netdev - [PATCH 49/52] sfc: Insert read memory barrier after checking MAC statistics flag

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Date:	Mon, 1 Sep 2008 12:50:08 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com
Subject: [PATCH 49/52] sfc: Insert read memory barrier after checking MAC statistics flag

This prevents speculative reading of the statistics before the
completion flag.

From: Neil Turton <nturton@...arflare.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
---
 drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c b/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
index 70c681e..3a5289f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sfc/falcon.c
@@ -1953,8 +1953,10 @@ int falcon_dma_stats(struct efx_nic *efx, unsigned int done_offset)
 
 	/* Wait for transfer to complete */
 	for (i = 0; i < 400; i++) {
-		if (*(volatile u32 *)dma_done == FALCON_STATS_DONE)
+		if (*(volatile u32 *)dma_done == FALCON_STATS_DONE) {
+			rmb(); /* Ensure the stats are valid. */
 			return 0;
+		}
 		udelay(10);
 	}
 
-- 
Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications
Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
They asked us to note that Solarflare product names are trademarked.

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