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From: sshtylyov@mvista•com (Sergei Shtylyov)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists•infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] echi: remove structure packing from ehci_def
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:15:07 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DB832FB.8030805@ru.mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1303914841-6379-1-git-send-email-rabin@rab.in>

Hello.

Rabin Vincent wrote:

> As pointed out by Arnd Bergmann, in include/linux/usb/ehci_def.h, struct
> ehci_caps is defined with __attribute__((packed)) for no good reason,

    You're talking only of one structure here, yet you're changing several...

> and this triggers undefined behaviour when using ARM's readl() on
> pointers to elements of this structure:

> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/201102021700.20683.arnd at arndb.de

> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb•de>
> Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin@rab•in>
> ---
>  include/linux/usb/ehci_def.h |    6 +++---
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

> diff --git a/include/linux/usb/ehci_def.h b/include/linux/usb/ehci_def.h
> index e49dfd4..7879943 100644
> --- a/include/linux/usb/ehci_def.h
> +++ b/include/linux/usb/ehci_def.h
> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct ehci_caps {
>  #define HCC_PGM_FRAMELISTLEN(p) ((p)&(1 << 1))  /* true: periodic_size changes*/
>  #define HCC_64BIT_ADDR(p)       ((p)&(1))       /* true: can use 64-bit addr */
>  	u8		portroute[8];	 /* nibbles for routing - offset 0xC */
> -} __attribute__ ((packed));
> +};
>  
>  
>  /* Section 2.3 Host Controller Operational Registers */
> @@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ struct ehci_regs {
>  #define PORT_CSC	(1<<1)		/* connect status change */
>  #define PORT_CONNECT	(1<<0)		/* device connected */
>  #define PORT_RWC_BITS   (PORT_CSC | PORT_PEC | PORT_OCC)
> -} __attribute__ ((packed));
> +};
>  
>  #define USBMODE		0x68		/* USB Device mode */
>  #define USBMODE_SDIS	(1<<3)		/* Stream disable */
> @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ struct ehci_dbg_port {
>  	u32	data47;
>  	u32	address;
>  #define DBGP_EPADDR(dev, ep)	(((dev)<<8)|(ep))
> -} __attribute__ ((packed));
> +};
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK_DBGP
>  #include <linux/init.h>

WBR, Sergei

  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-27 15:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 64+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-27 14:34 [PATCH] echi: remove structure packing from ehci_def Rabin Vincent
2011-04-27 15:15 ` Sergei Shtylyov [this message]
2011-04-27 15:37   ` [PATCHv2] " Rabin Vincent
2011-06-16 16:17     ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) instead of removing the packed attribute Alexander Holler
2011-06-16 17:09       ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alan Stern
2011-06-16 17:55         ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-16 19:25           ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alexander Holler
2011-06-16 19:46             ` Alan Stern
2011-06-16 20:10               ` Alexander Holler
2011-06-16 20:20                 ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 15:02                   ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-19 19:00                     ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alan Stern
2011-06-19 20:02                       ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 20:11                         ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-19 21:39                         ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-19 21:27                       ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-20 15:03                         ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alan Stern
2011-06-20 16:16                           ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-20 16:48                             ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alan Stern
2011-06-20 16:58                               ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-20 19:02                                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-06-20 19:20                                   ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-20 19:29                                   ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-20 17:10                               ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-20 17:35                                 ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alan Stern
2011-06-20 18:48                                   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-06-20 20:26                                     ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-20 20:50                                       ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-20 20:55                                       ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-06-20 21:23                                         ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-20 22:23                                           ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-21 11:25                                             ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-25  1:25                                               ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-25  8:09                                                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-28 18:51                                                   ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-29 10:56                                                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-20 19:14                                   ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-20 19:32                                     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-06-20 20:14                                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-20 20:42                                     ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alan Stern
2011-06-20 22:36                                       ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-21 15:06                                         ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alan Stern
2011-06-20 17:39                                 ` Alexander Holler
2011-06-20 18:39                                   ` Alan Stern
2011-06-20 18:46                                     ` Alexander Holler
2011-06-20 18:57                                       ` Alan Stern
2011-06-20 19:56                                     ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-20 21:04                                       ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alan Stern
2011-06-20 22:31                                         ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-21 14:58                                           ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alan Stern
2011-06-21 20:41                                             ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-22  6:23                                               ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alexander Holler
2011-06-20 20:09                                     ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-20 21:05                                       ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alan Stern
2011-06-20 20:07                                   ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed, aligned(4) " Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-20 20:28                                     ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-20 20:39                                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-20 21:03                                         ` Nicolas Pitre
2011-06-23  9:47                                     ` Alexander Holler
2011-06-23 14:25                                       ` Alan Stern
2011-06-24 11:40                                         ` Alexander Holler
2011-06-20 16:26                           ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-06-16 20:30                 ` [PATCH] USB: ehci: use packed,aligned(4) " Alan Stern
2011-06-16 18:16         ` Alexander Holler

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