netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 0/3] Replace wmb()/rmb() with dma_wmb()/dma

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Date:	Wed, 08 Apr 2015 12:15:31 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 0/3] Replace wmb()/rmb() with
 dma_wmb()/dma_rmb() where appropriate

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:55:08 -0700

> This is a start of a side project cleaning up the drivers that can make use
> of the dma_wmb and dma_rmb calls.  The general idea is to start removing
> the unnecessary wmb/rmb calls from a number of drivers and to make use of
> the lighter weight dma_wmb/dma_rmb calls as this should allow for an
> overall improvement in performance as each barrier can cost a significant
> number of cycles and on architectures such as x86 this is unnecessary.
> 
> These changes are what I would consider low hanging fruit.  The likelihood
> of the changes introducing an error should be low since the use of the
> barriers in these cases are fairly obvious.

Series applied, thanks.
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