On Wed, 27 Jan 2021 19:22:25 -0600 Lijun Pan wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 7:06 PM Jakub Kicinski <k...@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:20:23 -0600 Lijun Pan wrote:
> > > Ensure that received Command-Response Queue (CRQ) entries are
> > > properly read in order by the driver. dma_rmb barrier has
> > > been added before accessing the CRQ descriptor to ensure
> > > the entire descriptor is read before processing.
> > >
> > > Fixes: 032c5e82847a ("Driver for IBM System i/p VNIC protocol")
> > > Signed-off-by: Lijun Pan <l...@linux.ibm.com>
> > > ---
> > > v2: drop dma_wmb according to Jakub's opinion
> > >
> > > drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 8 ++++++++
> > > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
> > > b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
> > > index 9778c83150f1..d84369bd5fc9 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c
> > > @@ -5084,6 +5084,14 @@ static void ibmvnic_tasklet(struct tasklet_struct
> > > *t)
> > > while (!done) {
> > > /* Pull all the valid messages off the CRQ */
> > > while ((crq = ibmvnic_next_crq(adapter)) != NULL) {
> > > + /* Ensure that the entire CRQ descriptor queue->msgs
> > > + * has been loaded before reading its contents.
> >
> > I still find this sentence confusing, maybe you mean to say stored
> > instead of loaded?
>
> The above 2 lines are the general description. The below 4 lines are
> detailed explanations. If it is still confusing, we can delete the above
> 2 lines of comments.
Yes, I'd find the comment clearer without them, thanks.
