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From: Sander Speetjens <sander.speetjens@gmail.com>
To: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>,
	 Broadcom internal kernel review list
	<bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com>,
	 Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>, Stefan Wahren <wahrenst@gmx.net>,
	 Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>,
	Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-rpi-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	 linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,  sander.speetjens@gmail.com
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] firmware: raspberrypi: Document memory barriers in property list path
Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2026 17:38:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261107-fix-raspberrypi-firmware-v1-5-707362c710cd@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261107-fix-raspberrypi-firmware-v1-0-707362c710cd@gmail.com>

Add comments explaining the wmb() before the firmware transaction and
the rmb() before reading the response, as required by coding style.

Signed-off-by: Sander Speetjens <sander.speetjens@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c b/drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c
index d9a569a6dae7..57f21e4e65d6 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/raspberrypi.c
@@ -110,10 +110,12 @@ int rpi_firmware_property_list(struct rpi_firmware *fw,
 	buf[1] = RPI_FIRMWARE_STATUS_REQUEST;
 	memcpy(&buf[2], data, tag_size);
 	buf[size / 4 - 1] = RPI_FIRMWARE_PROPERTY_END;
+	/* Make sure the writes to the buffer are visible to the firmware. */
 	wmb();
 
 	ret = rpi_firmware_transaction(fw, MBOX_CHAN_PROPERTY, bus_addr);
 
+	/* Make sure we see the firmware's response before reading it. */
 	rmb();
 	memcpy(data, &buf[2], tag_size);
 	if (ret == 0 && buf[1] != RPI_FIRMWARE_STATUS_SUCCESS) {

-- 
2.56.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-07 16:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-07 16:38 [PATCH 0/6] firmware: raspberrypi: Style cleanups and registration error handling Sander Speetjens
2026-11-07 16:38 ` [PATCH 1/6] firmware: raspberrypi: Add blank line after declaration in response_callback Sander Speetjens
2026-11-07 16:38 ` [PATCH 2/6] firmware: raspberrypi: Fix indentation of return statement Sander Speetjens
2026-11-07 16:38 ` [PATCH 3/6] firmware: raspberrypi: Add blank line after declaration in probe error path Sander Speetjens
2026-11-07 16:38 ` [PATCH 4/6] firmware: raspberrypi: Remove unnecessary braces in transaction helper Sander Speetjens
2026-11-07 16:38 ` Sander Speetjens [this message]
2026-11-07 16:38 ` [PATCH 6/6] firmware: raspberrypi: Handle device registration errors Sander Speetjens

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