[U-Boot] [PATCH] display_buffer: fix misaligned buffer

[Detlev Zundel <dzu@denx.de>]

Hi Reinhard,

> making the change to the union, I also realized that
>
> /* Copy from memory into linebuf and print hex values */
> for (i = 0; i < linelen; i++) {
> 	uint32_t x;
> 	if (width == 4)
> 		x = lb.u32[i] = *(volatile uint32_t *)data;
> 	else if (width == 2)
> 		x = lb.u16[i] = *(volatile uint16_t *)data;
> 	else
> 		x = lb.u8[i] = *(volatile uint8_t *)data;
> 	printf(" %0*x", width * 2, x);
> 	data += width;
> }
>
> is still a bit "ugly". What about:
>
> union data {
> 	u_int32_t *u32;
> 	u_int16_t *u16;
> 	u_int8_t *u8;
> 	void *v;
> } dp;
> dp.v = data;
>
> then:
>
> /* Copy from memory into linebuf and print hex values */
> for (i = 0; i < linelen; i++) {
> 	if (width == 4)
> 		x = lb.u32[i] = *(dp.u32)++;
> 	else if (width == 2)
> 		x = lb.u16[i] = *(dp.u16)++;
> 	else
> 		x = lb.u8[i] = *(dp.u8)++;
> 	printf(" %0*x", width * 2, x);
> }

If this works then I have to admit, I like what I see :)

> optionally calling printf inside the if:
>
> /* Copy from memory into linebuf and print hex values */
> for (i = 0; i < linelen; i++) {
> 	if (width == 4)
> 		printf(" %08x", lb.u32[i] = *(dp.u32)++);
> 	else if (width == 2)
> 		printf(" %04x", lb.u16[i] = *(dp.u16)++);
> 	else
> 		printf(" %02x", lb.u8[i] = *(dp.u8)++);
> }

Yes, this may speedup the printf also (ok, not much, but hey).

> maybe it would even be more effective to swap for and if:
>
> /* Copy from memory into linebuf and print hex values */
> if (width == 4) {
> 	for (i = 0; i < linelen; i++)
> 		printf(" %08x", lb.u32[i] = *(dp.u32)++);
> } else if (width == 2) {
> 	for (i = 0; i < linelen; i++)
> 		printf(" %04x", lb.u16[i] = *(dp.u16)++);
> } else {
> 	for (i = 0; i < linelen; i++)
> 		printf(" %02x", lb.u8[i] = *(dp.u8)++);
> }

No, please don't, but why not do a switch on width?

> Of course, all is purely cosmetic ;)

Well this time my signature is in order :)

Cheers
  Detlev

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