From b5d2a5e04e6a26cb3f77af8cbc31e74c361d706c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Richter Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 18:57:41 +0100 Subject: firewire: enforce access order between generation and node ID, fix "giving up on config rom" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit fw_device.node_id and fw_device.generation are accessed without mutexes. We have to ensure that all readers will get to see node_id updates before generation updates. Fixes an inability to recognize devices after "giving up on config rom", https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429950 Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter Reviewed by Nick Piggin . Verified to fix 'giving up on config rom' issues on multiple system and drive combinations that were previously affected. Signed-off-by: Jarod Wilson Signed-off-by: Kristian Høgsberg --- drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c') diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c index cea8a799799f..7e73cbaa4121 100644 --- a/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c +++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c @@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ fill_bus_reset_event(struct fw_cdev_event_bus_reset *event, event->closure = client->bus_reset_closure; event->type = FW_CDEV_EVENT_BUS_RESET; event->generation = client->device->generation; + smp_rmb(); /* node_id must not be older than generation */ event->node_id = client->device->node_id; event->local_node_id = card->local_node->node_id; event->bm_node_id = 0; /* FIXME: We don't track the BM. */ -- cgit v1.2.3