[PATCH v2 33/34] xenbus: use virt_xxx barriers

Stefano Stabellini
2016-01-04T12:03:11Z

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c uses
> full memory barriers to communicate with the other side.
>
> For guests compiled with CONFIG_SMP, smp_wmb and smp_mb
> would be sufficient, so mb() and wmb() here are only needed if
> a non-SMP guest runs on an SMP host.
>
> Switch to virt_xxx barriers which serve this exact purpose.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini at eu.citrix.com>

Are you also going to take care of

drivers/xen/grant-table.c
drivers/xen/evtchn.c
drivers/xen/events/events_fifo.c
drivers/xen/xen-scsiback.c
drivers/xen/tmem.c
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pci_stub.c
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/pciback_ops.c

?


>  drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c
b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c
> index fdb0f33..ecdecce 100644
> --- a/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c
> +++ b/drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_comms.c
> @@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ int xb_write(const void *data, unsigned len)
>  			avail = len;
>
>  		/* Must write data /after/ reading the consumer index. */
> -		mb();
> +		virt_mb();
>
>  		memcpy(dst, data, avail);
>  		data += avail;
>  		len -= avail;
>
>  		/* Other side must not see new producer until data is there. */
> -		wmb();
> +		virt_wmb();
>  		intf->req_prod += avail;
>
>  		/* Implies mb(): other side will see the updated producer. */
> @@ -180,14 +180,14 @@ int xb_read(void *data, unsigned len)
>  			avail = len;
>
>  		/* Must read data /after/ reading the producer index. */
> -		rmb();
> +		virt_rmb();
>
>  		memcpy(data, src, avail);
>  		data += avail;
>  		len -= avail;
>
>  		/* Other side must not see free space until we've copied out */
> -		mb();
> +		virt_mb();
>  		intf->rsp_cons += avail;
>
>  		pr_debug("Finished read of %i bytes (%i to go)\n", avail,
len);
> --
> MST
>