Re: [PATCH V2] scsi: mpt3sas: remove redundant wmb

From: Martin K. Petersen
Date: Mon Apr 24 2017 - 18:33:31 EST

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Sinan,

> Due to relaxed ordering requirements on multiple architectures,
> drivers are required to use wmb/rmb/mb combinations when they need to
> guarantee observability between the memory and the HW.

Applied to 4.12/scsi-queue, thanks!

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Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering

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