When replenishing Rx buffers driver updates the address of the buffer and the index of rx buffer in rx ring to the firmware. Change in order by CPU can cause rx ring corruption. Add memory barrier before updating rx buffer index to guarantee the order.
This could fix some instances of rx ring corruption due to done bit in rx attention flag not set. Signed-off-by: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c index 9c782a4..baa1c44 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/htt_rx.c @@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ static int __ath10k_htt_rx_ring_fill_n(struct ath10k_htt *htt, int num) } fail: + /* + * Make sure the rx buffer is updated before available buffer + * index to avoid any potential rx ring corruption. + */ + mb(); *htt->rx_ring.alloc_idx.vaddr = __cpu_to_le32(idx); return ret; } -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
