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SubjectRe: [PATCH 7/7] ixgbevf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
On 2018-03-14 01:08, Timur Tabi wrote:
> On 3/13/18 10:20 PM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>> +/* Assumes caller has executed a write barrier to order memory and
>> device
>> + * requests.
>> + */
>> static inline void ixgbevf_write_tail(struct ixgbevf_ring *ring, u32
>> value)
>> {
>> - writel(value, ring->tail);
>> + writel_relaxed(value, ring->tail);
>> }
>
> Why not put the wmb() in this function, or just get rid of the wmb()
> in the rest of the file and keep this as writel? That way, you can
> avoid the comment and the risk that comes with it.


Sure, both solutions will work. I want to see what the maintainer
prefers. I can repost accordingly.

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