RE: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v7,net-next,04/13] drivers: crypto: add Marvell OcteonTX2 CPT PF driver

Srujana Challa
2020-10-15T12:02:32Z

> Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v7,net-next,04/13] drivers: crypto: add Marvell
> OcteonTX2 CPT PF driver
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> On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 16:27:10 +0530 Srujana Challa wrote:
> > +union otx2_cptx_lf_misc_int {
> > + u64 u;
> > + struct otx2_cptx_lf_misc_int_s {
> > + u64 reserved_0:1;
> > + u64 nqerr:1;
> > + u64 irde:1;
> > + u64 nwrp:1;
> > + u64 reserved_4:1;
> > + u64 hwerr:1;
> > + u64 fault:1;
> > + u64 reserved_7_63:57;
> > + } s;
> > +};
>
> AFAIK bitfields don't jive with endianness, please don't use them.
> The Linux kernel is supposed to work regardless of host CPU endian.
These are hardware specific defines. OcteonTX2 SOC and we don't intend
to support BIG endian.