Re: [PATCH REPOST v4 5/7] ixgbevf: keep writel() closer to wmb()

[David Miller]

From: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:48:08 -0700

> On Wed, 2018-03-21 at 14:56 -0400, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>> Remove ixgbevf_write_tail() in favor of moving writel() close to
>> wmb().
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h      | 5 -----
>>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 4 ++--
>>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> This patch fails to compile because there is a call to
> ixgbevf_write_tail() which you missed cleaning up.

For a change with delicate side effects, it doesn't create much
confidence if the code does not even compile.

Sinan, please put more care into the changes you are making.

Thank you.