[PATCH net-next v7 1/2] net: axienet: Be more careful about updating tx_bd_tail
patchwork-bot+netdevbpf at kernel.org
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Fri May 13 04:30:13 PDT 2022
Hello:
This series was applied to netdev/net-next.git (master)
by David S. Miller <davem at davemloft.net>:
On Thu, 12 May 2022 11:18:52 -0600 you wrote:
> The axienet_start_xmit function was updating the tx_bd_tail variable
> multiple times, with potential rollbacks on error or invalid
> intermediate positions, even though this variable is also used in the
> TX completion path. Use READ_ONCE where this variable is read and
> WRITE_ONCE where it is written to make this update more atomic, and
> move the write before the MMIO write to start the transfer, so it is
> protected by that implicit write barrier.
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [net-next,v7,1/2] net: axienet: Be more careful about updating tx_bd_tail
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/f0cf4000f586
- [net-next,v7,2/2] net: axienet: Use NAPI for TX completion path
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/9e2bc267e780
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