[PATCH] x86/kvm: virt_xxx memory barriers instead of mandatory barriers
From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Tue Apr 11 2017 - 05:49:32 EST
From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
virt_xxx memory barriers are implemented trivially using the low-level
__smp_xxx macros, __smp_xxx is equal to a compiler barrier for strong
TSO memory model, however, mandatory barriers will unconditional add
memory barriers, this patch replaces the rmb() in kvm_steal_clock() by
virt_rmb().
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 14f65a5..da5c097 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -396,9 +396,9 @@ static u64 kvm_steal_clock(int cpu)
src = &per_cpu(steal_time, cpu);
do {
version = src->version;
- rmb();
+ virt_rmb();
steal = src->steal;
- rmb();
+ virt_rmb();
} while ((version & 1) || (version != src->version));
return steal;
--
2.7.4