Code includes wmb() followed by writel(). writel() already has a barrier on some architectures like arm64. This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the register write. Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to writel_relaxed(). Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/t4.h | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/t4.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/t4.h index 8369c7c..7a48c9e 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/t4.h +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/t4.h @@ -477,15 +477,15 @@ static inline void t4_ring_sq_db(struct t4_wq *wq, u16 inc, union t4_wr *wqe) (u64 *)wqe); } else { pr_debug("DB wq->sq.pidx = %d\n", wq->sq.pidx); - writel(PIDX_T5_V(inc) | QID_V(wq->sq.bar2_qid), - wq->sq.bar2_va + SGE_UDB_KDOORBELL); + writel_relaxed(PIDX_T5_V(inc) | QID_V(wq->sq.bar2_qid), + wq->sq.bar2_va + SGE_UDB_KDOORBELL); } /* Flush user doorbell area writes. */ wmb(); return; } - writel(QID_V(wq->sq.qid) | PIDX_V(inc), wq->db); + writel_relaxed(QID_V(wq->sq.qid) | PIDX_V(inc), wq->db); } static inline void t4_ring_rq_db(struct t4_wq *wq, u16 inc, @@ -502,15 +502,15 @@ static inline void t4_ring_rq_db(struct t4_wq *wq, u16 inc, (void *)wqe); } else { pr_debug("DB wq->rq.pidx = %d\n", wq->rq.pidx); - writel(PIDX_T5_V(inc) | QID_V(wq->rq.bar2_qid), - wq->rq.bar2_va + SGE_UDB_KDOORBELL); + writel_relaxed(PIDX_T5_V(inc) | QID_V(wq->rq.bar2_qid), + wq->rq.bar2_va + SGE_UDB_KDOORBELL); } /* Flush user doorbell area writes. */ wmb(); return; } - writel(QID_V(wq->rq.qid) | PIDX_V(inc), wq->db); + writel_relaxed(QID_V(wq->rq.qid) | PIDX_V(inc), wq->db); } static inline int t4_wq_in_error(struct t4_wq *wq) -- 2.7.4 -- 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