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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 2/2] MIPS: io: add a barrier after register read in readX()
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On 4/3/2018 8:55 AM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> While a barrier is present in writeX() function before the register write,
> a similar barrier is missing in the readX() function after the register
> read. This could allow memory accesses following readX() to observe
> stale data.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
> arch/mips/include/asm/io.h | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/io.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/io.h
> index fd00ddaf..6ac502f 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/io.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/io.h
> @@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ static inline type pfx##read##bwlq(const volatile void __iomem *mem) \
> BUG(); \
> } \
> \
> + rmb(); \
> return pfx##ioswab##bwlq(__mem, __val); \
> }
>
>

Can we get these merged to 4.17?

There was a consensus to fix the architectures having API violation issues.
https://www.mail-archive.com/netdev@vger.kernel.org/msg225971.html


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Sinan Kaya
Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. as an affiliate of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.

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