[PATCH 2/2] vhost: remove unnecessary smp_mb from vhost_work_queue

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test_and_set_bit() already implies a memory barrier.

Signed-off-by: Peng Tao <bergwolf@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/vhost/vhost.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index c6f2d89..2663543 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -261,8 +261,8 @@ void vhost_work_queue(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_work *work)
 	if (!test_and_set_bit(VHOST_WORK_QUEUED, &work->flags)) {
 		/* We can only add the work to the list after we're
 		 * sure it was not in the list.
+		 * test_and_set_bit() implies a memory barrier.
 		 */
-		smp_mb();
 		llist_add(&work->node, &dev->work_list);
 		wake_up_process(dev->worker);
 	}
-- 
2.7.4

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