From 234927540e6ac82f5f083a11c3e860e346ed09bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 18:02:16 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] xen/events: use virt_xxx barriers drivers/xen/events/events_fifo.c uses rmb() to communicate with the other side. For guests compiled with CONFIG_SMP, smp_rmb would be sufficient, so rmb() here is only needed if a non-SMP guest runs on an SMP host. Switch to the virt_rmb barrier which serves this exact purpose. Pull in asm/barrier.h here to make sure the file is self-contained. Suggested-by: David Vrabel Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin Acked-by: David Vrabel Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) --- drivers/xen/events/events_fifo.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/xen/events/events_fifo.c b/drivers/xen/events/events_fifo.c index 96a1b8da5371..eff2b88003d9 100644 --- a/drivers/xen/events/events_fifo.c +++ b/drivers/xen/events/events_fifo.c @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ #include #include +#include #include #include #include @@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ static void consume_one_event(unsigned cpu, * control block. */ if (head == 0) { - rmb(); /* Ensure word is up-to-date before reading head. */ + virt_rmb(); /* Ensure word is up-to-date before reading head. */ head = control_block->head[priority]; } -- 2.20.1