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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c index e46a81f4856e..fc8ab1f67d00 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c @@ -2390,14 +2390,13 @@ 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 - */ - smp_mb(); - - /* - * Wait for all vcpus to exit guest mode and/or lockless shadow - * page table walks. + * We need to make sure everyone sees our modifications to + * the page tables and see changes to vcpu->mode here. The barrier + * in the kvm_flush_remote_tlbs() achieves this. This pairs + * with vcpu_enter_guest and walk_shadow_page_lockless_begin/end. + * + * In addition, kvm_flush_remote_tlbs waits for all vcpus to exit + * guest mode and/or lockless shadow page table walks. */ kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(kvm); |