Re: [PATCH v3 8/8] KVM: x86/mmu: Lazily allocate memslot rmaps

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 06/05/21 20:42, Ben Gardon wrote:
> +	/*
> +	 * memslots_have_rmaps is set and read in different lock contexts,
> +	 * so protect it with smp_load/store.
> +	 */
> +	smp_store_release(&kvm->arch.memslots_have_rmaps, true);

Shorter and better: /* write rmap pointers before memslots_have_rmaps */

> +	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_arch_lock);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>   bool kvm_memslots_have_rmaps(struct kvm *kvm)
>   {
> -	return kvm->arch.memslots_have_rmaps;
> +	/*
> +	 * memslots_have_rmaps is set and read in different lock contexts,
> +	 * so protect it with smp_load/store.
> +	 */
> +	return smp_load_acquire(&kvm->arch.memslots_have_rmaps);
>   }
>   

Likewise, /* read memslots_have_rmaps before the rmaps themselves */

Paolo