From dd489240a21afc3ff3962aba5d987229536cae63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paolo Bonzini Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 11:32:20 +0200 Subject: KVM: document memory barriers for kvm->vcpus/kvm->online_vcpus Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'virt/kvm') diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c index 8dc4828f623f..d8db2f8fce9c 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c @@ -2206,6 +2206,11 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id) } kvm->vcpus[atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus)] = vcpu; + + /* + * Pairs with smp_rmb() in kvm_get_vcpu. Write kvm->vcpus + * before kvm->online_vcpu's incremented value. + */ smp_wmb(); atomic_inc(&kvm->online_vcpus); -- cgit v1.2.3