Re: [PATCH v1 3/3] spi: xilinx: Make num_chipselect 8-bit in the struct xspi_platform_data

From: Michal Simek
Date: Fri Mar 08 2024 - 09:01:33 EST




On 3/8/24 14:55, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
On Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 02:48:04PM +0100, Michal Simek wrote:
On 3/8/24 14:31, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
On Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 09:20:23AM +0100, Michal Simek wrote:
On 3/7/24 16:43, Andy Shevchenko wrote:

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struct xspi_platform_data {
- u16 num_chipselect;
- u8 bits_per_word;
- struct spi_board_info *devices;
- u8 num_devices;
bool force_irq;
+ u8 num_chipselect;
+ u8 bits_per_word;
+ u8 num_devices;

all above have 32bits. It means on 64bit cpu you have 32bit gap here.

+ struct spi_board_info *devices;

On all architectures? I mean do all 64-bit architecture ABIs _require_
the pointer to be aligned at 8-byte boundary? Even if so, the struct
itself can be aligned on 4-byte boundary.

I am not able to tell if toolchain enforce 8byte alignment by default/by
setup on all 64bit systems.
I am using pahole to check this which was recommended by Greg in past which
reports gap in the middle.

I see, thanks for explanation.

Yes, it's likely that in some cases it will be a gap on 64-bit platforms, but
after this patch no gap on 32-bit. Do you still want me to reshuffle that as
you suggested?

Yes I would prefer to do that change when you are doing cleanup.

M