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Ordering I/O writes to memory-mapped addresses
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On some platforms, so-called memory-mapped I/O is weakly ordered. On such
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platforms, driver writers are responsible for ensuring that I/O writes to
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memory-mapped addresses on their device arrive in the order intended. This is
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subsequent writes to I/O space arrived only after all prior writes (much like a
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memory barrier op, mb(), only with respect to I/O).
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A more concrete example from a hypothetical device driver:
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A more concrete example from a hypothetical device driver::
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...
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CPU A: spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_lock, flags)
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CPU A: val = readl(my_status);
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CPU A: ...
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CPU A: writel(newval, ring_ptr);
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CPU A: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_lock, flags)
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...
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CPU B: spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_lock, flags)
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CPU B: val = readl(my_status);
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CPU B: ...
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CPU B: writel(newval2, ring_ptr);
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CPU B: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_lock, flags)
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...
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...
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CPU A: spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_lock, flags)
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CPU A: val = readl(my_status);
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CPU A: ...
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CPU A: writel(newval, ring_ptr);
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CPU A: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_lock, flags)
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...
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CPU B: spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_lock, flags)
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CPU B: val = readl(my_status);
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CPU B: ...
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CPU B: writel(newval2, ring_ptr);
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CPU B: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_lock, flags)
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...
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In the case above, the device may receive newval2 before it receives newval,
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which could cause problems. Fixing it is easy enough though:
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which could cause problems. Fixing it is easy enough though::
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...
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CPU A: spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_lock, flags)
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CPU A: val = readl(my_status);
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CPU A: ...
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CPU A: writel(newval, ring_ptr);
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CPU A: (void)readl(safe_register); /* maybe a config register? */
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CPU A: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_lock, flags)
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...
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CPU B: spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_lock, flags)
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CPU B: val = readl(my_status);
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CPU B: ...
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CPU B: writel(newval2, ring_ptr);
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CPU B: (void)readl(safe_register); /* maybe a config register? */
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CPU B: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_lock, flags)
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...
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CPU A: spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_lock, flags)
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CPU A: val = readl(my_status);
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CPU A: ...
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CPU A: writel(newval, ring_ptr);
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CPU A: (void)readl(safe_register); /* maybe a config register? */
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CPU A: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_lock, flags)
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...
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CPU B: spin_lock_irqsave(&dev_lock, flags)
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CPU B: val = readl(my_status);
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CPU B: ...
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CPU B: writel(newval2, ring_ptr);
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CPU B: (void)readl(safe_register); /* maybe a config register? */
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CPU B: spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dev_lock, flags)
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Here, the reads from safe_register will cause the I/O chipset to flush any
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pending writes before actually posting the read to the chipset, preventing
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