Re: [PATCH 1/4] csky: Fixup dma_rmb/wmb synchronization problem

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On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 9:29 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 2:15 PM <guoren@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: Guo Ren <ren_guo@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > If arch didn't define dma_r/wmb(), linux will use w/rmb instead. Csky
> > use bar.xxx to implement mb() and that will cause problem when sync data
> > with dma device, becasue bar.xxx couldn't guarantee bus transactions
> > finished at outside bus level. We must use sync.s instead of bar.xxx for
> > dma data synchronization and it will guarantee retirement after getting
> > the bus bresponse.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Guo Ren <ren_guo@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> This change looks good to me, but I think your regular barriers
> (mb, rmb, wmb) are still wrong: These are meant to be the superset
> of dma_{r,w}mb and smp_{,r,w}mb, and synchronize
> against both SMP and DMA interactions.
>
> I suspect you can drop the '.s' for non-SMP builds. What I don't
> see is whether you might need to add '.i' for dma_wmb() or
> dma_rmb().
>
>        Arnd



-- 
Best Regards
 Guo Ren

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