[PATCH v5 1/3] mtd: nand: gpmi: add gpmi_move_bits function

Huang Shijie shijie8 at gmail.com
Sun Nov 30 07:39:26 PST 2014


On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 09:55:00AM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> 
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2014 00:11:10 -0800
> Brian Norris <computersforpeace at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 05:57:08PM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote:
> > > On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:53:11 +0100 Boris Brezillon <boris.brezillon at free-electrons.com> wrote:
> > > > +/**
> > > > + * gpmi_move_bits - move bits from one memory region to another
> > > > + * @dst: destination buffer
> > > > + * @dst_bit_off: bit offset we're starting to write at
> > > > + * @src: source buffer
> > > > + * @src_bit_off: bit offset we're starting to read from
> > > > + * @nbits: number of bits to copy
> > > > + *
> > > > + * This functions copies bits from one memory region to another, and is used by
> > > > + * the GPMI driver to copy ECC sections which are not guaranteed to be byte
> > > > + * aligned.
> > > 
> > > I forgot to add that src and dst should not overlap, otherwise it won't
> > > work...
> > 
> > Hmm, normally that's implied for copy-like operations. But since you
> > named this function "move" (rather than "copy" or "cpy"), that's a
> > little less clear.
> 
> Indeed, that's a good point.
> 
> > 
> > Did you have a good reason for the "move" name? If not, maybe it's worth
> > changing.
> 
> No, I don't, and I'd prefer changing the name than implementing a non
> destructive move function.
> 
> I'll send a new version with this change.
Please add my tested-by.

Tested-by: Huang Shijie <shijie8 at gmail.com>



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