linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC v3 11/11] scsi: ufs: core: Perform read back before writing run/stop regs

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Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2023 16:27:53 +0800
From: Can Guo <quic_cang@...cinc.com>
To: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@...hat.com>, Andy Gross <agross@...nel.org>,
        Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>,
        Konrad Dybcio
	<konrad.dybcio@...aro.org>,
        Manivannan Sadhasivam <mani@...nel.org>,
        "James
 E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen"
	<martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, Janek Kotas
	<jank@...ence.com>,
        Alim Akhtar <alim.akhtar@...sung.com>,
        Avri Altman
	<avri.altman@....com>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
CC: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, <linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v3 11/11] scsi: ufs: core: Perform read back before
 writing run/stop regs



On 12/22/2023 3:09 AM, Andrew Halaney wrote:
> Currently a wmb() is used to ensure that writes to the
> UTP_TASK_REQ_LIST_BASE* regs are completed prior to following writes to
> the run/stop registers.
> 
> wmb() ensure that the write completes, but completion doesn't mean that
> it isn't stored in a buffer somewhere. The recommendation for
> ensuring the bits have taken effect on the device is to perform a read
> back to force it to make it all the way to the device. This is
> documented in device-io.rst and a talk by Will Deacon on this can
> be seen over here:
> 
>      https://youtu.be/i6DayghhA8Q?si=MiyxB5cKJXSaoc01&t=1678
> 
> Let's do that to ensure the bits hit the device. Because the wmb()'s
> purpose wasn't to add extra ordering (on top of the ordering guaranteed
> by writel()/readl()), it can safely be removed.
> 
> Fixes: 897efe628d7e ("scsi: ufs: add missing memory barriers")
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@...hat.com>
> ---
>   drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
> index caebd589e08c..7c1975a1181f 100644
> --- a/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
> +++ b/drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c
> @@ -4726,7 +4726,7 @@ int ufshcd_make_hba_operational(struct ufs_hba *hba)
>   	 * Make sure base address and interrupt setup are updated before
>   	 * enabling the run/stop registers below.
>   	 */
> -	wmb();
> +	ufshcd_readl(hba, REG_UTP_TASK_REQ_LIST_BASE_H);
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * UCRDY, UTMRLDY and UTRLRDY bits must be 1
> 
Reviewed-by: Can Guo <quic_cang@...cinc.com>