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From: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Colin Tuckley <colin.tuckley@arm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sata_sil24: Use memory barriers before issuing commands
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:24:33 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C1103B1.7050307@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20100610145706.15588.4562.stgit@e102109-lin.cambridge.arm.com>

On 06/10/2010 04:57 PM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> The data in the cmd_block buffers may reach the main memory after the
> writel() to the device ports. This patch introduces two calls to wmb()
> to ensure the relative ordering.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> Tested-by: Colin Tuckley <colin.tuckley@arm.com>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>

Can you please add comments explaining why they're needed?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2010-06-10 15:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-10 14:57 [PATCH] sata_sil24: Use memory barriers before issuing commands Catalin Marinas
2010-06-10 15:24 ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2010-06-26  2:32 ` Grant Grundler
2010-06-28  9:21   ` Catalin Marinas

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