netdev - [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] ibmvnic: remove unnecessary rmb() inside ibmvnic

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Date:   Fri, 29 Jan 2021 19:19:05 -0600
From:   Lijun Pan <ljp@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     sukadev@...ux.ibm.com, drt@...ux.ibm.com,
        brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, dnbanerg@...ibm.com,
        tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com, Lijun Pan <ljp@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH net-next v2 2/2] ibmvnic: remove unnecessary rmb() inside ibmvnic_poll

rmb() can be removed since:
1. pending_scrq() has dma_rmb() at the function end;
2. dma_rmb(), though weaker, is enough here.

Signed-off-by: Lijun Pan <ljp@...ux.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Dwip Banerjee <dnbanerg@...ibm.com>
Acked-by: Thomas Falcon <tlfalcon@...ux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
index 331ebca2f57a..0ed169ef1cfc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
@@ -2510,7 +2510,6 @@ static int ibmvnic_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 		if (napi_complete_done(napi, frames_processed)) {
 			enable_scrq_irq(adapter, rx_scrq);
 			if (pending_scrq(adapter, rx_scrq)) {
-				rmb();
 				if (napi_reschedule(napi)) {
 					disable_scrq_irq(adapter, rx_scrq);
 					goto restart_poll;
-- 
2.23.0