This commit adds memory barrier for the 'vq' update in function mlxbf_tmfifo_virtio_find_vqs() to avoid potential race due to out-of-order memory write. It also adds barrier for the 'is_ready' flag to make sure the initializations are visible before this flag is checked. Signed-off-by: Liming Sun <limings@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c index 91a077c35b8b..a79318e90a13 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c +++ b/drivers/platform/mellanox/mlxbf-tmfifo.c @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static void mlxbf_tmfifo_rxtx(struct mlxbf_tmfifo_vring *vring, bool is_rx) fifo = vring->fifo; /* Return if vdev is not ready. */ - if (!fifo->vdev[devid]) + if (!fifo || !fifo->vdev[devid]) return; /* Return if another vring is running. */ @@ -980,9 +980,13 @@ static int mlxbf_tmfifo_virtio_find_vqs(struct virtio_device *vdev, vq->num_max = vring->num; + vq->priv = vring; + + /* Make vq update visible before using it. */ + virtio_mb(false); + vqs[i] = vq; vring->vq = vq; - vq->priv = vring; } return 0; @@ -1302,6 +1306,9 @@ static int mlxbf_tmfifo_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) mod_timer(&fifo->timer, jiffies + MLXBF_TMFIFO_TIMER_INTERVAL); + /* Make all updates visible before setting the 'is_ready' flag. */ + virtio_mb(false); + fifo->is_ready = true; return 0; -- 2.30.1
