netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] net: macb: ensure ordering write to re-enable RX smoothly

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Date:   Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:34:12 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     zumeng.chen@...driver.com
Cc:     nicolas.ferre@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] net: macb: ensure ordering write to re-enable
 RX smoothly

From: Zumeng Chen <zumeng.chen@...driver.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 21:55:00 +0800

> 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>
> ---
> 
> V2 changes:
> 
> Add the same wmb for at91ether as well based on reviewer's suggestion.

Applied, thanks.