Re: [PATCH 4/5] scsi: ufs: core: Remove redundant wmb() in ufshcd_send_command()

[Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@linaro.org>]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 10:19:14PM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 4/22/22 06:21, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> > The wmb() inside ufshcd_send_command() is added to make sure that the
> > doorbell is committed immediately.
> 
> That's not the purpose of the wmb() call so I think the comment is wrong.
> 
> > This leads to couple of expectations:
> > 
> > 1. The doorbell write should complete before the function return.
> > 2. The doorbell write should not cross the function boundary.
> > 
> > 2nd expectation is fullfilled by the Linux memory model as there is a
> > guarantee that the critical section won't cross the unlock (release)
> > operation.
> 
> I think you meant that the writel() won't cross the unlock operation?
> 

yes!

Thanks,
Mani

> > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
> > index 9349557b8a01..ec514a6c5393 100644
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/ufs/ufshcd.c
> > @@ -2116,9 +2116,6 @@ void ufshcd_send_command(struct ufs_hba *hba, unsigned int task_tag)
> >   	__set_bit(task_tag, &hba->outstanding_reqs);
> >   	ufshcd_writel(hba, 1 << task_tag, REG_UTP_TRANSFER_REQ_DOOR_BELL);
> >   	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hba->outstanding_lock, flags);
> > -
> > -	/* Make sure that doorbell is committed immediately */
> > -	wmb();
> >   }
> 
> Anyway:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>