[PATCH] sata_sil24: Use memory barriers before issuing commands

[Catalin Marinas]

The data in the cmd_block buffers may reach the main memory after the
writel() to the device ports. This patch introduces two calls to wmb()
to ensure the relative ordering.

Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Colin Tuckley <colin.tuckley@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
index e925051..6392fdb 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ static int sil24_exec_polled_cmd(struct ata_port *ap, int pmp,
 	irq_enabled = readl(port + PORT_IRQ_ENABLE_SET);
 	writel(PORT_IRQ_COMPLETE | PORT_IRQ_ERROR, port + PORT_IRQ_ENABLE_CLR);
 
+	wmb();
 	writel((u32)paddr, port + PORT_CMD_ACTIVATE);
 	writel((u64)paddr >> 32, port + PORT_CMD_ACTIVATE + 4);
 
@@ -895,6 +896,7 @@ static unsigned int sil24_qc_issue(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 	paddr = pp->cmd_block_dma + tag * sizeof(*pp->cmd_block);
 	activate = port + PORT_CMD_ACTIVATE + tag * 8;
 
+	wmb();
 	writel((u32)paddr, activate);
 	writel((u64)paddr >> 32, activate + 4);
 

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