Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ravb: Remove rx buffer ALIGN

From: Sergei Shtylyov <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 22:14:41 +0300

Hello.

On 04/24/2016 07:16 PM, Yoshihiro Kaneko wrote:

> From: Kazuya Mizuguchi <[email-masked]>
>
> Aligning the reception data size is not required.

    OK, the gen 2/3 manuals indeed don't require this. I assume the patch has 
been tested...

> Signed-off-by: Kazuya Mizuguchi <[email-masked]>
> Signed-off-by: Yoshihiro Kaneko <[email-masked]>

    I have a few comments though...

> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> index 238b56f..66ed80c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/renesas/ravb_main.c
> @@ -246,10 +246,10 @@ static void ravb_ring_format(struct net_device *ndev, int q)
>   	for (i = 0; i < priv->num_rx_ring[q]; i++) {
>   		/* RX descriptor */
>   		rx_desc = &priv->rx_ring[q][i];
> -		/* The size of the buffer should be on 16-byte boundary. */
> -		rx_desc->ds_cc = cpu_to_le16(ALIGN(PKT_BUF_SZ, 16));
> -		dma_addr = dma_map_single(ndev->dev.parent, priv->rx_skb[q][i]->data,
> -					  ALIGN(PKT_BUF_SZ, 16),
> +		rx_desc->ds_cc = cpu_to_le16(PKT_BUF_SZ);
> +		dma_addr = dma_map_single(ndev->dev.parent,
> +					  priv->rx_skb[q][i]->data,

    Please don't reformat the lines above.

> +					  PKT_BUF_SZ,
>   					  DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
>   		/* We just set the data size to 0 for a failed mapping which
>   		 * should prevent DMA from happening...
> @@ -557,8 +557,9 @@ static bool ravb_rx(struct net_device *ndev, int *quota, int q)
>
>   			skb = priv->rx_skb[q][entry];
>   			priv->rx_skb[q][entry] = NULL;
> -			dma_unmap_single(ndev->dev.parent, le32_to_cpu(desc->dptr),
> -					 ALIGN(PKT_BUF_SZ, 16),
> +			dma_unmap_single(ndev->dev.parent,
> +					 le32_to_cpu(desc->dptr),

   Same here.

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MBR, Sergei