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Re: [ath9k-devel] [RFC] ath9k: Insert wmb before linking dma descriptors

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On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Felix is more familiar with this area so I'll let him chime with
> his ACK/NACK.
>
>  Luis

So Felix, what do you think? I realize it may not be a common problem
on any currently popular platform, but don't you agree it is in
principle unsafe to write to the ds_link field of dma descriptors
without a guarantee that those writes will be performed in the
intended order?

/Björn
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