[SRU][F:linux-bluefield][PATCH v3 0/1] UBUNTU: SAUCE: tmfifo: Fix a memory barrier issue
Liming Sun
limings at nvidia.com
Thu May 6 12:30:28 UTC 2021
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1927262
SRU Justification:
[Impact]
* The virtio framework uses wmb() when updating avail->idx. It guarantees
the write order, but not necessarily loading order for the code accessing
the memory. So potentially it could cause traffic stuck which has been
observed in the field.
[Fix]
* This commit adds a load barrier after reading the avail->idx to make sure
all the data in the descriptor is visible. It also adds a barrier when
returning the packet to virtio framework to make sure read/writes are
visible to the virtio code.
[Test Case]
* Just normal test. This change doesn't affect any functionality.
[Regression Potential]
* This version of the driver was tested by QA/verification for a while so no
known regression at the moment.
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