diff --git a/drivers/net/enic/enic_res.h b/drivers/net/enic/enic_res.h
index 68534a29b7ace04487be5e1608d24f8619771ac0..7bf272fa859b32ea530911573ce8450c8e7fc607 100644
--- a/drivers/net/enic/enic_res.h
+++ b/drivers/net/enic/enic_res.h
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ static inline void enic_queue_wq_desc_ex(struct vnic_wq *wq,
(u16)vlan_tag,
0 /* loopback */);
- wmb();
-
vnic_wq_post(wq, os_buf, dma_addr, len, sop, eop);
}
@@ -127,8 +125,6 @@ static inline void enic_queue_rq_desc(struct vnic_rq *rq,
(u64)dma_addr | VNIC_PADDR_TARGET,
type, (u16)len);
- wmb();
-
vnic_rq_post(rq, os_buf, os_buf_index, dma_addr, len);
}
diff --git a/drivers/net/enic/vnic_rq.h b/drivers/net/enic/vnic_rq.h
index 82bfca67cc4d18cac256fa61d01fe90b013f5d1b..fd0ef66d2e9f5cfb66d1fe9e0f15858b8da056c6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/enic/vnic_rq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/enic/vnic_rq.h
@@ -132,8 +132,15 @@ static inline void vnic_rq_post(struct vnic_rq *rq,
#define VNIC_RQ_RETURN_RATE 0xf /* keep 2^n - 1 */
#endif
- if ((buf->index & VNIC_RQ_RETURN_RATE) == 0)
+ if ((buf->index & VNIC_RQ_RETURN_RATE) == 0) {
+ /* Adding write memory barrier prevents compiler and/or CPU
+ * reordering, thus avoiding descriptor posting before
+ * descriptor is initialized. Otherwise, hardware can read
+ * stale descriptor fields.
+ */
+ wmb();
iowrite32(buf->index, &rq->ctrl->posted_index);
+ }
}
static inline void vnic_rq_return_descs(struct vnic_rq *rq, unsigned int count)
diff --git a/drivers/net/enic/vnic_wq.h b/drivers/net/enic/vnic_wq.h
index 7081828d8a42bd98a8ed7bdacf1cc1254da63b9f..c826137dc6517c2d9d5c5bcef23c45b063659f37 100644
--- a/drivers/net/enic/vnic_wq.h
+++ b/drivers/net/enic/vnic_wq.h
@@ -108,8 +108,15 @@ static inline void vnic_wq_post(struct vnic_wq *wq,
buf->len = len;
buf = buf->next;
- if (eop)
+ if (eop) {
+ /* Adding write memory barrier prevents compiler and/or CPU
+ * reordering, thus avoiding descriptor posting before
+ * descriptor is initialized. Otherwise, hardware can read
+ * stale descriptor fields.
+ */
+ wmb();
iowrite32(buf->index, &wq->ctrl->posted_index);
+ }
wq->to_use = buf;
wq->ring.desc_avail--;