Re: [PATCH 1/4] rtw88: Add packed attribute to the eFuse structs

[Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>]

Hi Ping-Ke, Hi David,

On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 2:09 PM Ping-Ke Shih <pkshih@realtek.com> wrote:
[...]
> Yes, it should not use bit filed. Instead, use a __le16 for all fields, such as
I think this can be done in a separate patch.
My v2 of this patch has reduced these changes to a minimum, see [0]

[...]
> struct rtw8821ce_efuse {
>    ...
>    u8 data1;       // offset 0x100
>    __le16 data2;   // offset 0x101-0x102
>    ...
> } __packed;
>
> Without __packed, compiler could has pad between data1 and data2,
> and then get wrong result.
My understanding is that this is the reason why we need __packed.

So my idea for the next steps is:
- I will send a v3 of my series but change the wording in the commit
description so it only mentions padding (but dropping the re-ordering
part)
- maybe Ping-Ke or his team can send a patch to fix the endian/bit
field problem in the PCIe eFuse structs
- (I'll keep working on SDIO support)

Does this make sense to both of you?


Best regards,
Martin


[0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-wireless/20221229124845.1155429-2-martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com/