netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: macb: ensure ordering write to re-enable RX smoothly

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Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2016 10:22:21 +0100
From:   Nicolas Ferre <nicolas.ferre@...el.com>
To:     Zumeng Chen <zumeng.chen@...driver.com>
CC:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Cyrille Pitchen <cyrille.pitchen@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] net: macb: ensure ordering write to re-enable RX
 smoothly

Le 28/11/2016 à 08:57, Zumeng Chen a écrit :
> When a hardware issue happened as described by inline comments, the register
> write pattern looks like the following:
> 
>   <write ~MACB_BIT(RE)>
>   + wmb();
>   <write MACB_BIT(RE)>
> 
> There might be a memory barrier between these two write operations, so add wmb
> to ensure an flip from 0 to 1 for NCR.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zumeng Chen <zumeng.chen@...driver.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> index 533653b..2f9c5b2 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cadence/macb.c
> @@ -1156,6 +1156,7 @@ static irqreturn_t macb_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
>  		if (status & MACB_BIT(RXUBR)) {
>  			ctrl = macb_readl(bp, NCR);
>  			macb_writel(bp, NCR, ctrl & ~MACB_BIT(RE));
> +			wmb();
>  			macb_writel(bp, NCR, ctrl | MACB_BIT(RE));
>  
>  			if (bp->caps & MACB_CAPS_ISR_CLEAR_ON_WRITE)

It seems that there is exactly the same pattern in function
at91ether_interrupt() can you fix both locations in your patch please?

Thanks, best regards,
-- 
Nicolas Ferre