From: Brian King
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:41:50 -0500
> This patch fixes an issue seen on Power systems with bnx2x which results
> in the skb is NULL WARN_ON in bnx2x_free_tx_pkt firing due to the skb
> pointer getting loaded in bnx2x_free_tx_pkt prior to the hw_cons
> load in bnx2x_tx_int. Addi
From: Brian King
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:41:50 -0500
> This patch fixes an issue seen on Power systems with bnx2x which results
> in the skb is NULL WARN_ON in bnx2x_free_tx_pkt firing due to the skb
> pointer getting loaded in bnx2x_free_tx_pkt prior to the hw_cons
> load in bnx2x_tx_int. Addi
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> Subject: [EXT] [PATCH] bnx2x: Prevent load reordering in tx
From: Brian King
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:41:50 -0500
> This patch fixes an issue seen on Power systems with bnx2x which results
> in the skb is NULL WARN_ON in bnx2x_free_tx_pkt firing due to the skb
> pointer getting loaded in bnx2x_free_tx_pkt prior to the hw_cons
> load in bnx2x_tx_int. Addi
This patch fixes an issue seen on Power systems with bnx2x which results
in the skb is NULL WARN_ON in bnx2x_free_tx_pkt firing due to the skb
pointer getting loaded in bnx2x_free_tx_pkt prior to the hw_cons
load in bnx2x_tx_int. Adding a read memory barrier resolves the issue.
Signed-off-by: Bria
