From: Sinan Kaya <okaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 12:31:12 -0400 > Sorry, you got me confused now. > > If you look at the code closer, you'll see this. > > wmb(); > > txdata->tx_db.data.prod += nbd; > barrier(); > > DOORBELL(bp, txdata->cid, txdata->tx_db.raw); > > and you also asked me to rename DOORBELL to DOORBELL_RELAXED() to make > it obvious that we have a relaxed operator inside the macro. This still doesn't match the stated pattern. wmb(); /* no other memory or I/O or IOMEM operation */ writel(); There is a write to a producer index there and then no non-compiler barrier or any kind before the writel(). So, in fact, it might really need that implicit writel() barrier here! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arm-msm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html