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SubjectRe: [PATCH 53 of 53] ipath - add memory barrier when waiting for writes
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 >  static void i2c_wait_for_writes(struct ipath_devdata *dd)
> {
> + mb();
> (void)ipath_read_kreg32(dd, dd->ipath_kregs->kr_scratch);
> }

This needs a comment explaining why it's needed. A memory barrier
before a readl() looks very strange since readl() should be ordered anyway.

- R.
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