Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 23 Sep 2014 23:04:28 +0800 | From | Huang Shijie <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] mtd: nand: gpmi: add gpmi_move_bits function |
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On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 04:58:22PM +0200, Boris BREZILLON wrote: > On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 22:54:15 +0800 > Huang Shijie <shijie8@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 04:07:34PM +0200, Boris BREZILLON wrote: > > > Add a new function to move bits (not bytes) from a memory region to > > > another one. > > > This function is similar to memmove except it acts at bit level. > > > This function is needed to implement GPMI raw access functions, given the > > > fact that ECC engine does not pad ECC bits to the next byte boundary. > > sorry for not comment your v2 patch set. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Boris BREZILLON <boris.brezillon@free-electrons.com> > > > --- > > > drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-lib.c | 88 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-nand.h | 4 ++ > > > 2 files changed, 92 insertions(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-lib.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-lib.c > > > index 87e658c..e2f706a 100644 > > > --- a/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-lib.c > > > +++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/gpmi-nand/gpmi-lib.c > > > @@ -1353,3 +1353,91 @@ int gpmi_read_page(struct gpmi_nand_data *this, > > > set_dma_type(this, DMA_FOR_READ_ECC_PAGE); > > > return start_dma_with_bch_irq(this, desc); > > > } > > > + > > > +void gpmi_move_bits(u8 *dst, size_t dst_bit_off, > > > + const u8 *src, size_t src_bit_off, > > > + size_t nbits) > > we can simplify the code. > > Any suggestions ? > > > > > We could use the bytes to replace the @nbits. > > > > The chunk data is always byte aligned. > > This function is also used to store ECC bits in the OOB buffer and > these chunk of data are not byte aligned :-). yes. you are right. I missed it.
could you also comment these two hooks in the patch set.
I hope Brian also can check it, and we can make it more clear about how to implement them.
thanks Huang Shijie
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