netdev - Re: [PATCH net 2/5] net/smc: fix incorrect barrier usage

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Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:44:16 +0200
From: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
To: "D. Wythe" <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: kgraul@...ux.ibm.com, wenjia@...ux.ibm.com, jaka@...ux.ibm.com,
        wintera@...ux.ibm.com, kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 2/5] net/smc: fix incorrect barrier usage

On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 03:33:17PM +0800, D. Wythe wrote:
> From: "D. Wythe" <alibuda@...ux.alibaba.com>
> 
> This patch add explicit CPU barrier to ensure memory
> consistency rather than compiler barrier.
> 
> Besides, the atomicity between READ_ONCE and cmpxhcg cannot
> be guaranteed, so we need to use atomic ops. The simple way
> is to replace READ_ONCE with xchg.
> 
> Fixes: 475f9ff63ee8 ("net/smc: fix application data exception")
> Co-developed-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@...ux.ibm.com>

^^^
I did not Co-develop this, nor did I provide an explicit Signed-off-by.
Please don't add Signed-off-by statements which have not been explicitly
agreed on.