,
	scottwood@freescale.com,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: MMIO and gcc re-ordering issue
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 09:10:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200805290910.07207.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1211926779.3286.104.camel@pasglop>

On Wednesday 28 May 2008, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 14:55 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 28 May 2008, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > 
> > > A problem with __raw_ though is that they -also- don't do byteswap,
> > 
> > Well, that's why there is __readl() and __raw_readl(), no?
> 
> As I replied to somebody else, __readl() is news to me :-) we dont' have
> those on powerpc.
> 

It's not exactly a well-established interface. Only five architectures
define these functions, and there is not a single user in the kernel
source outside of these architecture's io.h files.

	Arnd <><

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
To: benh@kernel.crashing.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, scottwood@freescale.com,
	linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tpiepho@freescale.com
Subject: Re: MMIO and gcc re-ordering issue
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 09:10:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200805290910.07207.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
Message-ID: <20080529071006.DF2CEgOzNlNGXOyL6Xa4eMtg6S8IM60zqgfIaYFRO04@z> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1211926779.3286.104.camel@pasglop>

On Wednesday 28 May 2008, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 14:55 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, 28 May 2008, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> > > 
> > > A problem with __raw_ though is that they -also- don't do byteswap,
> > 
> > Well, that's why there is __readl() and __raw_readl(), no?
> 
> As I replied to somebody else, __readl() is news to me :-) we dont' have
> those on powerpc.
> 

It's not exactly a well-established interface. Only five architectures
define these functions, and there is not a single user in the kernel
source outside of these architecture's io.h files.

	Arnd <><

  reply	other threads:[~2008-05-29  7:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 148+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found] ` <20080520.153947.84346222.davem@davemloft.net>
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     [not found]     ` <20080520.155326.195407196.davem@davemloft.net>
     [not found]       ` <1211516683.8297.271.camel@pasglop>
     [not found]         ` <Pine.LNX.4.64.0805221553400.8205@t2.domain.actdsltmp>
2008-05-27  1:33           ` MMIO and gcc re-ordering issue Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-27  1:40             ` David Miller
2008-05-27  2:15               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-27  2:28                 ` David Miller
2008-05-27  3:39                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-27 15:35                     ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-27 15:35                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-27 16:47                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-27 17:31                         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-06-02 10:36                           ` Ingo Molnar
2008-06-02 21:53                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-27 21:12                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-27 18:23                       ` Trent Piepho
2008-05-27 18:33                         ` Scott Wood
2008-05-27 21:10                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-27 21:30                         ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-27 21:38                           ` Alan Cox
2008-05-27 21:53                             ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-27 21:46                               ` Alan Cox
2008-05-27 22:02                               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-27 21:59                             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-27 21:38                           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-27 21:42                             ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-05-27 22:17                               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-28  8:36                                 ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2008-05-29 11:05                                   ` Pantelis Antoniou
2008-05-30  1:13                                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-30  6:07                                     ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2008-05-30  7:24                                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-30  8:27                                         ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2008-05-30  9:22                                           ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-06-02  8:11                                             ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2008-06-02 15:48                                               ` Scott Wood
2008-06-03  7:46                                                 ` Haavard Skinnemoen
2008-06-04 15:31                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-27 21:55                             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-05-27 22:19                               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-29  7:10                                 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2008-05-29  7:10                                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2008-05-29 10:46                                   ` Alan Cox
2008-06-02  7:24                               ` Russell King
2008-06-02  7:24                                 ` Russell King
2008-06-03  4:16                                 ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-03  4:16                                   ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-03  4:32                                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-06-03  6:11                                     ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-03  6:48                                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-06-03  6:53                                       ` Paul Mackerras
2008-06-03  7:18                                         ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-03  7:18                                           ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-03 14:47                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-06-03 18:47                                     ` Trent Piepho
2008-06-03 18:55                                       ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-06-03 19:57                                         ` Trent Piepho
2008-06-03 21:35                                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-06-03 21:58                                             ` Trent Piepho
2008-06-04  2:00                                               ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-03 19:07                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2008-06-04  2:05                                         ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-04  2:46                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2008-06-04 11:47                                             ` Alan Cox
2008-06-04 11:47                                               ` Alan Cox
2008-06-10  6:56                                         ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-10 17:41                                           ` Jesse Barnes
2008-06-10 18:10                                             ` James Bottomley
2008-06-10 19:05                                               ` Roland Dreier
2008-06-10 19:19                                                 ` Jesse Barnes
2008-06-11  3:29                                                   ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-11  3:29                                                     ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-11  3:40                                                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-06-11  4:06                                                       ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-11 16:07                                                     ` Jesse Barnes
2008-06-11 16:07                                                       ` Jesse Barnes
2008-06-12 11:27                                                       ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-11  4:18                                           ` Paul Mackerras
2008-06-11  5:00                                             ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-11  5:13                                               ` Paul Mackerras
2008-06-11  5:35                                                 ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-11  6:02                                                   ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-12 12:14                                                   ` Paul Mackerras
2008-06-12 13:08                                                     ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-11 14:46                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-06-11  5:20                                           ` Paul Mackerras
2008-06-11  5:20                                             ` Paul Mackerras
2008-06-04  2:19                                     ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-03 19:43                                   ` Trent Piepho
2008-06-03 21:33                                     ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-06-03 21:44                                       ` Trent Piepho
2008-06-04  2:25                                         ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-04  2:25                                           ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-04  6:39                                           ` Trent Piepho
2008-06-03 22:26                                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-27  3:42                   ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-05-27  4:08                     ` Roland Dreier
2008-05-27  4:20                       ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-05-27  7:08                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-27  7:08                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-27 15:50                       ` Roland Dreier
2008-05-27 16:37                         ` James Bottomley
2008-05-27 17:38                           ` Roland Dreier
2008-05-27 17:53                             ` James Bottomley
2008-05-27 18:07                               ` Roland Dreier
2008-05-27 18:17                                 ` Roland Dreier
2008-05-27 21:23                                 ` Chris Friesen
2008-05-27 21:23                                   ` Chris Friesen
2008-05-27 21:29                                   ` Roland Dreier
2008-05-27 23:04                                   ` Paul Mackerras
2008-05-27 21:11                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-27 21:33                           ` Roland Dreier
2008-05-27 22:13                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-27 22:39                               ` Roland Dreier
2008-05-29 14:47                             ` Jes Sorensen
2008-05-29 15:01                               ` James Bottomley
2008-05-30  9:36                                 ` Jes Sorensen
2008-05-30 17:21                                   ` Jesse Barnes
2008-05-30 17:21                                     ` Jesse Barnes
2008-05-31  7:57                                     ` Jeremy Higdon
2008-05-29 21:40                               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-29 21:48                                 ` Trent Piepho
2008-05-29 22:05                                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-30  1:53                                     ` Trent Piepho
2008-05-29 21:53                                 ` Jesse Barnes
2008-05-29 21:53                                   ` Jesse Barnes
2008-05-30  9:39                                   ` Jes Sorensen
2008-05-30  9:48                                 ` Jes Sorensen
2008-05-31  8:14                                   ` Pavel Machek
2008-06-02  9:48                                     ` Jes Sorensen
2008-05-29 22:06                               ` Roland Dreier
2008-05-29 22:25                                 ` Trent Piepho
2008-05-29 22:25                                   ` Trent Piepho
2008-05-30  3:56                                   ` Paul Mackerras
2008-05-31  7:52                               ` Jeremy Higdon
2008-06-02  9:56                                 ` Jes Sorensen
2008-06-02 21:02                                   ` Jeremy Higdon
2008-06-03  4:33                                   ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-03  8:15                                     ` Jeremy Higdon
2008-06-03  8:15                                       ` Jeremy Higdon
2008-06-03  8:19                                       ` Nick Piggin
2008-06-03  8:45                                         ` Jeremy Higdon
2008-06-03 16:52                                     ` Jesse Barnes
2008-06-03 16:52                                       ` Jesse Barnes
2008-06-05  8:40                                       ` Jes Sorensen
2008-06-05  8:43                                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-06-12 15:07                                           ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-06-13  0:07                                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2008-05-31  8:04                         ` Pavel Machek
2008-05-27  8:24                   ` Alan Cox
2008-05-27 15:28             ` Jonathan Corbet

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