add memory barrier after allocating new rx descriptors, before updating the hwtail. This will guarantee that all writes to descriptors (shared memory) are done before committing them to HW.
Signed-off-by: Maya Erez <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c index fa6ea24..3909af1 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/txrx.c @@ -544,6 +544,12 @@ static int wil_rx_refill(struct wil6210_priv *wil, int count) break; } } + + /* make sure all writes to descriptors (shared memory) are done before + * committing them to HW + */ + wmb(); + wil_w(wil, v->hwtail, v->swtail); return rc; -- 1.8.5.2 -- 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
