On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 3:03 PM Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenzjulienne@xxxxxxx> wrote: > unsigned long flags; > - spin_lock_irqsave(&instance->hba_lock, flags); > - writel(le32_to_cpu(req_desc->u.low), > - &instance->reg_set->inbound_low_queue_port); > - writel(le32_to_cpu(req_desc->u.high), > - &instance->reg_set->inbound_high_queue_port); > - spin_unlock_irqrestore(&instance->hba_lock, flags); > + > + if (dev_64bit_mmio_supported(&instance->pdev->dev)) { > + writeq(req_data, &instance->reg_set->inbound_low_queue_port); > + } else { > + spin_lock_irqsave(&instance->hba_lock, flags); > + lo_hi_writeq(req_data, &instance->reg_set->inbound_low_queue_port); > + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&instance->hba_lock, flags); > + } I see your patch changes the code to the lo_hi_writeq() accessor, and it also fixes the endianness bug (double byteswap on big-endian), but it does not fix the spinlock bug (writel on pci leaks out of the lock unless it's followed by a read). I'd suggest splitting the bugfix from the cleanup here, and fixing both of the bugs while you're at it. Arnd