wcn36xx: add proper DMA memory barriers in rx path
This is essentially exactly following the dma_wmb()/dma_rmb() usage instructions in Documentation/memory-barriers.txt. The theoretical races here are: 1. DXE (the DMA Transfer Engine in the Wi-Fi subsystem) seeing the dxe->ctrl & WCN36xx_DXE_CTRL_VLD write before the dxe->dst_addr_l write, thus performing DMA into the wrong address. 2. CPU reading dxe->dst_addr_l before DXE unsets dxe->ctrl & WCN36xx_DXE_CTRL_VLD. This should generally be harmless since DXE doesn't write dxe->dst_addr_l (no risk of freeing the wrong skb). Fixes: 8e84c258 ("wcn36xx: mac80211 driver for Qualcomm WCN3660/WCN3680 hardware") Signed-off-by: Benjamin Li <benl@squareup.com> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211023001528.3077822-1-benl@squareup.com
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