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The commit 578e1c4db2 ("kvm: x86: Avoid taking MMU lock
in kvm_mmu_sync_roots if no sync is needed") added smp_wmb() in
mmu_try_to_unsync_pages(), but the corresponding smp_load_acquire() isn't
used on the load of SPTE.W. smp_load_acquire() orders _subsequent_
loads after sp->is_unsync; it does not order _earlier_ loads before
the load of sp->is_unsync.
This has no functional change; smp_rmb() is a NOP on x86, and no
compiler barrier is required because there is a VMEXIT between the
load of SPTE.W and kvm_mmu_snc_roots.
Cc: Junaid Shahid <junaids@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
Message-Id: <20211019110154.4091-4-jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.