[PATCH] ibmveth: add memory barrier for hypervisor synchronisation
This patch adds a memory barrier to ensure synchronization with the hypervisor (and avoid a panic when the hypervisor is halfway through writing to the descriptor). It also removes an unnecessary check that is flawed anyway because the value can change between the atomic_inc() and the assert. Signed-off-by: Santiago Leon <santil@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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