Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] net: macb: ensure ordering write to re-enable RX smoothly
From: David Miller
Date: Tue Nov 29 2016 - 20:34:26 EST
From: Zumeng Chen <zumeng.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 21:55:00 +0800
> When a hardware issue happened as described by inline comments, the register
> write pattern looks like the following:
>
> <write ~MACB_BIT(RE)>
> + wmb();
> <write MACB_BIT(RE)>
>
> There might be a memory barrier between these two write operations, so add wmb
> to ensure an flip from 0 to 1 for NCR.
>
> Signed-off-by: Zumeng Chen <zumeng.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> V2 changes:
>
> Add the same wmb for at91ether as well based on reviewer's suggestion.
Applied, thanks.