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SubjectRe: [PATCH] spi: dw: use "smp_mb()" to avoid sending spi data error
On Thu, Dec 26, 2019 at 05:21:28PM +0800, Xinwei Kong wrote:
> this patch will add memory barrier to ensure this "struct dw_spi *dws"
> to complete data setting before enabling this SPI hardware interrupt.
> eg:
> it will fix to this following low possibility error in testing environment
> which using SPI control to connect TPM Modules

> --- a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c
> +++ b/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c
> @@ -288,6 +288,8 @@ static int dw_spi_transfer_one(struct spi_controller *master,
> dws->rx_end = dws->rx + transfer->len;
> dws->len = transfer->len;
>
> + smp_mb();
> +
> spi_enable_chip(dws, 0);

I'd be much more comfortable here if I understood what this was
supposed to be syncing - what exactly gets flushed here and why
is a memory barrier enough to ensure it's synced? A comment in
the code would be especially good so anyone modifying the code
understands this in future.
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