[PATCH v5 3/9] coresight: tmc-etf: Add comment for store ordering
From: Leo Yan
Date: Mon Aug 09 2021 - 07:15:36 EST
Since the function CS_LOCK() has contained memory barrier mb(), it
ensures the visibility of the AUX trace data before updating the
aux_head, thus it's needless to add any explicit barrier anymore.
Add comment to make clear for the barrier usage for ETF.
Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
index cd0fb7bfba68..8debd4f40f06 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-tmc-etf.c
@@ -553,6 +553,11 @@ static unsigned long tmc_update_etf_buffer(struct coresight_device *csdev,
if (buf->snapshot)
handle->head += to_read;
+ /*
+ * CS_LOCK() contains mb() so it can ensure visibility of the AUX trace
+ * data before the aux_head is updated via perf_aux_output_end(), which
+ * is expected by the perf ring buffer.
+ */
CS_LOCK(drvdata->base);
out:
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&drvdata->spinlock, flags);
--
2.25.1