From: Alexander Duyck Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 07:00:58 +0000 (+0000) Subject: ixgbe: Replace rmb in Tx cleanup with read_barrier_depends X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7e63bf490151f7e457002fc046601bb6bb541fa3;p=linux-beck.git ixgbe: Replace rmb in Tx cleanup with read_barrier_depends The rmb in the Tx cleanup path is a much stronger barrier than we really need. All that is really needed is a read_barrier_depends since the location of the EOP descriptor is dependent on the eop_desc value. Signed-off-by: Alexander Duyck Tested-by: Phil Schmitt Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher --- diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c index 88500dd2d4a9..ef9cb0ab4314 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c @@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ static bool ixgbe_clean_tx_irq(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector, break; /* prevent any other reads prior to eop_desc */ - rmb(); + read_barrier_depends(); /* if DD is not set pending work has not been completed */ if (!(eop_desc->wb.status & cpu_to_le32(IXGBE_TXD_STAT_DD)))