On Fri, 4 Mar 2016, Lan Tianyu wrote: > The following kvm_flush_remote_tlbs() will call smp_mb() inside and so > remove smp_mb() here. > > Signed-off-by: Lan Tianyu <tianyu....@intel.com> > --- > arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 6 ------ > 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c > index a54ecd9..6315416 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c > @@ -2383,12 +2383,6 @@ static void kvm_mmu_commit_zap_page(struct kvm *kvm, > return; > > /* > - * wmb: make sure everyone sees our modifications to the page tables > - * rmb: make sure we see changes to vcpu->mode
You want to leave the comment explaining the memory barriers and tell that kvm_flush_remote_tlbs() contains the smp_mb(). > - */ > - smp_mb(); > - > - /* > * Wait for all vcpus to exit guest mode and/or lockless shadow > * page table walks. > */ > -- > 1.8.4.rc0.1.g8f6a3e5.dirty > >
