Subject: [PATCH v7 6/7] ixgbevf: keep writel() closer to wmb()

From: Sinan Kaya <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2018 14:52:59 -0400

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

Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <[email-masked]>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h      | 5 -----
 drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
index f712646..f97091d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf.h
@@ -312,11 +312,6 @@ 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 3d9033f..815cb1a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ 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);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1232,7 +1232,7 @@ static int ixgbevf_clean_rx_irq(struct ixgbevf_q_vector *q_vector,
 		 * know there are new descriptors to fetch.
 		 */
 		wmb();
-		ixgbevf_write_tail(xdp_ring, xdp_ring->next_to_use);
+		writel(xdp_ring->next_to_use, xdp_ring->tail);
 	}
 
 	u64_stats_update_begin(&rx_ring->syncp);
@@ -4004,7 +4004,7 @@ 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(i, tx_ring->tail);
 
 	return;
 dma_error:
-- 
2.7.4