Re: [PATCH] net: ftgmac100: Fix missing TX-poll issue

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Mon, 19 Oct 2020 08:57:03 +0000 Joel Stanley wrote:
> > diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c
> > index 00024dd41147..9a99a87f29f3 100644
> > --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c
> > +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/faraday/ftgmac100.c
> > @@ -804,7 +804,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t ftgmac100_hard_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
> >          * before setting the OWN bit on the first descriptor.
> >          */
> >         dma_wmb();
> > -       first->txdes0 = cpu_to_le32(f_ctl_stat);
> > +       WRITE_ONCE(first->txdes0, cpu_to_le32(f_ctl_stat));
> > +       READ_ONCE(first->txdes0);  
> 
> I understand what you're trying to do here, but I'm not sure that this
> is the correct way to go about it.
> 
> It does cause the compiler to produce a store and then a load.

+1 @first is system memory from dma_alloc_coherent(), right?

You shouldn't have to do this. Is coherent DMA memory broken 
on your platform?