Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 12/15] net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: introduce MTK_NETSYS_V2 support

From: Jakub Kicinski <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 18:44:33 -0700

On Mon, 16 May 2022 18:06:39 +0200 Lorenzo Bianconi wrote:
> +	struct mtk_mac *mac = netdev_priv(dev);
> +	struct mtk_tx_dma_v2 *desc = txd;
> +	struct mtk_eth *eth = mac->hw;
> +	u32 data;
> +
> +	WRITE_ONCE(desc->txd1, info->addr);
> +
> +	data = TX_DMA_PLEN0(info->size);
> +	if (info->last)
> +		data |= TX_DMA_LS0;
> +	WRITE_ONCE(desc->txd3, data);
> +
> +	if (!info->qid && mac->id)
> +		info->qid = MTK_QDMA_GMAC2_QID;
> +
> +	data = (mac->id + 1) << TX_DMA_FPORT_SHIFT_V2; /* forward port */
> +	data |= TX_DMA_SWC_V2 | QID_BITS_V2(info->qid);
> +	WRITE_ONCE(desc->txd4, data);
> +
> +	data = 0;
> +	if (info->first) {
> +		if (info->gso)
> +			data |= TX_DMA_TSO_V2;
> +		/* tx checksum offload */
> +		if (info->csum)
> +			data |= TX_DMA_CHKSUM_V2;
> +	}
> +	WRITE_ONCE(desc->txd5, data);
> +
> +	data = 0;
> +	if (info->first && info->vlan)
> +		data |= TX_DMA_INS_VLAN_V2 | info->vlan_tci;
> +	WRITE_ONCE(desc->txd6, data);
> +
> +	WRITE_ONCE(desc->txd7, 0);
> +	WRITE_ONCE(desc->txd8, 0);

Why all the WRITE_ONCE()? Don't you just need a barrier between writing
the descriptor and kicking the HW?