Re: [PATCH] vdpa/mlx5: Directly assign memory key

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Thu Feb 02 2023 - 12:33:09 EST


On Thu, Feb 02, 2023 at 02:57:18PM +0200, Eli Cohen wrote:
> When creating a memory key, the key value should be assigned to the
> passed pointer and not or'ed to.
>
> This fix has is required but had no real impact so far.

I don't get what this sentence says. Both grammar and general meaning
elude me.

> Fixes: 29064bfdabd5 ("vdpa/mlx5: Add support library for mlx5 VDPA implementation")
> Signed-off-by: Eli Cohen <elic@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/resources.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/resources.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/resources.c
> index 9800f9bec225..45ad41287a31 100644
> --- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/resources.c
> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/core/resources.c
> @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ int mlx5_vdpa_create_mkey(struct mlx5_vdpa_dev *mvdev, u32 *mkey, u32 *in,
> return err;
>
> mkey_index = MLX5_GET(create_mkey_out, lout, mkey_index);
> - *mkey |= mlx5_idx_to_mkey(mkey_index);
> + *mkey = mlx5_idx_to_mkey(mkey_index);
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> 2.38.1