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[net-next] r8169: improve rtl8169_mark_to_asic

Message ID 25184433-dca6-f43f-ccc5-daf0ed0f17ee@gmail.com
State Accepted
Delegated to: David Miller
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Series [net-next] r8169: improve rtl8169_mark_to_asic | expand

Commit Message

Heiner Kallweit May 18, 2020, 8:22 p.m. UTC
Let the compiler decide about inlining, and as confirmed by Eric it's
better to use WRITE_ONCE here to ensure that the descriptor ownership
is transferred to NIC immediately.

Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Comments

David Miller May 19, 2020, 12:46 a.m. UTC | #1
From: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 22:22:09 +0200

> Let the compiler decide about inlining, and as confirmed by Eric it's
> better to use WRITE_ONCE here to ensure that the descriptor ownership
> is transferred to NIC immediately.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heiner Kallweit <hkallweit1@gmail.com>

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diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
index e887ee1e3..23f150092 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/realtek/r8169_main.c
@@ -3824,15 +3824,14 @@  static int rtl8169_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void rtl8169_mark_to_asic(struct RxDesc *desc)
+static void rtl8169_mark_to_asic(struct RxDesc *desc)
 {
 	u32 eor = le32_to_cpu(desc->opts1) & RingEnd;
 
 	desc->opts2 = 0;
 	/* Force memory writes to complete before releasing descriptor */
 	dma_wmb();
-
-	desc->opts1 = cpu_to_le32(DescOwn | eor | R8169_RX_BUF_SIZE);
+	WRITE_ONCE(desc->opts1, cpu_to_le32(DescOwn | eor | R8169_RX_BUF_SIZE));
 }
 
 static struct page *rtl8169_alloc_rx_data(struct rtl8169_private *tp,