This is essentially exactly following the dma_wmb()/dma_rmb() usage instructions in Documentation/memory-barriers.txt. The theoretical races here are: 1. DXE (the DMA Transfer Engine in the Wi-Fi subsystem) seeing the dxe->ctrl & WCN36xx_DXE_CTRL_VLD write before the dxe->dst_addr_l write, thus performing DMA into the wrong address. 2. CPU reading dxe->dst_addr_l before DXE unsets dxe->ctrl & WCN36xx_DXE_CTRL_VLD. This should generally be harmless since DXE doesn't write dxe->dst_addr_l (no risk of freeing the wrong skb). Fixes: 8e84c2582169 ("wcn36xx: mac80211 driver for Qualcomm WCN3660/WCN3680 hardware") Signed-off-by: Benjamin Li <benl@squareup.com> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211023001528.3077822-1-benl@squareup.com
Linux kernel ============ There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/ There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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