Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
index ac7a150c54e9..2b85b874fd0d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4vf/cxgb4vf_main.c
@@ -2888,6 +2888,24 @@ static int cxgb4vf_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	 */
 	adapter->name = pci_name(pdev);
 	adapter->msg_enable = DFLT_MSG_ENABLE;
+
+	/* If possible, we use PCIe Relaxed Ordering Attribute to deliver
+	 * Ingress Packet Data to Free List Buffers in order to allow for
+	 * chipset performance optimizations between the Root Complex and
+	 * Memory Controllers.  (Messages to the associated Ingress Queue
+	 * notifying new Packet Placement in the Free Lists Buffers will be
+	 * send without the Relaxed Ordering Attribute thus guaranteeing that
+	 * all preceding PCIe Transaction Layer Packets will be processed
+	 * first.)  But some Root Complexes have various issues with Upstream
+	 * Transaction Layer Packets with the Relaxed Ordering Attribute set.
+	 * The PCIe devices which under the Root Complexes will be cleared the
+	 * Relaxed Ordering bit in the configuration space, So we check our
+	 * PCIe configuration space to see if it's flagged with advice against
+	 * using Relaxed Ordering.
+	 */
+	if (!pcie_relaxed_ordering_enabled(pdev))
+		adapter->flags |= ROOT_NO_RELAXED_ORDERING;
+
 	err = adap_init0(adapter);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_unmap_bar;