Re: [PATCH 2.6.7-rc3-mm2 2/5] via-velocity: uniformize use of OWNED_BY_NIC

Jeff Garzik [off-list ref] :

Francois Romieu wrote:

[...]

quoted

+static inline void velocity_give_rx_desc(struct rx_desc *rd)
+{
+	*(u32 *)&rd->rdesc0 = 0;
+	rd->rdesc0.owner = cpu_to_le32(OWNED_BY_NIC);
+}

The patch itself is OK, and I will merge, but I wonder:

isn't a wmb() needed perhaps?

/me scratches head...

Ok, everything should be fine with a change in velocity_give_many_rx_descs():
[...]
        if (vptr->rd_filled < 4)
                return;

<insert a wmb() here>

        unusable = vptr->rd_filled | 0x0003;


I'll queue that for the next serie.

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Ueimor