On 3/22/2018 12:26 PM, Sinan Kaya wrote: > @@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ static void doorbell_cq(struct qedr_cq *cq, u32 cons, u8 flags) > wmb(); > cq->db.data.agg_flags = flags; > cq->db.data.value = cpu_to_le32(cons); > - writeq(cq->db.raw, cq->db_addr); > + writeq_relaxed(cq->db.raw, cq->db_addr); Given the direction to get rid of wmb() in front of writeX() functions, I have been reviewing this code. Under normal circumstances, I can get rid of all wmb() as follows. However, I started having my doubts now. Are these wmb() used as a SMP barrier too? I can't find any smp_Xmb() in drivers/infiniband/hw/qedr directory. static void doorbell_cq(struct qedr_cq *cq, u32 cons, u8 flags) { - /* Flush data before signalling doorbell */ - wmb(); cq->db.data.agg_flags = flags; cq->db.data.value = cpu_to_le32(cons); writeq(cq->db.raw, cq->db_addr); @@ -1870,8 +1868,7 @@ static int qedr_update_qp_state(struct qedr_dev *dev, */ if (rdma_protocol_roce(&dev->ibdev, 1)) { - wmb(); - writel_relaxed(qp->rq.db_data.raw, qp->rq.db); + writel(qp->rq.db_data.raw, qp->rq.db); /* Make sure write takes effect */ mmiowb(); } @@ -3275,8 +3272,7 @@ int qedr_post_send(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_send_wr *wr, * unchanged). For performance reasons we avoid checking for this * redundant doorbell. */ - wmb(); - writel_relaxed(qp->sq.db_data.raw, qp->sq.db); + writel(qp->sq.db_data.raw, qp->sq.db); /* Make sure write sticks */ mmiowb(); @@ -3362,9 +3358,6 @@ int qedr_post_recv(struct ib_qp *ibqp, struct ib_recv_wr *wr, qedr_inc_sw_prod(&qp->rq); - /* Flush all the writes before signalling doorbell */ - wmb(); -- Sinan Kaya Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. as an affiliate of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project. -- 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