In order to preserve ordering, make sure that the flag accesses in the dirty log are done using acquire/release accessors. Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c index 9c883c94d478..53627add8a7c 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/dirty_log_test.c @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #include <linux/bitmap.h> #include <linux/bitops.h> #include <linux/atomic.h> +#include <asm/barrier.h> #include "kvm_util.h" #include "test_util.h" @@ -279,12 +280,12 @@ static void dirty_ring_create_vm_done(struct kvm_vm *vm) static inline bool dirty_gfn_is_dirtied(struct kvm_dirty_gfn *gfn) { - return gfn->flags == KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_DIRTY; + return smp_load_acquire(&gfn->flags) == KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_DIRTY; } static inline void dirty_gfn_set_collected(struct kvm_dirty_gfn *gfn) { - gfn->flags = KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_RESET; + smp_store_release(&gfn->flags, KVM_DIRTY_GFN_F_RESET); } static uint32_t dirty_ring_collect_one(struct kvm_dirty_gfn *dirty_gfns, -- 2.34.1