On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 12:32:53PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote: > +static inline void virtio_store_mb(bool weak_barriers, > + __virtio16 *p, __virtio16 v) > +{ > +#ifdef CONFIG_SMP > + if (weak_barriers) > + smp_store_mb(*p, v); > + else > +#endif > + { > + WRITE_ONCE(*p, v); > + mb(); > + } > +}
This is a different barrier depending on SMP, that seems wrong. smp_mb(), as (should be) used by smp_store_mb() does not provide a barrier against IO. mb() otoh does. Since this is virtIO I would expect you always want mb(). -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/