netxen: small xmit optimizations
Signed-off-by: Dhananjay Phadke <dhananjay@netxen.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
index f816434..72aba63 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netxen/netxen_nic_init.c
@@ -955,6 +955,7 @@
int done = 0;
last_consumer = adapter->last_cmd_consumer;
+ barrier(); /* cmd_consumer can change underneath */
consumer = le32_to_cpu(*(adapter->cmd_consumer));
while (last_consumer != consumer) {
@@ -1005,6 +1006,7 @@
* There is still a possible race condition and the host could miss an
* interrupt. The card has to take care of this.
*/
+ barrier(); /* cmd_consumer can change underneath */
consumer = le32_to_cpu(*(adapter->cmd_consumer));
done = (last_consumer == consumer);