[PATCH 3.12 060/170] ibmvscsi: Add memory barriers for send / receive

From: Jiri Slaby
Date: Fri Jul 18 2014 - 09:03:48 EST


From: Brian King <brking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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commit 7114aae02742d6b5c5a0d39a41deb61d415d3717 upstream.

Add a memory barrier prior to sending a new command to the VIOS
to ensure the VIOS does not receive stale data in the command buffer.
Also add a memory barrier when processing the CRQ for completed commands.

Signed-off-by: Brian King <brking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
index c3d4991411b2..c5bb0e0a36b9 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ static struct viosrp_crq *crq_queue_next_crq(struct crq_queue *queue)
if (crq->valid & 0x80) {
if (++queue->cur == queue->size)
queue->cur = 0;
+
+ /* Ensure the read of the valid bit occurs before reading any
+ * other bits of the CRQ entry
+ */
+ rmb();
} else
crq = NULL;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&queue->lock, flags);
@@ -203,6 +208,11 @@ static int ibmvscsi_send_crq(struct ibmvscsi_host_data *hostdata,
{
struct vio_dev *vdev = to_vio_dev(hostdata->dev);

+ /*
+ * Ensure the command buffer is flushed to memory before handing it
+ * over to the VIOS to prevent it from fetching any stale data.
+ */
+ mb();
return plpar_hcall_norets(H_SEND_CRQ, vdev->unit_address, word1, word2);
}

--
2.0.0

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