On 2018-03-14 01:08, Timur Tabi wrote:
On 3/13/18 10:20 PM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
+/* Assumes caller has executed a write barrier to order memory and device
+ * requests.
+ */
static inline void ixgbevf_write_tail(struct ixgbevf_ring *ring, u32 value)
  {
-       writel(value, ring->tail);
+       writel_relaxed(value, ring->tail);
  }

Why not put the wmb() in this function, or just get rid of the wmb()
in the rest of the file and keep this as writel?  That way, you can
avoid the comment and the risk that comes with it.


Sure, both solutions will work. I want to see what the maintainer prefers. I can repost accordingly.

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