qlcnic: add wmb() call in transmit data path.

Call wmb() to ensure writes are complete before
hardware fetches updated Tx descriptors.

Signed-off-by: Sony Chacko <sony.chacko@qlogic.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_io.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_io.c
index 607bb7d4514d83b3e4de32f7a8abe634f81a5d95..87c642d3b075b2bc9845ba2cdbb4204e788028c3 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_io.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_io.c
@@ -772,6 +772,8 @@ netdev_tx_t qlcnic_xmit_frame(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
        tx_ring->tx_stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
        tx_ring->tx_stats.xmit_called++;
 
+       /* Ensure writes are complete before HW fetches Tx descriptors */
+       wmb();
        qlcnic_update_cmd_producer(tx_ring);
 
        return NETDEV_TX_OK;