[PATCH v2 2/2] net: emaclite: add barriers to support Xilinx Zynq platform
Srikanth Thokala
sthokal at xilinx.com
Sat Dec 7 03:10:49 EST 2013
This patch adds barriers at appropriate places to ensure the driver
works on Xilinx Zynq ARM-based SoC platform.
Signed-off-by: Srikanth Thokala <sthokal at xilinx.com>
---
Changes in v2:
rebased on v3.13.0-rc3.
added comments for memory barrier.
---
drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
index b2850fd..fefb8cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/xilinx_emaclite.c
@@ -220,6 +220,13 @@ static void xemaclite_aligned_write(void *src_ptr, u32 *dest_ptr,
*to_u16_ptr++ = *from_u16_ptr++;
*to_u16_ptr++ = *from_u16_ptr++;
+ /* This barrier resolves occasional issues seen around
+ * cases where the data is not properly flushed out
+ * from the processor store buffers to the destination
+ * memory locations.
+ */
+ wmb();
+
/* Output a word */
*to_u32_ptr++ = align_buffer;
}
@@ -235,6 +242,12 @@ static void xemaclite_aligned_write(void *src_ptr, u32 *dest_ptr,
for (; length > 0; length--)
*to_u8_ptr++ = *from_u8_ptr++;
+ /* This barrier resolves occasional issues seen around
+ * cases where the data is not properly flushed out
+ * from the processor store buffers to the destination
+ * memory locations.
+ */
+ wmb();
*to_u32_ptr = align_buffer;
}
}
--
1.7.9.5
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