[PATCH V3 3/4] ARM: Xilinx: base header files and assembly macros

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Thu Feb 17 09:41:11 EST 2011


On Thursday 17 February 2011, John Linn wrote:
> > > +
> > > +#define UART_FIFO_WRITE(base, value) \
> > > +   (*(volatile unsigned int *)((base) + UART_FIFO_OFFSET) =
> (value))
> > > +
> > > +#define UART_STATUS(base) \
> > > +   (*(volatile unsigned int *)((base) + UART_SR_OFFSET))
> > 
> > You could probably make these static inline functions in the header
> and
> > use __raw_{readl,writel}() to make this a little cleaner.
> > 
> 
> I had considered that, but it wasn't clear to me at the time what the
> compressor could use or not.
> 
> I'll give it a try as I agree that's cleaner.

Actually, for correctness you should use the regular readl/writel, not
the __raw_ versions, which can result in reordered or partial accesses
on the bus.

	Arnd



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