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Subject[PATCH v4 net-next 4/8] sunvnet: add memory barrier before check for tx enable
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In order to allow the underlying LDC and outstanding memory operations
to potentially catch up with the driver's Tx requests, add a memory
barrier before checking again for available tx descriptors.

Signed-off-by: Shannon Nelson <shannon.nelson@oracle.com>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet_common.c | 1 +
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet_common.c
index 0f940f0..623363b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunvnet_common.c
@@ -1427,6 +1427,7 @@ int sunvnet_start_xmit_common(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
dr->prod = (dr->prod + 1) & (VNET_TX_RING_SIZE - 1);
if (unlikely(vnet_tx_dring_avail(dr) < 1)) {
netif_tx_stop_queue(txq);
+ smp_rmb();
if (vnet_tx_dring_avail(dr) > VNET_TX_WAKEUP_THRESH(dr))
netif_tx_wake_queue(txq);
}
--
1.7.1
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