On Mon, Mar 05, 2018 at 01:10:53PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > So when reading the above mlx code, we see the first wmb() being used > to ensure that CPU stores to cachable memory are visible to the DMA > triggered by the doorbell ring. IIUC, we don't need a similar barrier for NVMe to ensure memory is visibile to DMA since the SQE memory is allocated DMA coherent when the SQ is not within a CMB. > The mmiowb() is used to ensure that DB writes are not combined and not > issued in any order other than implied by the lock that encloses the > whole thing. This is needed because uar_map is WC memory. > > We don't have ordering with respect to two writel's here, so if ARM > performance was a concern the writel could be switched to > writel_relaxed(). > > Presumably nvme has similar requirments, although I guess the DB > register is mapped UC not WC? Yep, the NVMe DB register is required by the spec to be mapped UC. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
