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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] KVM: apic: reuse smp_wmb() in kvm_make_request()
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On 07/02/20 16:22, linmiaohe wrote:
> From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
>
> kvm_make_request() provides smp_wmb() so pending_events changes are
> guaranteed to be visible.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
> ---
> v1->v2:
> Collected Vitaly's R-b
> Use Vitaly's alternative wording
> Drop unnecessary comment as suggested by Sean Christopherson
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 3 ---
> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index eafc631d305c..afcd30d44cbb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -1080,9 +1080,6 @@ static int __apic_accept_irq(struct kvm_lapic *apic, int delivery_mode,
> result = 1;
> /* assumes that there are only KVM_APIC_INIT/SIPI */
> apic->pending_events = (1UL << KVM_APIC_INIT);
> - /* make sure pending_events is visible before sending
> - * the request */
> - smp_wmb();
> kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu);
> kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
> }
>


Queued, thanks.

Paolo

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