On 4/12/2018 5:58 PM, James Hogan wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 10:51:49PM +0100, James Hogan wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 03, 2018 at 08:55:04AM -0400, Sinan Kaya wrote: >>> While a barrier is present in writeX() function before the register write, >>> a similar barrier is missing in the readX() function after the register >>> read. This could allow memory accesses following readX() to observe >>> stale data. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> >> >> Both patches look like obvious improvements to me, so I'm happy to apply >> to my fixes branch. > > Though having said that, a comment to go with the rmb() (as suggested by > checkpatch) to detail the situation we're concerned about would be nice > to have. I can send a new version. No worries. Functional correctness is more important at this moment. I can accommodate any nice to haves. > > Cheers > James > -- 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.
