From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC2B543C94; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:09:14 +0100 (CET) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9979B42E58; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:08:09 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp-fw-6002.amazon.com (smtp-fw-6002.amazon.com [52.95.49.90]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4755B42E57 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:08:08 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=amazon.com; i=@amazon.com; q=dns/txt; s=amazon201209; t=1710266889; x=1741802889; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to: references:mime-version; bh=pUKagrk0Zrm6ug8lKnJRlXR2OjCjHccyAiQ4ySJ9Ehc=; b=BcGXowpDvESo5CTho34bj8cxATbTuQ2luSZfZ2Xd64udHnaLNAbMJjcN xzpGuy2Flxg6Y5ntZKNkayy42qF3Oo5Z6iQnxRNnf6X9pxGoStUIebi6X BmTqxfhgCN1qMrU+4Ohs+Tk6RqNOWap6Sxn9wgaetJUpwIgU0oQfgerlc I=; X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.07,119,1708387200"; d="scan'208";a="392781656" Received: from iad12-co-svc-p1-lb1-vlan3.amazon.com (HELO smtpout.prod.us-west-2.prod.farcaster.email.amazon.dev) ([10.43.8.6]) by smtp-border-fw-6002.iad6.amazon.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 12 Mar 2024 18:08:08 +0000 Received: from EX19MTAEUA001.ant.amazon.com [10.0.17.79:56490] by smtpin.naws.eu-west-1.prod.farcaster.email.amazon.dev [10.0.24.76:2525] with esmtp (Farcaster) id 020d35a5-e400-4c2a-ac67-bde8148dcaf1; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:08:06 +0000 (UTC) X-Farcaster-Flow-ID: 020d35a5-e400-4c2a-ac67-bde8148dcaf1 Received: from EX19D007EUA002.ant.amazon.com (10.252.50.68) by EX19MTAEUA001.ant.amazon.com (10.252.50.50) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.2.1258.28; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:08:06 +0000 Received: from EX19MTAUWA001.ant.amazon.com (10.250.64.204) by EX19D007EUA002.ant.amazon.com (10.252.50.68) with Microsoft SMTP Server (version=TLS1_2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id 15.2.1258.28; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:08:05 +0000 Received: from HFA15-CG15235BS.amazon.com (10.85.143.174) by mail-relay.amazon.com (10.250.64.204) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 15.2.1258.28 via Frontend Transport; Tue, 12 Mar 2024 18:08:04 +0000 From: To: CC: , Shai Brandes Subject: [PATCH v4 19/31] net/ena/base: modify memory barrier comment Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 20:07:04 +0200 Message-ID: <20240312180716.8515-20-shaibran@amazon.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 In-Reply-To: <20240312180716.8515-1-shaibran@amazon.com> References: <20240312180716.8515-1-shaibran@amazon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org From: Shai Brandes The dma_rmb() memory barrier guarantees that the device set the phase bit before continuing to read the rest of the descriptor. Because the phase bit and the rest of the descriptor are in the same cache line this ensures coherency of the data from the descriptor. Signed-off-by: Shai Brandes Reviewed-by: Amit Bernstein --- drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.c b/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.c index f9613f7807..053e095585 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.c +++ b/drivers/net/ena/base/ena_com.c @@ -2412,8 +2412,8 @@ void ena_com_aenq_intr_handler(struct ena_com_dev *ena_dev, void *data) /* Go over all the events */ while ((READ_ONCE8(aenq_common->flags) & ENA_ADMIN_AENQ_COMMON_DESC_PHASE_MASK) == phase) { - /* Make sure the phase bit (ownership) is as expected before - * reading the rest of the descriptor. + /* Make sure the device finished writing the rest of the descriptor + * before reading it. */ dma_rmb(); -- 2.17.1