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ixgbevf: Use smp_rmb rather than read_barrier_depends
authorBrian King <brking@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Fri, 17 Nov 2017 17:05:45 +0000 (11:05 -0600)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 30 Nov 2017 08:35:52 +0000 (08:35 +0000)
commitbc0a7c84883c8b0eabac4adaa65228a911694f0e
treec4d6caac8f41ecb4e2c459be090295ee148cd55e
parent4fc9c3c798478cc3e741e583d2936a705f2ee9e4
ixgbevf: Use smp_rmb rather than read_barrier_depends

commit ae0c585d93dfaf923d2c7eb44b2c3ab92854ea9b upstream.

The original issue being fixed in this patch was seen with the ixgbe
driver, but the same issue exists with ixgbevf as well, as the code is
very similar. read_barrier_depends is not sufficient to ensure
loads following it are not speculatively loaded out of order
by the CPU, which can result in stale data being loaded, causing
potential system crashes.

Signed-off-by: Brian King <brking@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@intel.com>
Tested-by: Andrew Bowers <andrewx.bowers@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c