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[net-next] ibmvnic: substitute mb() with dma_wmb() for send_*crq* functions

Message ID 20210213023646.55955-1-ljp@linux.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 1a42156f52bd4de0e2442671bc24b7ffc7b01c52
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [net-next] ibmvnic: substitute mb() with dma_wmb() for send_*crq* functions | expand

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Commit Message

Lijun Pan Feb. 13, 2021, 2:36 a.m. UTC
The CRQ and subCRQ descriptors are DMA mapped, so dma_wmb(),
though weaker, is good enough to protect the data structures.

Signed-off-by: Lijun Pan <ljp@linux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Feb. 15, 2021, 11:20 p.m. UTC | #1
Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (refs/heads/master):

On Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:36:46 -0600 you wrote:
> The CRQ and subCRQ descriptors are DMA mapped, so dma_wmb(),
> though weaker, is good enough to protect the data structures.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lijun Pan <ljp@linux.ibm.com>
> Acked-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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  - [net-next] ibmvnic: substitute mb() with dma_wmb() for send_*crq* functions
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/1a42156f52bd

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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 7a5e589e7223..927d5f36d308 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -3599,7 +3599,7 @@  static int send_subcrq_indirect(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 	int rc;
 
 	/* Make sure the hypervisor sees the complete request */
-	mb();
+	dma_wmb();
 	rc = plpar_hcall_norets(H_SEND_SUB_CRQ_INDIRECT, ua,
 				cpu_to_be64(remote_handle),
 				ioba, num_entries);
@@ -3629,7 +3629,7 @@  static int ibmvnic_send_crq(struct ibmvnic_adapter *adapter,
 	}
 
 	/* Make sure the hypervisor sees the complete request */
-	mb();
+	dma_wmb();
 
 	rc = plpar_hcall_norets(H_SEND_CRQ, ua,
 				cpu_to_be64(u64_crq[0]),