Re: [PATCH 06/16] drm/msm/a6xx: Use barriers while updating HFI Q headers

Rob Clark
2026-03-23T20:45:29Z

On Mon, Mar 23, 2026 at 1:13 PM Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo@oss.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>
> To avoid harmful compiler optimizations and IO reordering in the HW, use
> barriers and READ/WRITE_ONCE helpers as necessary while accessing the HFI
> queue index variables.

This feels a bit like it should have Fixes: ?

> Signed-off-by: Akhil P Oommen <akhilpo@oss.qualcomm.com>
> ---
> drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_hfi.c | 14 ++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_hfi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_hfi.c
> index 2daaa340366d..aef00c2dd137 100644
> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_hfi.c
> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_hfi.c
> @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static int a6xx_hfi_queue_read(struct a6xx_gmu *gmu,
> struct a6xx_hfi_queue_header *header = queue->header;
> u32 i, hdr, index = header->read_index;
>
> - if (header->read_index == header->write_index) {
> + if (header->read_index == READ_ONCE(header->write_index)) {
> header->rx_request = 1;
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ static int a6xx_hfi_queue_read(struct a6xx_gmu *gmu,
> if (!gmu->legacy)
> index = ALIGN(index, 4) % header->size;
>
> - header->read_index = index;
> + /* Ensure all memory operations are complete before updating the read index */
> + dma_mb();
> +
> + WRITE_ONCE(header->read_index, index);
> return HFI_HEADER_SIZE(hdr);
> }
>
> @@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ static int a6xx_hfi_queue_write(struct a6xx_gmu *gmu,
>
> spin_lock(&queue->lock);
>
> - space = CIRC_SPACE(header->write_index, header->read_index,
> + space = CIRC_SPACE(header->write_index, READ_ONCE(header->read_index),
> header->size);
> if (space < dwords) {
> header->dropped++;
> @@ -95,7 +98,10 @@ static int a6xx_hfi_queue_write(struct a6xx_gmu *gmu,
> queue->data[index] = 0xfafafafa;
> }
>
> - header->write_index = index;
> + /* Ensure all memory operations are complete before updating the write index */
> + dma_mb();
> +
> + WRITE_ONCE(header->write_index, index);
> spin_unlock(&queue->lock);
>
> gmu_write(gmu, REG_A6XX_GMU_HOST2GMU_INTR_SET, 0x01);
>
> --
> 2.51.0
>