octeon_ep_vf: avoid compiler and IQ/OQ reordering

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Utilize READ_ONCE and WRITE_ONCE APIs for IO queue Tx/Rx
variable access to prevent compiler optimization and reordering.
Additionally, ensure IO queue OUT/IN_CNT registers are flushed
by performing a read-back after writing.

The compiler could reorder reads/writes to pkts_pending, last_pkt_count,
etc., causing stale values to be used when calculating packets to process
or register updates to send to hardware. The Octeon hardware requires a
read-back after writing to OUT_CNT/IN_CNT registers to ensure the write
has been flushed through any posted write buffers before the interrupt
resend bit is set. Without this, we have observed cases where the hardware
didn't properly update its internal state.

wmb/rmb only provides ordering guarantees but doesn't prevent the compiler
from performing optimizations like caching in registers, load tearing etc.

Fixes: 1cd3b40797 ("octeon_ep_vf: add Tx/Rx processing and interrupt support")
Signed-off-by: Sathesh Edara <sedara@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Shinas Rasheed <srasheed@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Vimlesh Kumar <vimleshk@marvell.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260227091402.1773833-5-vimleshk@marvell.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>

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Vimlesh Kumar 2026-02-27 09:14:00 +00:00 • committed by Sasha Levin

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drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_main.c

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drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_rx.c

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