On Mon, Aug 01, 2016 at 03:45:59PM +0200, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> >>--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/checksum_32.S
> >>+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/checksum_32.S
> >>@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ _GLOBAL(csum_partial_copy_generic)
> >>    stw     r7,12(r1)
> >>    stw     r8,8(r1)
> >>
> >>-   andi.   r0,r4,1                 /* is destination address even ? */
> >>+   rlwinm  r0,r4,3,0x8             /* is destination address even ? */
> >>+   rlwnm   r6,r6,r0,0,31           /* swap bytes for odd destination */
> >>    cmplwi  cr7,r0,0
> >>    addic   r12,r6,0
> >>    addi    r6,r4,-4
> >
> >That does not "swap bytes"; it shifts the word up by 8 bits, instead.
> >That may or may not do what is intended.
> 
> Indeed it does what is intended, similar to what is done at the end of 
> the function:
> 
>       ...
>       beqlr+  cr7
>       rlwinm  r3,r3,8,0,31    /* swap bytes for odd destination */
>       blr
> 
> Should I fix the (both) comment(s) ?

It's quite confusing comment, so yes please.  The code is hard enough to
understand as is!


Segher

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