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From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Jakub Kicinski <jakub.kicinski@netronome.com>
Cc: Esben Haabendal <esben@geanix.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Michal Simek <michal.simek@xilinx.com>,
	Yang Wei <yang.wei9@zte.com.cn>,
	YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>,
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/12] net: ll_temac: Fix support for 64-bit platforms
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 22:59:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190426205912.GI4041@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190426114013.333e62c8@cakuba.netronome.com>

On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 11:40:13AM -0700, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 09:32:22 +0200, Esben Haabendal wrote:
> > The use of buffer descriptor APP4 field (32-bit) for storing skb pointer
> > obviously does not work on 64-bit platforms.
> > As APP3 is also unused, we can use that to store the other half of 64-bit
> > pointer values.
> > 
> > Contrary to what is hinted at in commit message of commit 15bfe05c8d63
> > ("net: ethernet: xilinx: Mark XILINX_LL_TEMAC broken on 64-bit")
> > there are no other pointers stored in cdmac_bd.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Esben Haabendal <esben@geanix.com>
> 
> This is a bit strange, the driver stores the host's virtual address into
> the HW descriptor?

Hi Jukub

This is reasonably common. You need some sort of cookie which links
the hardware descriptor to the skbuf it points to. The hardware makes
no use of it, it is just a cookie.

    Andrew

  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-26 20:59 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-04-26  7:32 [PATCH 00/12] net: ll_temac: x86_64 support Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26  7:32 ` [PATCH 01/12] net: ll_temac: Fix and simplify error handling by using devres functions Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26  7:32 ` [PATCH 02/12] net: ll_temac: Extend support to non-device-tree platforms Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26 13:58   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-26  7:32 ` [PATCH 03/12] net: ll_temac: Fix support for 64-bit platforms Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26 18:40   ` Jakub Kicinski
2019-04-26 20:59     ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2019-04-26 21:08       ` Jakub Kicinski
2019-04-26 22:02         ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-26 22:30           ` Jakub Kicinski
2019-04-27  8:49             ` Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26  7:32 ` [PATCH 04/12] net: ll_temac: Add support for non-native register endianness Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26  7:32 ` [PATCH 05/12] net: ll_temac: Fix support for little-endian platforms Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26  7:32 ` [PATCH 06/12] net: ll_temac: Allow use on x86 platforms Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26 14:05   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-26  7:32 ` [PATCH 07/12] net: ll_temac: Support indirect_mutex share within TEMAC IP Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26 14:14   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-26  7:32 ` [PATCH 08/12] net: ll_temac: Fix iommu/swiotlb leak Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26 14:21   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-26 14:43     ` Robin Murphy
2019-04-26 15:37       ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-26  7:32 ` [PATCH 09/12] net: ll_temac: Fix bug causing buffer descriptor overrun Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26  7:32 ` [PATCH 10/12] net: ll_temac: Replace bad usage of msleep() with usleep_range() Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26 14:01   ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-26  7:32 ` [PATCH 11/12] net: ll_temac: Allow configuration of IRQ coalescing Esben Haabendal
2019-04-26  7:32 ` [PATCH 12/12] net: ll_temac: Enable DMA when ready, not before Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29  8:34 ` [PATCH 00/12] net: ll_temac: x86_64 support Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29  8:34   ` [PATCH 01/12] net: ll_temac: Fix and simplify error handling by using devres functions Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29  8:34   ` [PATCH 02/12] net: ll_temac: Extend support to non-device-tree platforms Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29  8:34   ` [PATCH 03/12] net: ll_temac: Fix support for 64-bit platforms Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29 22:06     ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-29  8:34   ` [PATCH 04/12] net: ll_temac: Add support for non-native register endianness Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29  8:34   ` [PATCH 05/12] net: ll_temac: Fix support for little-endian platforms Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29  8:34   ` [PATCH 06/12] net: ll_temac: Allow use on x86 platforms Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29 22:06     ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-29  8:34   ` [PATCH 07/12] net: ll_temac: Support indirect_mutex share within TEMAC IP Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29 22:12     ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-30  6:54       ` Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29  8:34   ` [PATCH 08/12] net: ll_temac: Fix iommu/swiotlb leak Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29  8:34   ` [PATCH 09/12] net: ll_temac: Fix bug causing buffer descriptor overrun Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29  8:34   ` [PATCH 10/12] net: ll_temac: Replace bad usage of msleep() with usleep_range() Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29  8:34   ` [PATCH 11/12] net: ll_temac: Allow configuration of IRQ coalescing Esben Haabendal
2019-04-29  8:34   ` [PATCH 12/12] net: ll_temac: Enable DMA when ready, not before Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30  7:17   ` [PATCH v3 00/12] net: ll_temac: x86_64 support Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30  7:17     ` [PATCH v3 01/12] net: ll_temac: Fix and simplify error handling by using devres functions Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30  7:17     ` [PATCH v3 02/12] net: ll_temac: Extend support to non-device-tree platforms Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30  7:17     ` [PATCH v3 03/12] net: ll_temac: Fix support for 64-bit platforms Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30  7:17     ` [PATCH v3 04/12] net: ll_temac: Add support for non-native register endianness Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30  7:17     ` [PATCH v3 05/12] net: ll_temac: Fix support for little-endian platforms Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30  7:17     ` [PATCH v3 06/12] net: ll_temac: Allow use on x86 platforms Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30  7:17     ` [PATCH v3 07/12] net: ll_temac: Support indirect_mutex share within TEMAC IP Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30 16:59       ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-30  7:17     ` [PATCH v3 08/12] net: ll_temac: Fix iommu/swiotlb leak Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30 17:00       ` Andrew Lunn
2019-04-30  7:17     ` [PATCH v3 09/12] net: ll_temac: Fix bug causing buffer descriptor overrun Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30  7:17     ` [PATCH v3 10/12] net: ll_temac: Replace bad usage of msleep() with usleep_range() Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30  7:17     ` [PATCH v3 11/12] net: ll_temac: Allow configuration of IRQ coalescing Esben Haabendal
2019-04-30  7:17     ` [PATCH v3 12/12] net: ll_temac: Enable DMA when ready, not before Esben Haabendal
2019-05-01 18:33     ` [PATCH v3 00/12] net: ll_temac: x86_64 support David Miller

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