MIPS: io: Prevent compiler reordering writeX()
[ Upstream commit f6b7aeee ] writeX() has strong ordering semantics with respect to memory updates. In the absence of a write barrier or a compiler barrier, the compiler can reorder register and memory update instructions. This breaks the writeX() API. Signed-off-by: Sinan Kaya <okaya@codeaurora.org> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com> Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/18997/ [jhogan@kernel.org: Tidy commit message] Signed-off-by: James Hogan <jhogan@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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