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SubjectRe: [PATCH] I/O space write barrier
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Jeremy Higdon wrote:

> Here's the qla1280 patch to go with Jesse's mmiowb patch.
> Comments are verbose to satisfy a request from Mr. Bottomley.
>
> signed-off-by: Jeremy Higdon <jeremy@sgi.com>
>
> ===== drivers/scsi/qla1280.c 1.65 vs edited =====
> --- 1.65/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c 2004-07-28 20:59:10 -07:00
> +++ edited/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c 2004-09-29 23:43:30 -07:00
> @@ -3397,8 +3397,22 @@
> "qla1280_64bit_start_scsi: Wakeup RISC for pending command\n");
> sp->flags |= SRB_SENT;
> ha->actthreads++;
> +
> + /*
> + * Update request index to mailbox4 (Request Queue In).
> + * The mmiowb() ensures that this write is ordered with writes by other
> + * CPUs. Without the mmiowb(), it is possible for the following:
> + * CPUA posts write of index 5 to mailbox4
> + * CPUA releases host lock
> + * CPUB acquires host lock
> + * CPUB posts write of index 6 to mailbox4
> + * On PCI bus, order reverses and write of 6 posts, then index 5,
> + * causing chip to issue full queue of stale commands
> + * The mmiowb() prevents future writes from crossing the barrier.
> + * See Documentation/DocBook/deviceiobook.tmpl for more information.
> + */

A pretty obvious note: instead of repeating this nice but pretty lengthy
comment 3 times in the same file, wouldn't it be better to write at
further locations something like

/* Enforce IO-ordering. See comment in <function> for details. */

Also helps if you later have to modify the comment, or move it, or add
more mmiowb()s, or do some other modifications.

Thanks
Guennadi
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Guennadi Liakhovetski

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