[PATCH v10 05/10] mtd: intel-dg: align 64bit read and write

Raag Jadav raag.jadav at intel.com
Sat May 24 03:01:44 PDT 2025


On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 04:33:40PM +0300, Alexander Usyskin wrote:
> GSC NVM controller HW errors on quad access overlapping 1K border.
> Align 64bit read and write to avoid readq/writeq over 1K border.
> 
> Acked-by: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal at bootlin.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Usyskin <alexander.usyskin at intel.com>
> ---
>  drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_intel_dg.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_intel_dg.c b/drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_intel_dg.c
> index eedc0974bb5b..2f32ed311ffd 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_intel_dg.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/devices/mtd_intel_dg.c
> @@ -246,6 +246,24 @@ static ssize_t idg_write(struct intel_dg_nvm *nvm, u8 region,
>  		len_s -= to_shift;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!IS_ALIGNED(to, sizeof(u64)) &&
> +	    ((to ^ (to + len_s)) & GENMASK(31, 10))) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Workaround reads/writes across 1k-aligned addresses
> +		 * (start u32 before 1k, end u32 after)
> +		 * as this fails on hardware.

If there's a spec definition, we usually mention workarounds with
Wa_ID:platform so that they're easy to track. intel_workarounds.c
is good reference for it.

> +		 */
> +		u32 data;
> +
> +		memcpy(&data, &buf[0], sizeof(u32));
> +		idg_nvm_write32(nvm, to, data);
> +		if (idg_nvm_error(nvm))
> +			return -EIO;
> +		buf += sizeof(u32);
> +		to += sizeof(u32);
> +		len_s -= sizeof(u32);
> +	}
> +
>  	len8 = ALIGN_DOWN(len_s, sizeof(u64));
>  	for (i = 0; i < len8; i += sizeof(u64)) {
>  		u64 data;
> @@ -303,6 +321,23 @@ static ssize_t idg_read(struct intel_dg_nvm *nvm, u8 region,
>  		from += from_shift;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (!IS_ALIGNED(from, sizeof(u64)) &&
> +	    ((from ^ (from + len_s)) & GENMASK(31, 10))) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Workaround reads/writes across 1k-aligned addresses
> +		 * (start u32 before 1k, end u32 after)
> +		 * as this fails on hardware.
> +		 */
> +		u32 data = idg_nvm_read32(nvm, from);
> +
> +		if (idg_nvm_error(nvm))
> +			return -EIO;
> +		memcpy(&buf[0], &data, sizeof(data));
> +		len_s -= sizeof(u32);
> +		buf += sizeof(u32);
> +		from += sizeof(u32);
> +	}
> +
>  	len8 = ALIGN_DOWN(len_s, sizeof(u64));
>  	for (i = 0; i < len8; i += sizeof(u64)) {
>  		u64 data = idg_nvm_read64(nvm, from + i);
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 



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