On 13/09/2017 22:08, Davidlohr Bueso wrote: > A comment might serve future readers. > > Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx> > --- > arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c > index aaf10b6f5380..69c5612be786 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c > @@ -1324,6 +1324,10 @@ static void apic_timer_expired(struct kvm_lapic *apic) > atomic_inc(&apic->lapic_timer.pending); > kvm_set_pending_timer(vcpu); > > + /* > + * For x86, the atomic_inc() is serialized, thus > + * using swait_active() is safe. > + */ > if (swait_active(q)) > swake_up(q); > > Better add an smp_mb__after_atomic() for documentation purposes. Paolo
