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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/2] net: nps_enet: Sync access to packet sent flag
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Hi,

On 27.04.2016 15:18, Elad Kanfi wrote:
> From: Elad Kanfi <eladkan@mellanox.com>
>
> Below is a description of a possible problematic
> sequence. CPU-A is sending a frame and CPU-B handles
> the interrupt that indicates the frame was sent. CPU-B
> reads an invalid value of tx_packet_sent.
>
> CPU-A CPU-B
> ----- -----
> nps_enet_send_frame
> .
> .
> tx_packet_sent = true
> order HW to start tx
> .
> .
> HW complete tx
> ------> get tx complete interrupt
> .
> .
> if(tx_packet_sent == true)
>
> end memory transaction
> (tx_packet_sent actually
> written)
>
> Problem solution:
>
> Add a memory barrier after setting tx_packet_sent,
> in order to make sure that it is written before
> the packet is sent.

Should not those SMP memory barriers be paired? AFAIK you do not only have to make sure
that the value written by CPU-A actually is written to memory but also that CPU-B
reads that value from memory. At least this is what I have understood from memory-barriers.txt...

Regards,
Lino

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