[PATCH 2/7] KVM/x86: Replace smp_mb() with smp_store_mb/release() in the walk_shadow_page_lockless_begin/end()

From: Lan Tianyu
Date: Sat Mar 12 2016 - 22:27:25 EST


Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <tianyu.lan@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 5e795af..d1ee68c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -632,12 +632,12 @@ static void walk_shadow_page_lockless_begin(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* kvm_flush_remote_tlbs() IPI to all active vcpus.
*/
local_irq_disable();
- vcpu->mode = READING_SHADOW_PAGE_TABLES;
+
/*
* Make sure a following spte read is not reordered ahead of the write
* to vcpu->mode.
*/
- smp_mb();
+ smp_store_mb(vcpu->mode, READING_SHADOW_PAGE_TABLES);
}

static void walk_shadow_page_lockless_end(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -647,8 +647,7 @@ static void walk_shadow_page_lockless_end(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* reads to sptes. If it does, kvm_commit_zap_page() can see us
* OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE and proceed to free the shadow page table.
*/
- smp_mb();
- vcpu->mode = OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE;
+ smp_store_release(&vcpu->mode, OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE);
local_irq_enable();
}

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