netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove unneeded mmiowb barriers

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Date:   Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:39:29 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     hkallweit1@...il.com
Cc:     nic_swsd@...ltek.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] r8169: remove unneeded mmiowb barriers

From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2019 10:20:15 +0100

> writex() has implicit barriers, that's what makes it different from
> writex_relaxed(). Therefore these calls to mmiowb() can be removed.
> 
> This patch was recently reverted due to a dependency with another
> problematic patch. But because it didn't contribute to the problem
> it was rebased and can be resubmitted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@...il.com>

Applied.