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From: "Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>
To: "Manivannan Sadhasivam" <mani@kernel.org>,
	"Damien Le Moal" <damien.lemoal@opensource.wdc.com>
Cc: "Bjorn Helgaas" <bhelgaas@google.com>,
	linux-pci@vger.kernel.org,
	"Rick Wertenbroek" <rick.wertenbroek@gmail.com>,
	"Lorenzo Pieralisi" <lpieralisi@kernel.org>,
	"Krzysztof Wilczyński" <kw@linux.com>,
	"Kishon Vijay Abraham I" <kishon@kernel.org>,
	"Greg Kroah-Hartman" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 09/16] PCI: epf-test: Improve handling of command and status registers
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 16:25:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d2f42b13-3d1e-4fb9-8b03-b32b7a9845a9@app.fastmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230315155119.GK98488@thinkpad>

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023, at 16:51, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 06:03:06PM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Set the status before raising the IRQ to ensure that the host sees
>> +	 * the updated value when it gets the IRQ.
>> +	 */
>> +	WRITE_ONCE(reg->status, status);
>
> For MMIO, it is not sufficient to use WRITE_ONCE() and expect that the write
> has reached the memory (it could be stored in a write buffer). If you really
> care about synchronization, then you should do a read back of the variable.

This is not MMIO, this is the local access to a variable that is accessed
through MMIO from the remote host. Reading it back would not change anything
here as far as I can tell, 

      Arnd

  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-03-16 15:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-03-08  9:02 [PATCH v2 00/16] PCI endpoint fixes and improvements Damien Le Moal
2023-03-08  9:02 ` [PATCH v2 01/16] PCI: endpoint: Automatically create a function specific attributes group Damien Le Moal
2023-03-15 14:27   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-08  9:02 ` [PATCH v2 02/16] PCI: endpoint: Move pci_epf_type_add_cfs() code Damien Le Moal
2023-03-15 15:01   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 03/16] PCI: epf-test: Fix DMA transfer completion initialization Damien Le Moal
2023-03-15 15:03   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 04/16] PCI: epf-test: Fix DMA transfer completion detection Damien Le Moal
2023-03-15 15:20   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-15 23:46     ` Damien Le Moal
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 05/16] PCI: epf-test: Use dmaengine_submit() to initiate DMA transfer Damien Le Moal
2023-03-15 15:21   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 06/16] PCI: epf-test: Simplify read/write/copy test functions Damien Le Moal
2023-03-15 15:24   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 07/16] PCI: epf-test: Simply pci_epf_test_raise_irq() Damien Le Moal
2023-03-15 15:27   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 08/16] PCI: epf-test: Simplify IRQ test commands execution Damien Le Moal
2023-03-15 15:37   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 09/16] PCI: epf-test: Improve handling of command and status registers Damien Le Moal
2023-03-15 15:51   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-15 23:49     ` Damien Le Moal
2023-03-16 15:25     ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2023-03-16 16:31       ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-16 16:32   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 10/16] PCI: epf-test: Cleanup pci_epf_test_cmd_handler() Damien Le Moal
2023-03-15 15:52   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 11/16] PCI: epf-test: Simplify dma support checks Damien Le Moal
2023-03-15 15:57   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 12/16] PCI: epf-test: Simplify transfers result print Damien Le Moal
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 13/16] misc: pci_endpoint_test: Free IRQs before removing the device Damien Le Moal
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 14/16] misc: pci_endpoint_test: Re-init completion for every test Damien Le Moal
2023-03-15 15:55   ` Manivannan Sadhasivam
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 15/16] misc: pci_endpoint_test: Do not write status in IRQ handler Damien Le Moal
2023-03-08  9:03 ` [PATCH v2 16/16] misc: pci_endpoint_test: Simplify pci_endpoint_test_msi_irq() Damien Le Moal

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