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[net-next] net: lantiq_etop: add missing comment for wmb()

Message ID 20211228214910.70810-1-olek2@wp.pl (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
Commit 723955913e77fec6659be7531458997df6748d5c
Delegated to: Netdev Maintainers
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Series [net-next] net: lantiq_etop: add missing comment for wmb() | expand

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Commit Message

Aleksander Jan Bajkowski Dec. 28, 2021, 9:49 p.m. UTC
This patch adds the missing code comment for memory barrier
call and fixes checkpatch warning:

WARNING: memory barrier without comment
+	wmb();

Signed-off-by: Aleksander Jan Bajkowski <olek2@wp.pl>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_etop.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Comments

patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org Dec. 29, 2021, 12:20 a.m. UTC | #1
Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>:

On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 22:49:10 +0100 you wrote:
> This patch adds the missing code comment for memory barrier
> call and fixes checkpatch warning:
> 
> WARNING: memory barrier without comment
> +	wmb();
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aleksander Jan Bajkowski <olek2@wp.pl>
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next] net: lantiq_etop: add missing comment for wmb()
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/723955913e77

You are awesome, thank you!
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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_etop.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_etop.c
index 072391c494ce..5d90cc147950 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_etop.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/lantiq_etop.c
@@ -498,6 +498,7 @@  ltq_etop_tx(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
 	desc->addr = ((unsigned int) dma_map_single(&priv->pdev->dev, skb->data, len,
 						DMA_TO_DEVICE)) - byte_offset;
+	/* Make sure the address is written before we give it to HW */
 	wmb();
 	desc->ctl = LTQ_DMA_OWN | LTQ_DMA_SOP | LTQ_DMA_EOP |
 		LTQ_DMA_TX_OFFSET(byte_offset) | (len & LTQ_DMA_SIZE_MASK);