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igb: Use smp_rmb rather than read_barrier_depends 

The original issue being fixed in this patch was seen with the ixgbe
driver, but the same issue exists with igb 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: Aaron Brown <aaron.f.brown@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
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Brian King 2017-11-17 11:05:47 -06:00 committed by Jeff Kirsher
parent 1e1f9ca546
commit c4cb99185b
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drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
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@ -7317,7 +7317,7 @@ static bool igb_clean_tx_irq(struct igb_q_vector *q_vector, int napi_budget)
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(E1000_TXD_STAT_DD)))