linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/16] hpsa: do readl after writel in main i/o path to ensure commands don't get lost.

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Message-ID: <4DC13566.5070203@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 04 May 2011 13:15:50 +0200
From:	Tomas Henzl <thenzl@...hat.com>
To:	"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
CC:	james.bottomley@...senpartnership.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, smcameron@...oo.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, mikem@...rdog.cce.hp.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/16] hpsa: do readl after writel in main i/o path to
 ensure	commands don't get lost.

On 05/03/2011 09:58 PM, Stephen M. Cameron wrote:
> From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
>
> Apparently we've been doin it rong for a decade, but only lately do we
> run into problems.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/hpsa.h |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.h b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.h
> index 621a153..98c97ca 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.h
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.h
> @@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ static void SA5_submit_command(struct ctlr_info *h,
>  	dev_dbg(&h->pdev->dev, "Sending %x, tag = %x\n", c->busaddr,
>  		c->Header.Tag.lower);
>  	writel(c->busaddr, h->vaddr + SA5_REQUEST_PORT_OFFSET);
> +	(void) readl(h->vaddr + SA5_REQUEST_PORT_OFFSET);
>   
Hi,
a small nit -
the (void) ^ is I think not needed for gcc and isn't present in the cciss.h patch

Tomas

>  	h->commands_outstanding++;
>  	if (h->commands_outstanding > h->max_outstanding)
>  		h->max_outstanding = h->commands_outstanding;
>
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