[PATCH RFC v2 00/11] scsi: ufs: Remove overzealous memory barriers

From: Andrew Halaney
Date: Thu Dec 21 2023 - 13:18:09 EST


This is an RFC because I'm not all the confident in this topic. UFS has
a lot of mb() variants used, most with comments saying "ensure this
takes effect before continuing". mb()'s aren't really the way to
guarantee that, a read back is the best method.

Some of these though I think could go a step further and remove the mb()
variant without a read back. As far as I can tell there's no real reason
to ensure it takes effect in most cases (there's no delay() or anything
afterwards, and eventually another readl()/writel() happens which is by
definition ordered).

In this current series I don't do that as I wasn't totally convinced,
but it should be considered when reviewing.

Hopefully this series gets enough interest where we can confidently
merge the final result after review helps improve it.

I'll be travelling a good bit the next 2ish weeks, so expect little
response until my return.

Thanks in advance for the help,
Andrew

Signed-off-by: Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v2:
- Added review tags for original patch
- Added new patches to address all other memory barriers used

- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231208-ufs-reset-ensure-effect-before-delay-v1-1-8a0f82d7a09e@xxxxxxxxxx

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Andrew Halaney (11):
scsi: ufs: qcom: Perform read back after writing reset bit
scsi: ufs: qcom: Perform read back after writing REG_UFS_SYS1CLK_1US
scsi: ufs: qcom: Perform read back after writing testbus config
scsi: ufs: qcom: Perform read back after writing unipro mode
scsi: ufs: qcom: Perform read back after writing CGC enable
scsi: ufs: cdns-pltfrm: Perform read back after writing HCLKDIV
scsi: ufs: core: Perform read back after writing UTP_TASK_REQ_LIST_BASE_H
scsi: ufs: core: Perform read back after disabling interrupts
scsi: ufs: core: Perform read back after disabling UIC_COMMAND_COMPL
scsi: ufs: core: Perform read back to commit doorbell
scsi: ufs: core: Perform read back before writing run/stop regs

drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c | 10 +++++-----
drivers/ufs/host/cdns-pltfrm.c | 2 +-
drivers/ufs/host/ufs-qcom.c | 14 ++++++--------
drivers/ufs/host/ufs-qcom.h | 12 ++++++------
4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 20d857259d7d10cd0d5e8b60608455986167cfad
change-id: 20231208-ufs-reset-ensure-effect-before-delay-6e06899d5419

Best regards,
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Andrew Halaney <ahalaney@xxxxxxxxxx>