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From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@ACULAB.COM>
Cc: 'Benjamin Herrenschmidt' <benh@kernel.crashing.org>,
	Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>,
	"open list:LINUX FOR POWERPC (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)"
	<linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org>, Oliver <oohall@gmail.com>,
	"linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org" <linux-rdma@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: RFC on writel and writel_relaxed
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 10:54:25 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180326165425.GA15554@ziepe.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <58ce5b83f40f4775bec1be8db66adb0d@AcuMS.aculab.com>

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 11:08:45AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> > > This is a super performance critical operation for most drivers and
> > > directly impacts network performance.
> 
> Perhaps there ought to be writel_nobarrier() (etc) that never contain
> any barriers at all.
> This might mean that they are always just the memory operation,
> but it would make it more obvious what the driver was doing.

I think that is what writel_relaxed is supposed to be.

The only restriction it has is that the writes to a single device
using UC memory must be kept in program order..

Jason

  reply	other threads:[~2018-03-26 16:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 129+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-03-21  3:07 RFC on writel and writel_relaxed Sinan Kaya
2018-03-21  3:40 ` Oliver
2018-03-21 13:53   ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-21 13:58     ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-26 13:43       ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-26 16:00         ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-21 14:35     ` David Laight
2018-03-21 15:04       ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-22  5:24       ` Oliver
2018-03-22  8:20         ` Gabriel Paubert
2018-03-22  9:25           ` Oliver
2018-03-22 11:25             ` Gabriel Paubert
2018-03-22 10:37         ` David Laight
2018-03-22  4:24     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-22 10:15       ` Oliver
2018-03-22 13:52         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-22 17:51           ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-23  0:16             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-23 13:42               ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-24  1:22                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-24 15:06                   ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-26 11:44               ` Will Deacon
2018-03-26 12:11                 ` okaya
2018-03-26 12:42                   ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-23 16:35           ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-24  1:23             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-26 11:08               ` David Laight
2018-03-26 16:54                 ` Jason Gunthorpe [this message]
2018-03-26 19:44                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-26 20:25                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-26 20:43                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-26 21:09                         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-26 21:30                           ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-26 21:46                             ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-26 22:01                               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-26 22:08                                 ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-26 22:28                                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-26 22:27                                 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-26 22:36                                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-26 22:42                                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-26 22:50                                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-26 23:59                                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-27  1:39                                         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-27  7:56                                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-27  8:56                                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-27  9:44                                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-27 10:00                                         ` Will Deacon
2018-03-27 11:23                                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-27 12:22                                           ` okaya
2018-03-27 14:12                                             ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-27 21:27                                               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-27  9:57                                       ` Will Deacon
2018-03-27 10:05                                         ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-27 10:09                                           ` Will Deacon
2018-03-27 10:53                                             ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-27 11:02                                               ` Will Deacon
2018-03-27 11:05                                                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-27 11:25                                                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-27 13:20                                                 ` David Laight
2018-03-27 13:46                                                 ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-27 14:36                                                   ` Will Deacon
2018-03-27 21:29                                                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28  8:53                                                       ` Will Deacon
2018-03-28  9:00                                                         ` David Laight
2018-03-28  9:09                                                           ` Will Deacon
2018-03-28  9:56                                                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28  9:50                                                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28  9:55                                                           ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-28 10:01                                                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28 10:13                                                               ` Will Deacon
2018-03-28 16:57                                                                 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-29  9:19                                                                   ` Will Deacon
2018-03-29 14:45                                                                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-29 14:58                                                                       ` David Laight
2018-03-29 16:40                                                                         ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-27 21:24                                                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-27 11:21                                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-27  9:42                                     ` Will Deacon
2018-03-27 11:20                                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-27 11:24                                         ` Will Deacon
2018-03-27 14:24                                       ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-27 14:16                                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2018-03-26 22:00                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-27 14:46                               ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-27 15:01                                 ` Jose Abreu
2018-03-27 15:10                                 ` Will Deacon
2018-03-27 18:54                                   ` Alexander Duyck
2018-03-27 19:54                                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-27 20:46                                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-27 21:33                                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28  0:39                                       ` Linus Torvalds
2018-03-28  1:03                                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28  2:51                                           ` Linus Torvalds
2018-03-28  3:24                                             ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-28  4:41                                               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28  6:14                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2018-03-28 11:41                                                 ` okaya
2018-03-28 15:13                                                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28 15:55                                                     ` David Miller
2018-03-28 16:23                                                       ` Nicholas Piggin
2018-03-28 21:31                                                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28 22:09                                                           ` Nicholas Piggin
2018-03-29  9:20                                                           ` Will Deacon
2018-03-29 13:56                                                       ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-29 14:04                                                         ` David Miller
2018-03-29 16:29                                                         ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-29 16:59                                                           ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-30  1:40                                                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-04-02 13:01                                                           ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-28  4:33                                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28  6:26                                               ` Linus Torvalds
2018-03-28  6:42                                                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28  6:53                                                   ` Linus Torvalds
2018-03-28  6:56                                                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28  7:11                                                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2018-03-28  7:42                                                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28  9:07                                                   ` Will Deacon
2018-03-28  9:56                                                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28 10:13                                                       ` Aw: " Lino Sanfilippo
2018-03-28 10:20                                                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28 11:30                                                       ` David Laight
2018-03-28 15:12                                                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-28 16:16                                                           ` David Laight
2018-03-28  1:21                                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-27 21:35                                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2018-03-26 21:26                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2018-03-27 21:54 Alexander Duyck
2018-03-27 22:35 ` Sinan Kaya
2018-03-27 23:43 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt

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