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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c index dafc079ab6b9..2e921cab1792 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c @@ -320,13 +320,11 @@ static inline void qede_update_tx_producer(struct qede_tx_queue *txq) barrier(); writel(txq->tx_db.raw, txq->doorbell_addr); - /* mmiowb is needed to synchronize doorbell writes from more than one - * processor. It guarantees that the write arrives to the device before - * the queue lock is released and another start_xmit is called (possibly - * on another CPU). Without this barrier, the next doorbell can bypass - * this doorbell. This is applicable to IA64/Altix systems. + /* Fence required to flush the write combined buffer, since another + * CPU may write to the same doorbell address and data may be lost + * due to relaxed order nature of write combined bar. */ - mmiowb(); + wmb(); } static int qede_xdp_xmit(struct qede_dev *edev, struct qede_fastpath *fp, |