[openib-general] [PATCH] use mmiowb after doorbell ring

akepner at sgi.com akepner at sgi.com
Mon Oct 16 12:17:12 PDT 2006


On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Roland Dreier wrote:

>
> Would it be cleaner just to put an mmiowb() inside update_cons_index()
> in the case where the doorbell gets rung?  That way there's no
> unnecessary mmiowb() in the memfree case (which doesn't use a doorbell
> or do any writing to PCI at all).
>

On second (or eighth, or whatever) look, yeah, that's better
and simpler, too. I'll repost a fixed up version.

-- 
Arthur





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