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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c13
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
index 356a9982d014..379b1a578d3d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void gfar_init_rxbdp(struct gfar_priv_rx_q *rx_queue, struct rxbd8 *bdp,
if (bdp == rx_queue->rx_bd_base + rx_queue->rx_ring_size - 1)
lstatus |= BD_LFLAG(RXBD_WRAP);
- eieio();
+ gfar_wmb();
bdp->lstatus = lstatus;
}
@@ -2371,18 +2371,11 @@ static int gfar_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
*/
spin_lock_irqsave(&tx_queue->txlock, flags);
- /* The powerpc-specific eieio() is used, as wmb() has too strong
- * semantics (it requires synchronization between cacheable and
- * uncacheable mappings, which eieio doesn't provide and which we
- * don't need), thus requiring a more expensive sync instruction. At
- * some point, the set of architecture-independent barrier functions
- * should be expanded to include weaker barriers.
- */
- eieio();
+ gfar_wmb();
txbdp_start->lstatus = lstatus;
- eieio(); /* force lstatus write before tx_skbuff */
+ gfar_wmb(); /* force lstatus write before tx_skbuff */
tx_queue->tx_skbuff[tx_queue->skb_curtx] = skb;