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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4] lpc32xx: Added ethernet driver: smp_wmb()
On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 02:03:28PM +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-03-06 at 11:43 +0100, Roland Stigge wrote:
> > On 03/05/2012 11:45 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > >> + /* Clear and enable interrupts */
> > >> + writel(0xFFFF, LPC_ENET_INTCLEAR(pldat->net_base));
> > >> + lpc_eth_enable_int(pldat->net_base);
> > >> +
> > >> + /* Get the next TX buffer output index */
> > >> + pldat->num_used_tx_buffs = 0;
> > >> + pldat->last_tx_idx =
> > >> + readl(LPC_ENET_TXCONSUMEINDEX(pldat->net_base));
> > >
> > > Doesn't this need to be done *before* enabling interrupts? Also, I
> > > think you need an smp_wmb() so that the interrupt handler is guaranteed
> > > to see all these writes.
> >
> > Do you mean _one_ smp_wmb() directly after lpc_eth_enable_int() (which
> > I'm moving behind the above code?
>
> The sequence should be
>
> pldat->state = values...;
> smp_wmb();
> enable_interrupts();

Is this correct?

"SMP BARRIER PAIRING" and "EXAMPLES OF MEMORY BARRIER SEQUENCES" in
Documentation/memory-barriers.txt suggest that there should be some kind
of pairing with smp_wmb() to ensure correctness.



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