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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)
committerJeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com>
Wed, 22 Nov 2017 07:44:53 +0000 (23:44 -0800)
commit455b2315b4a881c3f7a98bacd1f43e6a0f2e5af7
treef9e5b6b7a2008ddd361b9f9fb7eb67aa01c18bf5
parenta64eec70ecf4e7e577ccd9bd6d41e42d07592941
ixgbevf: 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 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>
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c