linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH REPOST v4 5/7] ixgbevf: keep writel() closer to wmb()

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Message-ID: <1521668888.12746.32.camel@intel.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:48:08 -0700
From:   Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:     Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, timur@...eaurora.org,
        sulrich@...eaurora.org, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH REPOST v4 5/7] ixgbevf: keep writel() closer to wmb()

On Wed, 2018-03-21 at 14:56 -0400, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> Remove ixgbevf_write_tail() in favor of moving writel() close to
> wmb().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@...eaurora.org>
> Reviewed-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...el.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h      | 5 -----
>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 4 ++--
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

This patch fails to compile because there is a call to
ixgbevf_write_tail() which you missed cleaning up.
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