linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: replace writel with writel_relaxed in queue_inc

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Date:   Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:04:54 +0800
From:   Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
To:     Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        iommu <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>, Xinwei Hu <huxinwei@...wei.com>,
        "Tianhong Ding" <dingtianhong@...wei.com>,
        Hanjun Guo <guohanjun@...wei.com>,
        Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: replace writel with writel_relaxed in queue_inc_prod

This function is protected by spinlock, and the latter will do memory
barrier implicitly. So that we can safely use writel_relaxed. In fact, the
dmb operation will lengthen the time protected by lock, which indirectly
increase the locking confliction in the stress scene.

Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
---
 drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c
index 380969a..d2fbee3 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/arm-smmu-v3.c
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ static void queue_inc_prod(struct arm_smmu_queue *q)
 	u32 prod = (Q_WRP(q, q->prod) | Q_IDX(q, q->prod)) + 1;

 	q->prod = Q_OVF(q, q->prod) | Q_WRP(q, prod) | Q_IDX(q, prod);
-	writel(q->prod, q->prod_reg);
+	writel_relaxed(q->prod, q->prod_reg);
 }

 /*
--
2.5.0