[U-Boot] [PATCH v4 1/3] net: designware: fix descriptor layout and warnings on 64-bit archs

[Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>]

On 04/17/2016 09:48 AM, Beniamino Galvani wrote:
> All members of the DMA descriptor must be 32-bit, even on 64-bit
> architectures: change the type to u32 to ensure this. Also, fix
> other warnings.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Beniamino Galvani <b.galvani@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/designware.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
>  drivers/net/designware.h |  4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/designware.c b/drivers/net/designware.c
> index ca58f34..2eda461 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/designware.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/designware.c
> @@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ static void tx_descs_init(struct dw_eth_dev *priv)
>  
>  	for (idx = 0; idx < CONFIG_TX_DESCR_NUM; idx++) {
>  		desc_p = &desc_table_p[idx];
> -		desc_p->dmamac_addr = &txbuffs[idx * CONFIG_ETH_BUFSIZE];
> -		desc_p->dmamac_next = &desc_table_p[idx + 1];
> +		desc_p->dmamac_addr = (ulong)&txbuffs[idx * CONFIG_ETH_BUFSIZE];
> +		desc_p->dmamac_next = (ulong)&desc_table_p[idx + 1];

Why don't you use u32 instead of ulong ? The u32 is well defined.
DTTO all over the place.

btw just curious, but what will happen if the descriptors get allocated
in area above 4GiB ? Will the code silently corrupt memory by discarding
the top bits in the descriptor pointer?

[...]

> diff --git a/drivers/net/designware.h b/drivers/net/designware.h
> index ed6344c..d48df7b 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/designware.h
> +++ b/drivers/net/designware.h
> @@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ struct eth_dma_regs {
>  struct dmamacdescr {
>  	u32 txrx_status;
>  	u32 dmamac_cntl;
> -	void *dmamac_addr;
> -	struct dmamacdescr *dmamac_next;
> +	u32 dmamac_addr;
> +	u32 dmamac_next;
>  } __aligned(ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN);
>  
>  /*
> 


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Best regards,
Marek Vasut