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ixgbevf: Use smp_rmb rather than read_barrier_depends
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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.

Cc: stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
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>
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Brian King authored and Jeff Kirsher committed Nov 22, 2017
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
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Expand Up @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ static bool ixgbevf_clean_tx_irq(struct ixgbevf_q_vector *q_vector,
break;

/* prevent any other reads prior to eop_desc */
read_barrier_depends();
smp_rmb();

/* if DD is not set pending work has not been completed */
if (!(eop_desc->wb.status & cpu_to_le32(IXGBE_TXD_STAT_DD)))
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