Yes, but ...
For instance, I see that the x86 writel() has "memory" in its asm(), which
prevents GCC from reordering generated instructions. And it ~looks like~
arm64 ~sort of~ gets that with the inclusion of __iowmb() (which translates
to wmb() then dsb(st) which finally holds the GCC "memory" barrier). Is
this part of the documented semantic of the writel_relaxed()? The PowerPC
stuff simply defines writel_relaxed() as writel() and I can't find the
bottom of that Rabbit Hole ...
I'm guessing~ that this line in the documentation ~may~ imply the GCC
ordering:
... Note that relaxed accesses to
the same peripheral are guaranteed to be ordered with respect to each
other. ...
In any case, we really only have a few places where we (the various Chelsio
drivers) need to worry about this: the "Fast Paths" where we have a lot of
I/O to the device. I think we should leave everything else alone.
Casey
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