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Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 18/18] infiniband: cxgb4: Eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
Date:   Sat, 17 Mar 2018 08:23:13 -0500
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> 
> On 3/17/2018 12:03 AM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> > On 3/16/2018 11:40 PM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
> >> I'll change writel_relaxed() with __raw_writel() in the series like you
> suggested
> >> and also look at your other comments.
> >
> > I spoke too soon.
> >
> > Now that I realized, code needs to follow one of the following patterns
> for correctness
> >
> > 1)
> > wmb()
> > writel()/writel_relaxed()
> >
> > or
> >
> > 2)
> > wmb()
> > __raw_wrltel()
> > mmiowb()
> >
> > but definitely not
> >
> > wmb()
> > __raw_wrltel()
> >
> > Since #1 == #2, I'll stick to my current implementation of writel_relaxed()
> >
> > Changing writel() to writel_relaxed() or __raw_writel() isn't enough.
> PowerPC needs mmiowb()
> > for correctness. ARM's mmiowb() implementation is empty.
> >
> > So, there is no one size fits all solution with the current state of affairs.
> >
> >
> 
> I think I finally got what you mean.
> 
> Code seems to have
> 
> wmb()
> writel()/writeq()
> wmb()
> 
> this can be safely replaced with
> 
> wmb()
> __raw_writel()/__raw_writeq()
> wmb()
> 
> This will work on all arches. Below is the new version. Let me know if this is
> OK.
> 
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb4/t4.h
> @@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static inline void pio_copy(u64 __iomem *dst, u64
> *src)
>         int count = 8;
> 
>         while (count) {
> -               writeq(*src, dst);
> +               __raw_writeq(*src, dst);
>                 src++;
>                 dst++;
>                 count--;
> @@ -477,15 +477,16 @@ static inline void t4_ring_sq_db(struct t4_wq *wq,
> u16 inc, union t4_wr *wqe)
>                                  (u64 *)wqe);
>                 } else {
>                         pr_debug("DB wq->sq.pidx = %d\n", wq->sq.pidx);
> -                       writel(PIDX_T5_V(inc) | QID_V(wq->sq.bar2_qid),
> -                              wq->sq.bar2_va + SGE_UDB_KDOORBELL);
> +                       __raw_writel(PIDX_T5_V(inc) | QID_V(wq->sq.bar2_qid),
> +                                    wq->sq.bar2_va + SGE_UDB_KDOORBELL);
>                 }
> 
>                 /* Flush user doorbell area writes. */
>                 wmb();
>                 return;
>         }
> -       writel(QID_V(wq->sq.qid) | PIDX_V(inc), wq->db);
> +       __raw_writel(QID_V(wq->sq.qid) | PIDX_V(inc), wq->db);
> +       mmiowmb()
>  }
> 
>  static inline void t4_ring_rq_db(struct t4_wq *wq, u16 inc,
> @@ -502,15 +503,16 @@ static inline void t4_ring_rq_db(struct t4_wq *wq,
> u16 inc,
>                                  (void *)wqe);
>                 } else {
>                         pr_debug("DB wq->rq.pidx = %d\n", wq->rq.pidx);
> -                       writel(PIDX_T5_V(inc) | QID_V(wq->rq.bar2_qid),
> -                              wq->rq.bar2_va + SGE_UDB_KDOORBELL);
> +                       __raw_writel(PIDX_T5_V(inc) | QID_V(wq->rq.bar2_qid),
> +                                    wq->rq.bar2_va + SGE_UDB_KDOORBELL);
>                 }
> 
>                 /* Flush user doorbell area writes. */
>                 wmb();
>                 return;
>         }
> -       writel(QID_V(wq->rq.qid) | PIDX_V(inc), wq->db);
> +       __raw_writel(QID_V(wq->rq.qid) | PIDX_V(inc), wq->db);
> +       mmiowmb();
>  }
> 
> 

Yes, this is what chelsio recommended to me.  

Reviewed-by: Steve Wise <swise@opengridcomputing.com>