bnxt_en: Need memory barrier when processing the completion ring.
authorMichael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Wed, 4 May 2016 20:56:43 +0000 (16:56 -0400)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Wed, 4 May 2016 21:11:37 +0000 (17:11 -0400)
commit67a95e2022c7f0405408fb1f910283785ece354a
treeba7439fac778de34a693ee7a3b0d446f70c5a8ba
parent32b583a0cb9b757d68c44f2819fa6ccf95dbb953
bnxt_en: Need memory barrier when processing the completion ring.

The code determines if the next ring entry is valid before proceeding
further to read the rest of the entry.  The CPU can re-order and read
the rest of the entry first, possibly reading a stale entry, if DMA
of a new entry happens right after reading it.  This issue can be
readily seen on a ppc64 system, causing it to crash.

Signed-off-by: Michael Chan <michael.chan@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt.c