[PATCH v2 0/6] Eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[PATCH v2 0/6] Eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel() in multiple places. writel()
already has a barrier on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

I did a regex search for wmb() followed by writel() in each drivers
directory.
I scrubbed the ones I care about and posted this series. Note also that
I have one Infiniband patch in the series.

I considered "ease of change", "popular usage" and "performance critical
path" as the determining criteria for my filtering.

We used relaxed API heavily on ARM for a long time but
it did not exist on other architectures. For this reason, relaxed
architectures have been paying double penalty in order to use the common
drivers.

Now that relaxed API is present on all architectures, we can go and scrub
all drivers to see what needs to change and what can remain.

We start with mostly used ones and hope to increase the coverage over time.
It will take a while to cover all drivers.

Changes since v1:

i40e/i40evf: Eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
missed writel calls in:
i40e:
  i40e_program_fdir_filter
  i40e_clean_rx_irq
  i40e_tx_map
i40evf:
  i40e_clean_rx_irq
  i40e_tx_map

ixgbe: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
missed the writel at the end of ixgbe_tx_map

RDMA/qedr: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
dropped since applied

igbvf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
missed the writel at the end of igbvf_tx_queue_adv()

igb: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
missed the writel at the end of igb_tx_map()

e1000: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
dropped

ixgbevf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
split into two and remove extra barrier.

Sinan Kaya (6):
  i40e/i40evf: Eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
  ixgbe: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
  igbvf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
  igb: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
  ixgbevf: keep writel() closer to wmb()
  ixgbevf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c       | 8 ++++----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c     | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c         | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c         | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c     | 8 ++++----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h      | 5 -----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 4 ++--
 7 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 0/6] Eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel() in multiple places. writel()
already has a barrier on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

I did a regex search for wmb() followed by writel() in each drivers
directory.
I scrubbed the ones I care about and posted this series. Note also that
I have one Infiniband patch in the series.

I considered "ease of change", "popular usage" and "performance critical
path" as the determining criteria for my filtering.

We used relaxed API heavily on ARM for a long time but
it did not exist on other architectures. For this reason, relaxed
architectures have been paying double penalty in order to use the common
drivers.

Now that relaxed API is present on all architectures, we can go and scrub
all drivers to see what needs to change and what can remain.

We start with mostly used ones and hope to increase the coverage over time.
It will take a while to cover all drivers.

Changes since v1:

i40e/i40evf: Eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
missed writel calls in:
i40e:
  i40e_program_fdir_filter
  i40e_clean_rx_irq
  i40e_tx_map
i40evf:
  i40e_clean_rx_irq
  i40e_tx_map

ixgbe: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
missed the writel at the end of ixgbe_tx_map

RDMA/qedr: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
dropped since applied

igbvf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
missed the writel at the end of igbvf_tx_queue_adv()

igb: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
missed the writel at the end of igb_tx_map()

e1000: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
dropped

ixgbevf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
split into two and remove extra barrier.

Sinan Kaya (6):
  i40e/i40evf: Eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
  ixgbe: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
  igbvf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
  igb: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs
  ixgbevf: keep writel() closer to wmb()
  ixgbevf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c       | 8 ++++----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c     | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c         | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c         | 4 ++--
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c     | 8 ++++----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h      | 5 -----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 4 ++--
 7 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 1/6] i40e/i40evf: Eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel(). writel() already has a barrier
on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c   | 8 ++++----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index e554aa6cf..9455869 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static int i40e_program_fdir_filter(struct i40e_fdir_filter *fdir_data,
 	/* Mark the data descriptor to be watched */
 	first->next_to_watch = tx_desc;
 
-	writel(tx_ring->next_to_use, tx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(tx_ring->next_to_use, tx_ring->tail);
 	return 0;
 
 dma_fail:
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ static inline void i40e_release_rx_desc(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, u32 val)
 	 * such as IA-64).
 	 */
 	wmb();
-	writel(val, rx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(val, rx_ring->tail);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ static int i40e_clean_rx_irq(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		 */
 		wmb();
 
-		writel(xdp_ring->next_to_use, xdp_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(xdp_ring->next_to_use, xdp_ring->tail);
 	}
 
 	rx_ring->skb = skb;
@@ -3286,7 +3286,7 @@ static inline int i40e_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
 	if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) {
-		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 		/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 		 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index 357d605..56eea20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static inline void i40e_release_rx_desc(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, u32 val)
 	 * such as IA-64).
 	 */
 	wmb();
-	writel(val, rx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(val, rx_ring->tail);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ static inline void i40evf_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
 	if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) {
-		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 		/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 		 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 1/6] i40e/i40evf: Eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel(). writel() already has a barrier
on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c   | 8 ++++----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index e554aa6cf..9455869 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static int i40e_program_fdir_filter(struct i40e_fdir_filter *fdir_data,
 	/* Mark the data descriptor to be watched */
 	first->next_to_watch = tx_desc;
 
-	writel(tx_ring->next_to_use, tx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(tx_ring->next_to_use, tx_ring->tail);
 	return 0;
 
 dma_fail:
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ static inline void i40e_release_rx_desc(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, u32 val)
 	 * such as IA-64).
 	 */
 	wmb();
-	writel(val, rx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(val, rx_ring->tail);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ static int i40e_clean_rx_irq(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		 */
 		wmb();
 
-		writel(xdp_ring->next_to_use, xdp_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(xdp_ring->next_to_use, xdp_ring->tail);
 	}
 
 	rx_ring->skb = skb;
@@ -3286,7 +3286,7 @@ static inline int i40e_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
 	if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) {
-		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 		/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 		 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index 357d605..56eea20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static inline void i40e_release_rx_desc(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, u32 val)
 	 * such as IA-64).
 	 */
 	wmb();
-	writel(val, rx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(val, rx_ring->tail);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ static inline void i40evf_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
 	if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) {
-		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 		/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 		 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
-- 
2.7.4

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 1/6] i40e/i40evf: Eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel(). writel() already has a barrier
on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c   | 8 ++++----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index e554aa6cf..9455869 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ static int i40e_program_fdir_filter(struct i40e_fdir_filter *fdir_data,
 	/* Mark the data descriptor to be watched */
 	first->next_to_watch = tx_desc;
 
-	writel(tx_ring->next_to_use, tx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(tx_ring->next_to_use, tx_ring->tail);
 	return 0;
 
 dma_fail:
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ static inline void i40e_release_rx_desc(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, u32 val)
 	 * such as IA-64).
 	 */
 	wmb();
-	writel(val, rx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(val, rx_ring->tail);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ static int i40e_clean_rx_irq(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, int budget)
 		 */
 		wmb();
 
-		writel(xdp_ring->next_to_use, xdp_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(xdp_ring->next_to_use, xdp_ring->tail);
 	}
 
 	rx_ring->skb = skb;
@@ -3286,7 +3286,7 @@ static inline int i40e_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
 	if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) {
-		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 		/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 		 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index 357d605..56eea20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ static inline void i40e_release_rx_desc(struct i40e_ring *rx_ring, u32 val)
 	 * such as IA-64).
 	 */
 	wmb();
-	writel(val, rx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(val, rx_ring->tail);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2243,7 +2243,7 @@ static inline void i40evf_tx_map(struct i40e_ring *tx_ring, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
 	if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) {
-		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 		/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 		 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 2/6] ixgbe: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel() in multiple places. writel()
already has a barrier on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 0da5aa2..58ed70f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ void ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring, u16 cleaned_count)
 		 * such as IA-64).
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		writel(i, rx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, rx_ring->tail);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@ static int ixgbe_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
 		 * know there are new descriptors to fetch.
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		writel(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
 
 		xdp_do_flush_map();
 	}
@@ -8078,7 +8078,7 @@ static int ixgbe_tx_map(struct ixgbe_ring *tx_ring,
 	ixgbe_maybe_stop_tx(tx_ring, DESC_NEEDED);
 
 	if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) {
-		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 		/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 		 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
@@ -10014,7 +10014,7 @@ static void ixgbe_xdp_flush(struct net_device *dev)
 	 * are new descriptors to fetch.
 	 */
 	wmb();
-	writel(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
 
 	return;
 }
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 2/6] ixgbe: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel() in multiple places. writel()
already has a barrier on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 0da5aa2..58ed70f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ void ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring, u16 cleaned_count)
 		 * such as IA-64).
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		writel(i, rx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, rx_ring->tail);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@ static int ixgbe_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
 		 * know there are new descriptors to fetch.
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		writel(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
 
 		xdp_do_flush_map();
 	}
@@ -8078,7 +8078,7 @@ static int ixgbe_tx_map(struct ixgbe_ring *tx_ring,
 	ixgbe_maybe_stop_tx(tx_ring, DESC_NEEDED);
 
 	if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) {
-		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 		/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 		 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
@@ -10014,7 +10014,7 @@ static void ixgbe_xdp_flush(struct net_device *dev)
 	 * are new descriptors to fetch.
 	 */
 	wmb();
-	writel(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
 
 	return;
 }
-- 
2.7.4

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 2/6] ixgbe: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel() in multiple places. writel()
already has a barrier on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index 0da5aa2..58ed70f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ void ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers(struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring, u16 cleaned_count)
 		 * such as IA-64).
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		writel(i, rx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, rx_ring->tail);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2453,7 +2453,7 @@ static int ixgbe_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector,
 		 * know there are new descriptors to fetch.
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		writel(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
 
 		xdp_do_flush_map();
 	}
@@ -8078,7 +8078,7 @@ static int ixgbe_tx_map(struct ixgbe_ring *tx_ring,
 	ixgbe_maybe_stop_tx(tx_ring, DESC_NEEDED);
 
 	if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) {
-		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 		/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 		 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
@@ -10014,7 +10014,7 @@ static void ixgbe_xdp_flush(struct net_device *dev)
 	 * are new descriptors to fetch.
 	 */
 	wmb();
-	writel(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(ring->next_to_use, ring->tail);
 
 	return;
 }
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 3/6] igbvf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel(). writel() already has a barrier
on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
index 4214c15..edb1c34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static void igbvf_alloc_rx_buffers(struct igbvf_ring *rx_ring,
 		 * such as IA-64).
 		*/
 		wmb();
-		writel(i, adapter->hw.hw_addr + rx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, adapter->hw.hw_addr + rx_ring->tail);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ static inline void igbvf_tx_queue_adv(struct igbvf_adapter *adapter,
 
 	tx_ring->buffer_info[first].next_to_watch = tx_desc;
 	tx_ring->next_to_use = i;
-	writel(i, adapter->hw.hw_addr + tx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(i, adapter->hw.hw_addr + tx_ring->tail);
 	/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 	 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
 	 */
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 3/6] igbvf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel(). writel() already has a barrier
on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
index 4214c15..edb1c34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static void igbvf_alloc_rx_buffers(struct igbvf_ring *rx_ring,
 		 * such as IA-64).
 		*/
 		wmb();
-		writel(i, adapter->hw.hw_addr + rx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, adapter->hw.hw_addr + rx_ring->tail);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ static inline void igbvf_tx_queue_adv(struct igbvf_adapter *adapter,
 
 	tx_ring->buffer_info[first].next_to_watch = tx_desc;
 	tx_ring->next_to_use = i;
-	writel(i, adapter->hw.hw_addr + tx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(i, adapter->hw.hw_addr + tx_ring->tail);
 	/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 	 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
 	 */
-- 
2.7.4

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 3/6] igbvf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel(). writel() already has a barrier
on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
index 4214c15..edb1c34 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ static void igbvf_alloc_rx_buffers(struct igbvf_ring *rx_ring,
 		 * such as IA-64).
 		*/
 		wmb();
-		writel(i, adapter->hw.hw_addr + rx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, adapter->hw.hw_addr + rx_ring->tail);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2297,7 +2297,7 @@ static inline void igbvf_tx_queue_adv(struct igbvf_adapter *adapter,
 
 	tx_ring->buffer_info[first].next_to_watch = tx_desc;
 	tx_ring->next_to_use = i;
-	writel(i, adapter->hw.hw_addr + tx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(i, adapter->hw.hw_addr + tx_ring->tail);
 	/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 	 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
 	 */
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 4/6] igb: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel(). writel() already has a barrier
on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index b88fae7..82aea92 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -5671,7 +5671,7 @@ static int igb_tx_map(struct igb_ring *tx_ring,
 	igb_maybe_stop_tx(tx_ring, DESC_NEEDED);
 
 	if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) {
-		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 		/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 		 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
@@ -8072,7 +8072,7 @@ void igb_alloc_rx_buffers(struct igb_ring *rx_ring, u16 cleaned_count)
 		 * such as IA-64).
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		writel(i, rx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, rx_ring->tail);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 4/6] igb: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel(). writel() already has a barrier
on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index b88fae7..82aea92 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -5671,7 +5671,7 @@ static int igb_tx_map(struct igb_ring *tx_ring,
 	igb_maybe_stop_tx(tx_ring, DESC_NEEDED);
 
 	if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) {
-		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 		/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 		 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
@@ -8072,7 +8072,7 @@ void igb_alloc_rx_buffers(struct igb_ring *rx_ring, u16 cleaned_count)
 		 * such as IA-64).
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		writel(i, rx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, rx_ring->tail);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 4/6] igb: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel(). writel() already has a barrier
on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index b88fae7..82aea92 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -5671,7 +5671,7 @@ static int igb_tx_map(struct igb_ring *tx_ring,
 	igb_maybe_stop_tx(tx_ring, DESC_NEEDED);
 
 	if (netif_xmit_stopped(txring_txq(tx_ring)) || !skb->xmit_more) {
-		writel(i, tx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 		/* we need this if more than one processor can write to our tail
 		 * at a time, it synchronizes IO on IA64/Altix systems
@@ -8072,7 +8072,7 @@ void igb_alloc_rx_buffers(struct igb_ring *rx_ring, u16 cleaned_count)
 		 * such as IA-64).
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		writel(i, rx_ring->tail);
+		writel_relaxed(i, rx_ring->tail);
 	}
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 5/6] ixgbevf: keep writel() closer to wmb()

[Sinan Kaya]

Remove ixgbevf_write_tail() in favor of moving writel() close to
wmb().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h      | 5 -----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
index f695242..11e893e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
@@ -244,11 +244,6 @@ static inline u16 ixgbevf_desc_unused(struct ixgbevf_ring *ring)
 	return ((ntc > ntu) ? 0 : ring->count) + ntc - ntu - 1;
 }
 
-static inline void ixgbevf_write_tail(struct ixgbevf_ring *ring, u32 value)
-{
-	writel(value, ring->tail);
-}
-
 #define IXGBEVF_RX_DESC(R, i)	\
 	(&(((union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *)((R)->desc))[i]))
 #define IXGBEVF_TX_DESC(R, i)	\
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 9b3d43d..b65f691 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static void ixgbevf_alloc_rx_buffers(struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring,
 		 * such as IA-64).
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		ixgbevf_write_tail(rx_ring, i);
+		writel(i, rx_ring->tail);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3644,7 +3644,7 @@ static void ixgbevf_tx_map(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring,
 	tx_ring->next_to_use = i;
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
-	ixgbevf_write_tail(tx_ring, i);
+	writel(value, tx_ring->tail);
 
 	return;
 dma_error:
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 5/6] ixgbevf: keep writel() closer to wmb()

[Sinan Kaya]

Remove ixgbevf_write_tail() in favor of moving writel() close to
wmb().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h      | 5 -----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
index f695242..11e893e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
@@ -244,11 +244,6 @@ static inline u16 ixgbevf_desc_unused(struct ixgbevf_ring *ring)
 	return ((ntc > ntu) ? 0 : ring->count) + ntc - ntu - 1;
 }
 
-static inline void ixgbevf_write_tail(struct ixgbevf_ring *ring, u32 value)
-{
-	writel(value, ring->tail);
-}
-
 #define IXGBEVF_RX_DESC(R, i)	\
 	(&(((union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *)((R)->desc))[i]))
 #define IXGBEVF_TX_DESC(R, i)	\
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 9b3d43d..b65f691 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static void ixgbevf_alloc_rx_buffers(struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring,
 		 * such as IA-64).
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		ixgbevf_write_tail(rx_ring, i);
+		writel(i, rx_ring->tail);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3644,7 +3644,7 @@ static void ixgbevf_tx_map(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring,
 	tx_ring->next_to_use = i;
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
-	ixgbevf_write_tail(tx_ring, i);
+	writel(value, tx_ring->tail);
 
 	return;
 dma_error:
-- 
2.7.4

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 5/6] ixgbevf: keep writel() closer to wmb()

[Sinan Kaya]

Remove ixgbevf_write_tail() in favor of moving writel() close to
wmb().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h      | 5 -----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
index f695242..11e893e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
@@ -244,11 +244,6 @@ static inline u16 ixgbevf_desc_unused(struct ixgbevf_ring *ring)
 	return ((ntc > ntu) ? 0 : ring->count) + ntc - ntu - 1;
 }
 
-static inline void ixgbevf_write_tail(struct ixgbevf_ring *ring, u32 value)
-{
-	writel(value, ring->tail);
-}
-
 #define IXGBEVF_RX_DESC(R, i)	\
 	(&(((union ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *)((R)->desc))[i]))
 #define IXGBEVF_TX_DESC(R, i)	\
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index 9b3d43d..b65f691 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static void ixgbevf_alloc_rx_buffers(struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring,
 		 * such as IA-64).
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		ixgbevf_write_tail(rx_ring, i);
+		writel(i, rx_ring->tail);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -3644,7 +3644,7 @@ static void ixgbevf_tx_map(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring,
 	tx_ring->next_to_use = i;
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
-	ixgbevf_write_tail(tx_ring, i);
+	writel(value, tx_ring->tail);
 
 	return;
 dma_error:
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 6/6] ixgbevf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel() in multiple places. writel()
already has a barrier on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index b65f691..9e2e0fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -3644,7 +3644,7 @@ static void ixgbevf_tx_map(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring,
 	tx_ring->next_to_use = i;
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
-	writel(value, tx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(value, tx_ring->tail);
 
 	return;
 dma_error:
-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH v2 6/6] ixgbevf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel() in multiple places. writel()
already has a barrier on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index b65f691..9e2e0fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -3644,7 +3644,7 @@ static void ixgbevf_tx_map(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring,
 	tx_ring->next_to_use = i;
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
-	writel(value, tx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(value, tx_ring->tail);
 
 	return;
 dma_error:
-- 
2.7.4

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 6/6] ixgbevf: eliminate duplicate barriers on weakly-ordered archs

[Sinan Kaya]

Code includes wmb() followed by writel() in multiple places. writel()
already has a barrier on some architectures like arm64.

This ends up CPU observing two barriers back to back before executing the
register write.

Since code already has an explicit barrier call, changing writel() to
writel_relaxed().

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
index b65f691..9e2e0fd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -3644,7 +3644,7 @@ static void ixgbevf_tx_map(struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring,
 	tx_ring->next_to_use = i;
 
 	/* notify HW of packet */
-	writel(value, tx_ring->tail);
+	writel_relaxed(value, tx_ring->tail);
 
 	return;
 dma_error:
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] ixgbevf: keep writel() closer to wmb()

[Sinan Kaya]

On 3/15/2018 9:04 PM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>  	/* notify HW of packet */
> -	ixgbevf_write_tail(tx_ring, i);
> +	writel(value, tx_ring->tail);
>  

oops. copy paste mistake. 

I'll hold onto posting v3 until i hear more feedback.

-- 
Sinan Kaya
Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. as an affiliate of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.

[PATCH v2 5/6] ixgbevf: keep writel() closer to wmb()

[Sinan Kaya]

On 3/15/2018 9:04 PM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>  	/* notify HW of packet */
> -	ixgbevf_write_tail(tx_ring, i);
> +	writel(value, tx_ring->tail);
>  

oops. copy paste mistake. 

I'll hold onto posting v3 until i hear more feedback.

-- 
Sinan Kaya
Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. as an affiliate of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.

[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH v2 5/6] ixgbevf: keep writel() closer to wmb()

[Sinan Kaya]

On 3/15/2018 9:04 PM, Sinan Kaya wrote:
>  	/* notify HW of packet */
> -	ixgbevf_write_tail(tx_ring, i);
> +	writel(value, tx_ring->tail);
>  

oops. copy paste mistake. 

I'll hold onto posting v3 until i hear more feedback.

-- 
Sinan Kaya
Qualcomm Datacenter Technologies, Inc. as an affiliate of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.